The collections of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History include more than 1.2 million objects, including artifacts related to the histories of beer and brewing. Since early 2017, Theresa McCulla has collected objects and documents to preserve the stories of homebrewing and craft beer in the U.S. She is also building an archive of voices, recording oral histories with people who have shaped the course of homebrewing, microbrewing, and craft beer. In this session, McCulla will share a selection of audio clips from some of her most intriguing oral histories to date.

 Theresa McCulla, PhD, is Curator of the American Brewing History Initiative at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History. Previously, she worked for Harvard University Library, Harvard University Dining Services, and the Central Intelligence Agency. McCulla earned a PhD in American Studies and an MA in History from Harvard University, a Culinary Arts Diploma from the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts, and a BA in Romance Languages from Harvard College. She is writing a book about the history of food and race in New Orleans.