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

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]