Museum
Bay Area Museum
5000 NASA Road 1, Seabrook Texas 77856(281) 326-5950
Open: Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday 1-5 p.m.
Established: 1984
The discovery of oil in 1901 near Beaumont, Texas, sparked an oil boom that transformed the state's economy and led to the rise of the modern petroleum industry.