The tour along the trail of Black Gold Discoverers will start at Ignacy Łukasiewicz Oil and Gas Industry Museum in Bóbrka, comprising the oldest oil drilling site in the world. Petroleum industry was born here. The drilling site was opened in 1845 by Tytus Trzecieski – a landlord from Polanka, Karol Klobassa-Zrencki – the owner of Zręcin and Bóbrka, philanthropist and fruit farmer and Ignacy Łukasiewicz – pharmacist and inventor of the kerosene lamp, creator of oil industry.

Oil wells are still working in the museum, which means that the world’s oldest oil drilling site is still operating! Here you can learn about the history of the drilling site and the evolution of oil extraction methods, see huge constructions and machines used in oil industry, take part in multimedia shows and learn about the development of the Polish oil industry from the 19th to the 21st century.

In the Museum you should:

• take part in one of the four themed guided tours
• see the “Franek” well - the original, oldest oil well from the 1800s
• see the “Janina” well, 132 metres deep, still active oil well built over 100 years ago
• see Canadian type drilling rig driven by a locomobile
• visit the administrative building - Ignacy Łukasiewicz's house with a multimedia show

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