Museum of the American Cocktail Opens in NOLA
On Monday July 21, 2008, the doors officially opened on a new New Orleans institution, the Museum of the American Cocktail. The push to open the museum was spearheaded by several cocktail luminaries, including of course Dr. Cocktail, the museum’s curator. Many of the greatest names in cocktails have been involved in creating and opening the museum.
The opening ceremony featured great cocktails (of course), and many attended the opening, despite the timing (it was the Monday morning immediately after the last night of Tales of the Cocktail).
The museum is filled with fascinating cocktail memorabilia, including vintage shakers, bar tools, cocktail books and more.I particularly enjoyed the section on Prohibition, and reading the labels of bottles of “flavorings” from that era.
If you find yourself in NOLA anytime soon, be sure to swing by the museum - it’s at the end of the Riverwalk center, inside the Southern Food & Beverage Museum. It’s a small museum, so you won’t be there all day, but it’s full of things you might not see anywhere else. Don’t miss it!
