National museum seeks beer historian

The Smithsonian National Museum of American History is hiring an Historian/Scholar for a three-year role.

The role is funded by the Brewers Association who, museum curator Paula Johnson explains to the Washington City Paper, can “focus and dedicate efforts towards research, documentation, and collecting American brewing history.”

He goes on to say: "We have collected food history for many years, so when we were doing the research for the exhibition, which is all about big changes in the post Second World War era in how and what we eat, one thing we were curious about is the craft beer movement.

"We were looking at wine, coffee, cheese, artisanal bread, and farmers markets. Well, this movement with small-scale, local regional beer is part of the ethos."