Texas Energy Museum

Review №1

Rating: 4

Date: a week ago

Review №2

Rating: 5

Date: 3 weeks ago

Review №3

Rating: 4

Nice. VERY informative about the petrochemical industry.

Date: 3 months ago

Review №4

Rating: 5

It was above expectation-very informative and detailed.

Date: 3 months ago

Review №5

Rating: 5

Date: 4 months ago

Review №6

Rating: 3

Friendly staff and well kept museum. It wasnt a place of interest for me. It also never displayed the negative side of pumping or shipping oil such a major oil spills and land destruction.

Date: 5 months ago

Review №7

Rating: 3

Being a former Tech Ed teacher, I enjoy the museum, but my wife was terribly bored. A lot of positive information about the oil industry, No mention of anything negative, Nothing on environmental issues.

Date: 5 months ago

Review №8

Rating: 5

Date: 6 months ago

Review №9

Rating: 5

Date: 6 months ago

Review №10

Rating: 5

Very well done exhibits for the admission price. Well worth a stop if you re at all interested in the history of oil in the area and beyond. Exhibits are chock full of information and follow a clear path through time.

Date: 6 months ago

Review №11

Rating: 5

Date: 7 months ago

Review №12

Rating: 5

Date: 7 months ago

Review №13

Rating: 4

Great little museum around the oil industry n the area and the history of the oil boom.

Date: 8 months ago

Review №14

Rating: 1

Not a place to bring kids at all. Our daughter wanted to go to a museum to learn today. We had this lady following us everywhere freaking out about her every time she even thought about touching anything. We didnt even make it to the 2nd floor. We left. Horrible customer service.

Date: 8 months ago

Review №15

Rating: 5

Date: 9 months ago

Review №16

Rating: 4

A very thorough variety of exhibits. There is a lot of scientific information about petroleum, a history of energy in Texas and a number of other exhibits.

Date: 10 months ago

Review №17

Rating: 5

Closed when visited.

Date: 10 months ago

Review №18

Rating: 5

Exelent

Date: 11 months ago

Review №19

Rating: 5

Date: 11 months ago

Review №20

Rating: 5

Amazing museum dedicated to energy and science

Date: 11 months ago

Review №21

Rating: 5

It was really exciting and educational

Date: 11 months ago

Review №22

Rating: 5

The Texas Energy Museum gives the history and science behind the production of fossil fuels. Very interesting and what better place for it to be in than Beaumont Texas.

Date: 11 months ago

Review №23

Rating: 5

This place is awesome! Small but very nicely done. Kids 19 to 12 enjoyed as well as Momma and I. Its definitely worth $5 a head.

Date: a year ago

Review №24

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №25

Rating: 4

Date: a year ago

Review №26

Rating: 5

Nice museum with lots of interesting history.

Date: a year ago

Review №27

Rating: 4

Very informative museum with a lot of info on the history of oil in Texas. I would have liked to see more info on the Spindletop oil boom because that happened in Beaumont where the museum is. Minus one star for lack of accessibilty to deaf people and a broken audiovisual animatronic display on second floor. Very cheap way to kill time. Spend at least two hours taking it all in. Maybe three hours. Not enough benches near the displays to give your back and knees a rest. Obviously corporate sponsored and biased in favour of continuing oil dependence, but still informative. Google things you see in the museum to see what other sources have to say about them.

Date: a year ago

Review №28

Rating: 5

Excellent museum. Although it should be called the oil museum, since everything refers to it. Everything is very interesting and well designed. It is very informative and educational. Although it is relatively small, it is equipped with very interesting pieces and you never get bored. I really recommend it, the price is very affordable.

Date: a year ago

Review №29

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №30

Rating: 4

My husband loved this place! Very informative, clean, staff was very very sweet and informative.

