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 (618-255-3718) or email the museum (wrrmu@p66.com) for more information.

NEWS: The annual Wood River Refinery Retiree Association holiday luncheon will be Tuesday, December 9, 2025. Invitations will be mailed to WRRRA members in October. We have experienced US Mail problems this year, so contact the museum if you don’t receive a luncheon invitation in October/November.

This luncheon is for WRRRA members and their guests. There is still time to send in your 2025 WRRRA membership dues. With the ongoing mail problems, if you didn’t get a dues notice – or we still haven’t received your dues payment – please contact the museum.

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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