Museum of Root Beer

The Museum of Root Beer opened on May 28, 2021.^[3] It is housed at a soda shop called Root Beer Revelry. It was funded with a two-week Kickstarter campaign launched in February of that year.^[4]

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.^[3] It includes the collection of the now-defunct Root Beer Revelry Museum, which operated from 2011 to 2013 but closed over financial issues.^[5]

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 the basement of his house.^[3]

• Official website

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