Savannah American Prohibition Museum Guided Tour

The Savannah American Prohibition Museum Guided Tour offers an in-depth and immersive examination of the Prohibition era, facilitated by knowledgeable guides dressed in period attire. This guided experience gives visitors a more thorough understanding of the social, political, and cultural effects of Prohibition (1920–1933) and its rise and fall in the United States, particularly in Savannah.

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• A historically-costumed guide, bursting with Prohibition stories
• Around 1,000 artifacts throughout the 12 galleries you will tour
• Video displays and interactive experiences along the tour
• Over 35 wax figures representing people of the time
• A period-accurate cocktail or non-alcoholic “mocktail” included with your ticket

A unique site that explores the history of Prohibition in the United States, from the social and political causes that led to it to its cultural effects and ultimate repeal, is the Savannah American Prohibition Museum. This interactive and instructive museum, which is housed in Savannah's City Market, features historical displays, artefacts, and even a speakeasy-style bar where visitors may sip traditional cocktails.

A guided tour of the American Prohibition Museum is guaranteed to increase your understanding of this amazing period in American history, regardless of whether you've visited us before or have only ever taken a self-guided tour.

You will meet your guide, who will transport you back to early 1900s America while the country struggles with the "alcohol problem." Your guide will be costumed historically accurate for the time period. An enormous national movement to outlaw alcohol has emerged and gained enormous traction. How did we come to be willing to outlaw alcohol, and what was it like to live through those years of drought? Your guide is "jazzed" to tell you that tale.

The tale of the 18th Amendment is accompanied by a large ensemble of activists, creators, and businesspeople. Learn all about the saloon's one-woman struggle waged by Carry Nation

A unique site that explores the history of Prohibition in the United States, from the social and political causes that led to it to its cultural effects and ultimate repeal, is the Savannah American Prohibition Museum. This interactive and instructive museum, which is housed in Savannah's City Market, features historical displays, artefacts, and even a speakeasy-style bar where visitors may sip traditional cocktails.

A guided tour of the American Prohibition Museum is guaranteed to increase your understanding of this amazing period in American history, regardless of whether you've visited us before or have only ever taken a self-guided tour.

You will meet your guide, who will transport you back to early 1900s America while the country struggles with the "alcohol problem." Your guide will be costumed historically accurate for the time period. An enormous national movement to outlaw alcohol has emerged and gained enormous traction. How did we come to be willing to outlaw alcohol, and what was it like to live through those years of drought? Your guide is "jazzed" to tell you that tale.

The tale of the 18th Amendment is accompanied by a large ensemble of activists, creators, and businesspeople. Learn all about the saloon's one-woman struggle waged by Carry Nation. You will meet Adolphus Busch, the baron of beer, and Lillian M.N. Stevens, the advocate of temperance. Naturally, experiencing Prohibition would be incomplete without taking on the legendary Al Capone. Your guide will enact all these well-known faces and more.

After your tour, you'll find yourself in the heart of a lively speakeasy recreation. Included with your ticket is the opportunity to partake in one pre-1930 cocktail, or for non-drinkers, a specially made "mocktail."

The guided tour goes through the whole history of Prohibition, from the emergence of the Temperance Movement and its attempts to outlaw alcohol to the methods used by individuals to evade the law through speakeasies and bootlegging.

You will discover the background of notable historical personalities that flourished during this time, such as temperance activist Carrie Nation and notorious mobsters like Al Capone.

The guides will also explore how Prohibition affected women's roles, the development of jazz music, and how it influenced contemporary American culture. You'll explore over 20 immersive displays inside the museum as your guide takes you around, including real moonshine stills, classic cars, flapper outfits, and other period-appropriate items.

You may experience pivotal periods in Prohibition history through interactive displays, such taking part in a protest for the Temperance Movement, going to a speakeasy that has been recreated, or witnessing a raid on a bootlegging business. The reproduction of a Prohibition-era police station, where you can learn about how law enforcement attempted—and frequently failed—to regulate the illicit spirits trade, is one of the tour's highlights.