Venango Museum of Art, Science & Industry - Oil City, Pennsylvania

This is the Venango Museum of Art, Science and History in Oil City, Pennsylvania. A nice little museum that operates on what used be the Post Office. The employees were very helpful and I saw lots of old artifacts that show the history of oil city.

Address: 270 Seneca Street, Oil City, PA 16301
Phone: 814-676-2007
E-mail: [email protected]
Open Hours: Tuesday - Friday: 10 AM to 4 P.M; Saturday: Noon to 4 P.M; Sunday & Monday: Closed
Admission fee: Adults - $4 ; Seniors and Children - $2
Camera Fee: Free, all cameras allowed
Car Parking: On street, meter parking
Restrooms: Available
Average Visitor Time: 1 hour

0:01 Front view - still bears the name "United States Post Office" on the top.
0:11 An automated welcome message from "Rattlesnake Pete"
0:22 A working model of old oil drill.
1:09 A glass bottle that used to contain "Pennzoil Motor Oil"
1:21 A woman types away on an old typewriter.
1:48 Old American Currency
2:01 1937 Cord Phaeton - An amazing luxury car that could run more than 100 mph
3:07 Native Americans scraped oil from the river banks and used it.
3:50 Charlie Chaplin is very popular in Oil city. Apparently he spent many years in Venango county and helped people.
4:07 Rotary dial telephones
4:26 A wonderful Wurlitzer organ
6:51 A model of the old gas pump


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