Hungarian Oil Museum
Zalaegerszeg, Wlassics Gyula and 13
About the company:
The museum’s collection includes all types of equipment, machines and tools that give an idea of the development of the oil and gas industry. It has everything for those interested in the history of oil production and oil and gas equipment, tools.
The property of the museum is a permanent open area, where on an area of 30,000 m2 are exhibited technical industrial artifacts of the hydrocarbon industry, as well as monuments to famous people who influenced the development of the Hungarian oil industry. Here you will see real drilling rigs in full size. The largest tower of the Museum with a height of 41 m, standing on two supports, named after the famous literary hero "Gulliver". Here you will see equipment for rotary drilling, gas-oil separator, atmospheric distillation tower.
The halls of the museum present the entire process of extraction and distillation in miniature, watch films and photographs telling about the history of the development of the oil and gas industry in Hungary, and also get acquainted with the printed works of employees and scientists in the oil industry.