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Beer in the Smithsonian's Collections

Beer has a long and global history. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is collecting, documenting and preserving the history of beer in the United States. Check out food and drink history initiatives happening around the museum. There you can find blog posts by our brewing historian Theresa McCulla and recorded panel discussions, visit Smithsonian Sidedoor and listen to a podcast episode about American homebrewing.


Advertising poster for beer

Celluloid Foam Skimmer

Beer Tray

Beer strainer

Cold Beer

Advertisement from Brewing Industry Foundation

Semiramis Elevation

American Beer Can with Handle

Beer straw

Beer Case, Eigenbrot Brewing Co.

Advertisement for Beer

Beer Mug

Advertising poster for bock beer

ElectroLight Beer

“Tapster” for Opening Beer Cans

Brass Beer Sign

Girl eating hot dog and drinking beer

Ganter Bier [Ganter Beer]

KCOR Beer Mug

Advertising poster for beer

Glass, beer

Album: Pickwick Beer

25c Beer revenue stamp single

$1 Beer revenue stamp proof single

Miller High Life

Schlitz FAMO Sign, 1920s

The Louis Bergdoll Brewing Company

Briefcase

Ram Rose

Framed Advertising Print, Welde and Thomas Brewing Co., ca. 1895

Pabst

Miller High Life

Advertising Print, “How a Modern Brewery Operates,” 1948

Photograph of J. F. Wiessner & Sons Brewery, 1911

“American Brewery” Sign


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