Date: a year ago

Review №31

Rating: 3

No photography allowed. Even if you wanted to take pictures, the glass in front of many of the exhibits was highly reflective. They use a raised floor to keep you from getting too close to the exhibits and brushing against them. But then used a small type font that to my old eyes was impossible to read comfortably. The museum kept the information to a high degree of technicality. Considerable space and time was spent talking about hydrocarbons and the different soil s and age of soils in which oil could be found. Recent research has determined that oil is not a fossil fuel. But the exhibit still continues that misperception. It did not talk about any of the failures of the oil companies in protecting the environment nor efforts to make the shipment of oil safe. It did not discuss oil cleanup methods. It did provide a wheelhouse view of guiding a tanker. It skipped right over the different types of offshore oil platforms and how they are anchored. The safety measures for drilling in the ocean were skipped. Statistics on where oil reserves can be found throughout the world wasn t present either. Though the wells drilled in Texas were marked. Not a kid friendly exhibit. By skipping all the negatives, it basically became an advertisement for the old companies. For which they charged admittance.

Date: a year ago

Review №32

Rating: 5

Very informative museum with many bits of history and technology of oil and gas industry with an emphasis on Texas development. However, it was completely empty when I visited which was a bit disappointing...should definitely be on the top list of places to visit in Beaumont

Date: a year ago

Review №33

Rating: 4

Interesting shows the stages of oil. Trucks, pumps and other entry $5

Date: a year ago

Review №34

Rating: 5

Nice and very informative

Date: a year ago

Review №35

Rating: 5

Awesome place to visit, well worth the $5 to spend several hours taking in all the info and history they have to offer

Date: a year ago

Review №36

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №37

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №38

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №39

Rating: 5

Really well organized museum with interactive displays. We learned a lot about how oil is formed, taken out of the ground, processed and used. The historical timelines are accurate and fun to see. There are many historical photos and documents.

Date: a year ago

Review №40

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №41

Rating: 5

Interesting information about the recovering the oil and how its refined.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №42

Rating: 5

Great museum to understand what you have to do with the crude oil to get it into the car tank. The story of why the oil boom began here is also great and described in multimedia. A must for anyone visiting Texas

Date: 2 years ago

Review №43

Rating: 5

Loved this place and worth the time and money

Date: 2 years ago

Review №44

Rating: 4

Date: 2 years ago

Review №45

Rating: 4

Nice exhibit - informative. Loved the scenes and people talking

Date: 2 years ago

Review №46

Rating: 4

An amazing place! Must visit

Date: 2 years ago

Review №47

Rating: 4

Date: 2 years ago

Review №48

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №49

Rating: 5

Interesting exhibits

Date: 2 years ago

Review №50

Rating: 2

No touching, no strollers, not a friendly place to visit. They dont want you damaging their floors. Full of great information, but not family friendly.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №51

Rating: 3

Date: 2 years ago

Review №52

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №53

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №54

Rating: 3

It was nice but way to many plackes to read

Date: 3 years ago

Review №55

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №56

Rating: 5

Very interesting and affordable entry fee

Date: 3 years ago

Review №57

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №58

Rating: 3

Date: 3 years ago

Review №59

Rating: 5

Truly interesting place. I was very impressed . Learned a lot and had fun. Highly recommend it.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №60

Rating: 4

Very neat place to visit and learn. Lots of reading. Interesting exhibits. And also check out the art museum right across the road. You basically have to stay all day to see and read everything.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №61

Rating: 5

Very cool history of oil.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №62

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №63

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №64

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №65

Rating: 4

Good museum about petroleum.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №66

Rating: 5

Lots of information

Date: 3 years ago

Review №67

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №68

Rating: 4

Its basically a dozen different exhibits that try to justify the need for the biggest pollutant known to mankind.. petroleum. Designed for kids, obviously, a brainwashing session. You can tell they spend alot of money to keep this place open

Date: 3 years ago

Review №69

Rating: 5

Well done. Will take a few visits (Photo showing Texas shaped pavingstones to take it all in... (Photo of Texas shaped paving stones.)

