Phillips Petroleum Company Museum

I was surprised by how many museums this little town of Bartlesville has. The Phillips 66 Museum is by far the best, most interesting and the largest. Well maybe because it is literally funded by oil.
I have never been to a museum that was for just a specific company, sounds kinda weird but apparently they have plenty of history to talk about. Like who knew Betty Crocker worked for P66?! And their company basketball team represented the US in the OLYMPICS, what? Say that again? I still don’t understand.
It was much more interactive than you would expect. I was tempted by the «hey we crated the plastic for hula-​hoops, try it out» hula-​hooping area. But I decided that hula-​hooping in a museum by myself was just sad. They had an old style barber chair on the second floor who’s sign reads «Please sit in chair.» I read it at least three times to be sure. Really what museum wants you to sit on the exhibits?!
You may need a little interest in Phillips 66 or the industry to enjoy it as much as I did, but I feel like there is a lot interesting things to learn about Phillips. Not as hum drum as most people think history museums are, I think everyone can go away with something new.
I connected with several parts of it because my Grandfather retired from P66 in Borger, Texas. Which if you think Bville is small you don’t want to visit Borger. Its history is also completely rooted in P66, like a smaller sister city of Bville. My favorite mention of the city was an examples of its «rough and tumble» early days. In which a newspaper headline read «No one killed in Borger today!»
Its open Monday through Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm, and its free. So if you have some time during the day it’s easy to stop by, being central to the ConocoPhillip/​Phillips66 buildings downtown. Sad news no gift shop. It seemed to be the only thing this place was lacking. Otherwise it feels like a very well rounded museum.