Group Tours and Packages

Back in Time

Start your day with a visit to the Drake Well Museum, the place where the modern petroleum industry was born in 1859.  The museum’s exhibits include a working replica of the first oil well. 

Next, you will board the Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad for a trip through Oil Creek State Park.  Hear stories of the oil excitement and admire the view from the open gondola car while enjoying a boxed lunch on this vintage train.  Be sure to bring your address book so you can mail post cards from the only operating Railway Post Office (RPO) car in the United States.  Tyred Wheels Museum

Next stop will be Tyred Wheels Museum, a family owned collection that has been amassed over 50 years.  Here you will see over 25 antique cars and airplanes and over 5,000 miniatures. 

Next, you will learn about Venango County’s fascinating history at the Venango Museum.  The “Black gold or Black Magic” display teaches you how oil affects us still today.  Enjoy lunch and dinner in one of the many great dining facilities in the area.

Stay overnight at one of our many great hotels and tomorrow continue exploring “the valley that changed the world.”

Music, Museums and More

Visit DeBence Antique Music World Museum see & hear this spectacular collection of over 100 antique mechanical musical instruments dating from the mid 1800’s to the 1940’s.  Just around the corner is St. John’s Episcopal Church home of one of only six full sets of beautiful Tiffany stained glass windows.

Our next stop is the Venango Museum of Art, Science and Industry.   This museum built in 1905 is on the National Register of Historic Places.  As you walk through this exhibit answer the question “Was the discovery of oil Black Gold or Black Magic?”

Have lunch at The Porter House restaurant, a renovated Tannery with great food or perhaps you want to try Coal Oil Johnny’s eatery, family dining at its best.

Next, take a ride on the Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad.  Watch for bald eagles and deer from the open car.  Mail a post card from the only operating RPO (railway post office) car in the U.S.  Next we visit Drake Well Museum.  This is the site of the first successful commercial oil well.  Learn why we are “the valley that changed the world.” 

Relax and enjoy dinner at beautiful Cross Creek Resort where superb cuisine will delight your taste buds as you look out over the beautiful 27-hole golf course and the rolling foothills of the Allegheny Mountains.

Suggestions for overnight stays;
Cross Creek Resort; the Arlington Hotel or Quality Inn & Conference Center are just a few of the great hotels you have to choose from.

A Victoria City Tour

Your journey begins with an exciting tour of DeBence Antique Music World.  You won’t be able to stop your toes from tapping to music of the Gay Nineties and the Roaring Twenties, played on antique calliopes, nickelodeons and other automated music machines.  You will marvel over this extraordinary collection of over 100 antique mechanical musical instruments.  The basement of this facility is filled to the brim with a display of Hammond organs. 

Next, enjoy shopping and lunch. Franklin’s Liberty Street is lined with wonderful and unique stores offering antiques, gifts, toys, artwork and much more.  Shop till you drop and then enjoy lunch at one of several great eateries. 

After lunch get a rare, close-up glimpse at an outstanding collection of Tiffany Windows at St. John’s Episcopal Church.  You will hear stories about each panel; learn about the restoration of the windows, about Tiffany himself and the history of St. John’s Church. 

Your last stop will be at the Barrow-Civic Theatre.  Enjoy a musical or comedy, a concert, ballet or one of the many wonderful performances that take place in the theatre.