American Prohibition Museum — Attraction in Savannah

Fun place, to me the history of moonshine is not totally accurate. They are leaving out some important facts and contributors to the history of moonshine and the affect it had on many people. I found it very interesting that the only information regarding, history, affect, class, government, distrubution, who ,where...etc how of the proabition era only highlights the caucasian view point. But when you get to the speakeasy in the second room off the bar on two corner walls they displayed a few african american musican that lived in the proabition era but their was know history of how, what or where on contribution, affect, livelyhood, nor government laws regarding proabition and the african american people /community nor other people of color that played a part in proabition era. But all the staff was very helpful and nice people they even dressed in that era and was very willing to give their scripted information about proabition and the affect it had on perticually one race of people from high class to poverty class. The speakeasy was at the end and once you get to that door it will make you laugh, because it was fun to know what people did to get into these unlawful establishments. Great photo ops in this place. I still think everyone needs to make this a stop when visiting savannh ga. Its easy to stroll through even if you have a walking disability their is a elevator so you will be able yo see the entire tour and bathroom is clean. The drinks are good. Service at bar was slow, they had one lady behind bar,but its was okay because the drink was worth the waite and the atmosphere nice. I truly enjoyed.I was their about 2hrs. Note if you want to have a actual alcohol drink you must go any day but Sunday, No alcohol servered in museum on sunday. Trust its made good...

The Prohibition Museum was in the heart of the City Market in Savannah, making it easy to find and convenient. The museum that sells is full of information that my husband and I didn't know before coming into the museum. They had many life-size dioramas of prohibition era historical events. one of these was depicting children, all who were life-size, with buckets made to look like they were collecting the liquor off the streets. Apparently when the prohibition started the police empty buckets of liquor into the streets and parents had their children go and collect the liquor as it ran towards the sewers. They also had life-size figures of some famous gangsters including Al Capone, and the museum attendant, who was dressed in period clothing, asked if my husband and I wanted to use the Tommy gun. if we wanted to we could shoot Al Capone, but he was so life-like that I couldn't bring myself to do it and only shot towards his kneecap. The gun didn't actually shoot anything but it was really heavy and a really cool experience. When we bought the tickets we went ahead and bought the drinks with the tickets, so at the end of the tour we could give a coupon to get a Prohibition era drink. I read a lot of reviews prior to this that talked about how strong the drinks were, but if you're a fan of some of them more classic drinks like an old fashioned or straight up gin martini as well as some other style drinks, then you will appreciate these drinks. They are really good! We had a blast. If you want to order additional drinks while you're there, you can do so at your own expense. after you're done you can go downstairs which leads to a gift shop and shop for some Prohibition souvenirs. Highly recommend visiting...

So let me preface this by saying that this is our second time here in one year. It was my son's favorite museum last year when we visited and his most requested to come back to. The first time, it was an AMAZING experience. Late August 2023 was our first visit. When we got to the speakeasy, our bartender was just this awesome guy who was fun and easygoing.

If I was only rating the museum experience then it would be 5/5.

However, I have a sour taste in my mouth from this trip (7/16/24) after the experience in the speakeasy. Rude is honestly an understatement. Our bartender (I have name but choose not to name in public review) didn't acknowledge us for several minutes and upon asking a few questions about the menu, it became clear that she had no interest in being kind in her answers. Maybe she was having a bad day, maybe something else was going on- I'm sure that must be the case, but it was an absolutely dismal experience. It sucks too because having experiences like this really ruins a portion of the experience and after spending the amount of money to come back especially for this place on our vacation just feels meh now. And also, the drink was pretty mid too- which wouldn't matter if the...