Conoco Phillips Museum Opens

Friday, August 24th 2007, 4:20 pm

By: News On 6

A multi million dollar attraction is now open in Green Country. Conoco Phillips has opened a company museum in Bartlesville that traces the rise of the company. News On 6 anchor Craig Day reports itâ€™s already drawing visitors from all over the world.

In downtown Bartlesville, inside an old bank building, you can learn just about everything there is to know about Phillips 66 in the companyâ€™s new multi-million dollar museum.

"We're known for cattle and oil and this is a great story about Oklahoma and how the oil industry truly made us who we are today," said Thad Satterfield, Marketing Director.

The museum showcases the oil company's rich history beginning when Phillips first hit a gusher in 1905

"She was known as the richest little Indian girl in Oklahoma, the first well was named after her," Satterfield said.

Exhibits trace Phillips growth, through the rise of aviation and into more modern day exploration and production all over the world.

"It's had a pretty significant effect on this whole area, so it's neat to see the history and how it has affected the whole community over time," said Bartlesville resident Mike Bryan.

There are exhibits on the old 66er's company basketball team, a kerosene delivery wagon, what it was like to live in the oil field and high-tech interactive displays, you name it.

The museum has only been open for a few months and already there have been visitors from 46 states and 27 different countries. Soon school kids will begin tours at the museum, so thousands of people will learn about the Oklahoma based company and its impact worldwide. It's hoped the museum pays tribute to the company's employees over the past 100-plus years, shows what the company has meant to Oklahoma and is a fun place to visit. A place that would make the company's founders proud.

The company also opened a Conoco museum in Ponca City. Both museums are open Monday through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Watch the video: The History Of Conoco Phillips