Absinthe Museum of America

The mission of the museum is to give the general public an expanded knowledge of the elusive “green fairy,” absinthe. The drink once adored and credited with being the muse of artists, poets, and writers of the last century, eventually found itself despised and misunderstood. It was also blamed for causing alcoholism (absinthism) and insanity until its eventual banning in the United States in 1912 and finally in France, 1915.

Founded by New Orleanians, Cary René Bonnecaze and B. Raymond Bordelon, the Museum stems from their own private collections and is the only museum of its kind in the U.S. being solely devoted to the preservation and education of absinthe.