We Like Beer. We Like Museums. We Know We're Not The Only Ones.
Beer lovers are thirsty for more than just ales, lagers, and stouts. They’re eager to drink in everything they can in the way of beer knowledge, including its history, the stories of the people who make it and how it flows through our entire way of life. The Beer Culture Center quenches that thirst.
MISSION
The Beer Culture Center shares stories of how beer has shaped humanity, past and present.
Our work is driven in the belief that beer is more than just a beverage. It is a dynamic cultural force with the power to bring people together and the ability to influence change.
INTERACTIVE HISTORY
The Beer Culture Center is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit cultural organization. We currently host in-person and virtual programs as well as exhibitions with international partners. Our goal is to one day have a physical home of our own. Our future building will be a multi-story facility where visitors will take in engaging, interactive exhibits profiling stories of beer history and culture around the world.
Global BEER CULTURE
The world's beer history, culture, and community has impacted a myriad of other industries and social and economic issues. The Beer Culture Center celebrates the close relationship and influence beer enjoys around the world, highlighting Chicago as a world-class city and world-class destination rooted in the story of beer. Temporary exhibition spaces will feature beer’s role in other industries as well as the beer history and culture of other world cities.
BAR AND TASTING ROOM
A museum celebrating beer without serving up the libation would seem. . . well, dry. The Beer Culture Center will serve up crafts from the best local, regional, national, and international breweries—including unique brews concocted by our own resident brewers in our very own nanobrewery. Can you expect to see innovative collaborative brews rooted in history and culture? Absolutely!
EVENTS
The Beer Culture Center will be more than just a place to enjoy, celebrate and learn about beer. Public programs will take place in collaboration with various exhibitions and cultural partners. Classrooms will offer different kind of educational opportunities. The facility will invite special private events to gather in the rooftop beer garden and other indoor spaces.
Contact Us
We’d love to hear from you—whether you’d like to help the Chicago Brewseum get up and running, have an idea for a collaboration, or want to share a long-shared story passed through generations of your beer-loving family, we’re interested in what you have to say.