The Wood River Refinery History Museum documents the construction, growth, operation, & contributions of the refinery and its employees over their 100+ year history

Museum visiting hours:

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Wednesdays
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Thursdays

If those times don’t work for you, we can make arrangements
to open at a different time. Call or email the museum for more information.

The Main Building

The 1952-1966 Mileage Marathon record holder (168.47 mpg)
Kiosks display various time periods in the refinery’s history, as well as employee activities on and off the job
A video room can show short features of events in the refinery’s history

Buildings 2 and 3

A restored 1918 Shell tank truck and other large equipment in Building 2
An engine for measuring octane number
A gasoline engine driven fire pump
Wearables, safety items, and tools are in Building 3

The Wood River Refinery History Museum is also on Facebook

From time to time we’ll post news items and articles from our archives on our Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/WRRMuseum/

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