Museums in Great Lakes Region 5
Art, history, science, railroad and children's museums.
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Drake Well Museum and Park
The spot where Edwin Drake struck oil in 1859 and launched the modern petroleum industry, with a replica engine house and derrick, an oil-history museum and trails along Oil Creek.
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Tom Ridge Environmental Center
The gateway to Presque Isle, with exhibits on the peninsula's dunes, wetlands and Lake Erie ecology, and an observation tower with views over the bay and lake.
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Erie Art Museum
Changing exhibitions and a wide-ranging collection strong in American ceramics, Asian art and bronze sculpture, shown partly in the marble 1839 Greek Revival Customs House downtown.
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Erie Maritime Museum
Home port of the U.S. Brig Niagara, a reconstruction of Oliver Hazard Perry's flagship, with exhibits on the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie and the region's maritime past.
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Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad
Excursion trains roll down the valley where the oil business began, through Oil Creek State Park between Titusville and Rynd Farm.
