Industry museum in Pennsylvania, United States

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Drake Well Museum

<p>The <b>Drake Well Museum and Park</b> is a <a href="/en/Museum" title="Museum" class="wl">museum</a> that interprets the birth of the <a href="/en/American_oil_industry" title="American oil industry" class="mw-redirect wl">American oil industry</a> in 1859 by "Colonel" <a href="/en/Edwin_Drake" title="Edwin Drake" class="wl">Edwin Drake</a> along the banks of <a href="/en/Oil_Creek_(Allegheny_River)" title="Oil Creek (Allegheny River)" class="mw-redirect wl">Oil Creek</a> in <a href="/en/Cherrytree_Township,_Venango_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Cherrytree Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania" class="wl">Cherrytree Township</a>, <a href="/en/Venango_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Venango County, Pennsylvania" class="wl">Venango County</a>, <a href="/en/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania" class="wl">Pennsylvania</a> in the <a href="/en/United_States" title="United States" class="wl">United States</a>. The museum collects and preserves related artifacts. The reconstructed <a href="/en/Drake_Well" title="Drake Well" class="wl">Drake Well</a> demonstrates the first practical use of salt drilling techniques for the <a href="/en/Extraction_of_petroleum" title="Extraction of petroleum" class="wl">extraction of petroleum</a> through an <a href="/en/Oil_well" title="Oil well" class="wl">oil well</a>.  A historic site, the museum is located in <a href="/en/Cherrytree_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Cherrytree Township, Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect wl">Cherrytree Township</a>, <span>3 miles (4.8</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span>km)</span> south of <a href="/en/Titusville,_Pennsylvania" title="Titusville, Pennsylvania" class="wl">Titusville</a> on Drake Well Road, situated between Pennsylvania Routes <a href="/en/Pennsylvania_Route_8" title="Pennsylvania Route 8" class="wl">8</a> and <a href="/en/Pennsylvania_Route_27" title="Pennsylvania Route 27" class="wl">27</a>.  The museum is accredited by the <a href="/en/American_Alliance_of_Museums" title="American Alliance of Museums" class="wl">American Alliance of Museums</a>.</p>

<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt2">Industry museum in  Pennsylvania, United States</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Established, Location, Coordinates, Type, Dir...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Drake Well Museum and Park</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span><a href="/en/File:Drake_Well,_August_2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Drake_Well,_August_2006.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Drake_Well%2C_August_2006.jpg/250px-Drake_Well%2C_August_2006.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" data-file-type="bitmap" height="188" width="250" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Drake_Well%2C_August_2006.jpg/375px-Drake_Well%2C_August_2006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Drake_Well%2C_August_2006.jpg/500px-Drake_Well%2C_August_2006.jpg 2x" alt="Drake_Well%2C_August_2006.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Replica Drake Well engine house and derrick</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map mw-kartographer-container center wl" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="10" data-lat="41.611222222222" data-lon="-79.657416666667" data-overlays="[&quot;_6ef6ace7e702323981f6675ebebec2eb36103a57&quot;]" href="/en/Special:Map/10/41.611222222222/-79.657416666667/en"><img loading="lazy"src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,41.611222222222,-79.657416666667,250x200.png?lang=en&amp;domain=en.wikipedia.org&amp;title=Drake+Well+Museum&amp;revid=1020965681&amp;groups=_6ef6ace7e702323981f6675ebebec2eb36103a57" alt="Map" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,41.611222222222,-79.657416666667,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&amp;domain=en.wikipedia.org&amp;title=Drake+Well+Museum&amp;revid=1020965681&amp;groups=_6ef6ace7e702323981f6675ebebec2eb36103a57 2x"></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1934</td></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data locality">202 Museum Lane<br><a href="/en/Titusville,_Pennsylvania" title="Titusville, Pennsylvania" class="wl">Titusville</a>, <a href="/en/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania" class="wl">Pennsylvania</a><br><a href="/en/United_States" title="United States" class="wl">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system" class="wl">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1073938472" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Drake_Well_Museum&amp;params=41_36_40.4_N_79_39_26.7_W_region:US-PA_type:landmark" class="external text" target="_blank"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms"><span class="latitude">41°36′40.4″N</span> <span class="longitude">79°39′26.7″W</span></span></span></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Industry museum</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Director</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Melissa Mann<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Curator</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Susan Beates</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="http://drakewell.org" class="external text" target="_blank">drakewell<wbr>.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>



The Drake Well Museum and Park is a museum that interprets the birth of the American oil industry in 1859 by "Colonel" Edwin Drake along the banks of Oil Creek in Cherrytree Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The museum collects and preserves related artifacts. The reconstructed Drake Well demonstrates the first practical use of salt drilling techniques for the extraction of petroleum through an oil well.  A historic site, the museum is located in Cherrytree Township, 3 miles south of Titusville on Drake Well Road, situated between Pennsylvania Routes 8 and 27.  The museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. 