Midland, Texas -
Permian Basin Petroleum Museum

Walk 30 feet "under water" in a Permian-age sea. Stand amid a wrecked drilling rig and experience a simulated wild west blowout.

Address:: 1500 W. Interstate 20, Midland, TX
Directions:: I-20 exit 136, then west along the frontage road on the north side.
Hours:: M-Sa 10-5, Su 2-5 (Call to verify)
Phone:: 432-683-4403

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Permian Basin Petroleum Museum

Located in Midland, Texas, on I-20. Words can not do justice to this place, which offers stimuli to all senses. My heart goes pitter-patter just thinking about its insanity. Be sure to sit through the entire "multi-media" slide show (in a heavenly circular room, carpeted from floor-to-ceiling in 70s shag) for the full politically-skewed and dated diatribe. Museum features Starsky & Hutch-style soundtrack. [Lisa Rawlinson, 08/24/1999]

[RA: The travel lit says: "Step back 230 million years and walk 30 feet 'under water' in a Permian-age sea. Stand amid a wrecked drilling rig and experience a simulated wild west blowout."]

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February 9, 2012