Museum of Root Beer
The Museum of Root Beer is a specialized museum in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, in the United States, and is dedicated to history and memorabilia related to root beer. The museum opened in May 2021.
History
[edit]The Museum of Root Beer opened in the town of Wisconsin Dells on May 28, 2021.[1] Housed at a soda shop called Root Beer Revelry, the museum was funded with a two week Kickstarter campaign launched in February of that year.[2]
Owned by Iowa resident Vince Payne, the museum's collection includes memorabilia from over 2,000 root beer brands, and includes signage, packaging materials, tap handles and bottles.[1] It also includes the collection of the now-defunct Root Beer Revelry Museum, which operated from 2011 to 2013 but closed due for financial reasons.[3]
According to Payne, the collection was built over the course of many years, starting when he was 11 years old, and was housed previously in storage in the basement of his house.[1]
The museum also features root beer taste tests, sorted by taste and brand, as well as supporting independent root beer breweries.[4] It also features root beer merchandise.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Erica Dynes, "Dells Opens Root Beer Museum: Collection Tells Story of Popular Drink's History," Baraboo News Republic, June 4, 2021, p. A3.
- ^ "Support The Museum of Root Beer on Kickstarter," Gourmet Root Beer blog, June 2021.
- ^ "Wisconsin Is Home To The Root Beer Museum," FM 96.7 The Eagle, Rockford, IL.
- ^ Sarah Karnasiewicz , "Indie Root Beer Makers Go Big by Staying Small," Imbibe, Dec. 19, 2022.
- ^ "A Different Kind of Beer," JK and the RV blog, August 26, 2022.