Vodka museum cometh

It was recently announced that Poland would soon play host to its own vodka museum. It might be 600 years late, but good things come to those who wait.

Although no official launch date has yet been given, reports in the daily newspaper Fakt state that Warsaw’s Bohemian district, Praga, is set to open a new museum dedicated to the nation’s most renowned brew. Not only will the facility be a tourist attraction, the facility will lend legitimacy that Poland, not Russia, invented the libation.

The actual location and facilities are yet to be chosen states the paper, however the total cost is expected to amount to approximately $10 Million. With the help of foreign investment, the museum will offer visitors the chance to witness how the drink is created, from the fermentation to the bottling process.

Andrzej Szumowski, President of the Polish Association of Vodka, has already praised the project, comparing it to a number of other similar museums across the globe.

“The Scots have a museum dedicated to whiskey. The Mexicans have a museum for tequila and the French can boast one for their champagne. We here should also be very proud of our national drink, vodka,” he told Gazeta Wyborcza.

He went on to add that this is the perfect time to introduce such a place of interest. “A lot has changed during recent years and this the perfect time to open a museum dedicated to vodka, as Poles are finally embracing the drinking culture,” he told the newspaper. Szumowski went on to say, “Warsaw is our heart and it was becoming short of breath. This is a serious project, not a joke. I am happy that this kind of culture is coming back to Praga.”