If you love history, you'll enjoy this site. There are individual office buildings that speak to the various types of businesses associated with the oil boom era. Each building has relics related to the specific kind of business represented; general store, dentist office, vintage cars...More

The history here is great. It really shows you a lot of the inner workings of how Spindletop came to be. Very informative.

This museum is very informative about the Port Arthur/Beaumont area. It explains the oil rush in great detail but also keeps it interesting. The old town is so neat and transforms the whole experience into something unique. Even better, you can get through the whole...More

Needing to break up a long road trip with middle school kids we opted for a stop in Beaumont and located this museum. WoW! What a surprise. It was a true step back into time with, although replica buildings, authentic architecture and furnishings. It was...More

Walk through museum representing the Spindletop oil discovery. Authentic and antique printing shop, living spaces, livery stable, blacksmith forge showing how people lived during the 19th and early 20th century. Recommend for older kids, the items are within reach and babies will be hard to...More

This gem is a great idea for bringing the kids, its not a huge town like people may think nice size to walk around and really get a idea of the old west and how people lived and worked. The cool part is You get...More

Tour was excellent, a reenactment was staged for the delight of all present. They had the gusher go off, which was spectacular.

We weren't expecting much out of this, but were very surprised. The history of the gusher and the depiction of the village was very interesting and well done. The signage for each exhibit was very informative. We spent about 2 hours there and felt as...More

Spent an hour and you could spend longer as the whole story is represented very well. Artifacts and buildings are well done with very descriptive and informational plaques. The receptionist was lively and excited about the village which added to the experience!

We enjoyed the village and learning the story behind the discovery. Each business was well displayed with good signage. The film was well done also. There was a great place to eat down the road called hamburger depot.