American Prohibition Museum

Experience an American Prohibition Museum like never before!

Travel back in time with an authority on all things Prohibition, and explore the fascinating story of America’s dry spell. By the time you hit the speakeasy, you’ll have plenty to discuss over a libation.
In December of 2015, a summit of Historic Tours of America management met together to discuss the potentiality of something new, something original for not only the city of Savannah, but for the nation as a whole- a museum dedicated to the prohibition of alcohol in the United States.

Initially designed to be roughly 4500 square feet of exhibition space, the American Prohibition Museum grew into an experience that encompassed nearly 6000 square feet, thirteen different galleries, four different vintage cars, a functioning (and fully stocked) speakeasy, a theater- the list continued on and on. As the story of Prohibition unfolded, the Savannah museum expanded and expanded.

The American Prohibition Museum has already been what feels like a lifetime of work, and between the teams of people who came together to make this possible, it may have actually been a lifetime worth of work! I’m pleased and thrilled to open our doors each morning and welcome our guests into an experience like none other. When you leave out on Congress Street after coming through the museum, speakeasy and gift shop, I hope you’ll go away with a better understanding about one of the most controversial and influential time periods in American history- and that you had a great time doing it.

Don’t forget to visit the Congress Street Up Speakeasy Cocktail Bar upstairs after your tour.

Learn About:

• The Temperance Movement – 1850 Anti-Saloon League
• Carry Nation – 1900 Hatchet Wielding Crusader
• Southern Rum Runners – 1919 Dry Lands Wet Seas
• Moonshine Making – 1920 Rise of Contraband Cocktails
• Flapper Craze – 1920 Reinventing the Modern Woman
• Crime & Gangsters – Wanted Public Enemy #1
• Model T – Cruising Into a New Era
• Speakeasies Rise – 1925 Alcohol Goes Underground
• The Great Repeal – 1933 Last Call for Prohibition