Museums in
Galveston County, Texas

1892 Bishop's Palace Butler Longhorn Museum Galveston Naval Museum Galveston Railroad Museum Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig and Museum Old Kemah School Museum and Old Railroad Station Museum Rosenberg Library Museum Texas City Museum Texas Seaport Museum The Bryan Museum West Bay Common School Children's Museum
The first oil well in the United States was drilled in Texas in 1859. The discovery of oil transformed the economy of the state and helped to make Texas one of the wealthiest states in the nation.
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