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Drake Well Museum collects, preserves, and interprets the founding of the oil industry in Pennsylvania for residents and visitors by educating its audiences about the persons, places, and events important to the development of the petroleum industry and its growth into a global enterprise.
The Drake Well Museum contains one of the largest, collections of materials pertaining to the birth of the oil industry and its subsequent development. To use the library for research please contact the museum curator to make an appointment.
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Approximately 3500 books include oil well supply catalogues, oil directories, handbooks, guides, prospectus of various early oil companies, oil histories, geological surveys, early city directories, county histories, bibliographies, etc. Some 1500 periodicals from early and recent oil companies.
The Drake Well photographic collection is the largest collection of pictures concerning the early development of the oil industry. The museum has over 10,600 images in its collection which can be reproduced through the department for purchase.
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