Date: 4 years ago

Review №70

Rating: 5

Enjoyed this informative museum. Showed the development and integration of oil exploration and refining in TX and surrounding areas. I skimmed over the science oriented exhibits as my brain is not oriented but my husband was fascinated. Only $5. Led to a lively conversation about many aspects of oil business and its place in society. Also the museum left out any political commentary or leanings, which was appreciated.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №71

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №72

Rating: 5

Very interesting

Date: 4 years ago

Review №73

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №74

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №75

Rating: 3

I work in the energy sector, and I appreciated the demonstration of how technology advanced from slave labor, to whale oil to modern energy modes. There was very little on nuclear or where energy is going for the future. It was NOT good for the small children, as it is dependent on a lot of reading and understanding of chemistry. Not very interactive.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №76

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №77

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №78

Rating: 5

Awesome staff

Date: 4 years ago

Review №79

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №80

Rating: 5

I loved the demonstration of crude oil refining process

Date: 4 years ago

Review №81

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №82

Rating: 4

Date: 5 years ago

Review №83

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №84

Rating: 4

Great place to visit

Date: 5 years ago

Review №85

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №86

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №87

Rating: 5

Lots of information, very nice atmosphere too!

Date: 5 years ago

Review №88

Rating: 5

This is such a special Musuem. Must visit! Lots to see and learn and the exhibits are in pristine condition.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №89

Rating: 4

Nice place to visit

Date: 5 years ago

Review №90

Rating: 1

Came here for the first time last Saturday morning. The front desk had a sign that we had to pay and to wait for someone to assist us. No one was at the desk. No one came for twenty minutes. I didnt feel comfortable there since it was completely vacant with no workers. We were extremely disappointed. We wont be coming back.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №91

Rating: 5

Really nice museum! For $5, it is well worth it! If are in Beaumont, stop in and learn something.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №92

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №93

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №94

Rating: 4

Really cool info. Needs more traffic to be able to keep up exhibits.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №95

Rating: 4

Fantastic History of the Oil n Gas Industry

Date: 5 years ago

Review №96

Rating: 5

Interesting place to learn about the oil industry

Date: 5 years ago

Review №97

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №98

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №99

Rating: 5

Fun. Great Pokemon location also. If you are looking for a interesting and affordable time, come here.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №100

Rating: 5

One of Beaumonts finest museums.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №101

Rating: 5

Informative and great place to visit.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №102

Rating: 5

Awesome

Date: 6 years ago

Review №103

Rating: 5

A must see place.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №104

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №105

Rating: 4

A friend recommend that I stop by. I am glad they did. I went in and paid the admission price. The museum is very educational. There are only a few items that are hand on educational, most displays are are read or audio. The museum seems have been designed by engineers, so I enjoy it. It would be helpful if they had more hands on displays for younger children. The viscosity display and gravity wall is just not enough. More displays for young children would be great. I did enjoy my visit.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №106

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №107

Rating: 5

Very educational. I will definitely tell my friends who will travel here.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №108

Rating: 5

I was impressed with the wealth of knowledge about how oil formed in the earth and the historical account of mans use of energy producing products. The Lucas and Spindletop displays on the 2nd floor showed the signifigance of Beaumont in Texan and American history.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №109

Rating: 5

One of the few placea Id recommend you bring visitors if youre in Beaumont

Date: 6 years ago

Review №110

Rating: 4

Date: 6 years ago

Review №111

Rating: 5

Amazing, informative, and fun!!

Date: 7 years ago

Review №112

Rating: 5

Great displays. Very educational. Fun gravity wall.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №113

Rating: 4

Interesting history of oil & industry of Texas

Date: 7 years ago

Review №114

Rating: 5

Very educational

Date: 7 years ago

Review №115

Rating: 5

Very interesting and educational

Date: 7 years ago

Review №116

Rating: 3

Date: 7 years ago

Review №117

Rating: 5

Took my kids. Ive been here a couple of times. Staff is always friendly, and very helpful. If youre looking for a good museum, this is the place to be. Also very helpful in finding other locations to visit.

Date: 8 years ago

Review №118

Rating: 5

If you are a Lamar University student show them your ID. I loved that they had a lot on the history, how things tie in, they also explained the processes and had models of equipment, etc. A place worth checking out if you are in the area.

Date: 11 years ago

Review №119

Rating: 5

Kids love it

Date: 11 years ago

Review №120

Rating: 4

Date: 13 years ago