The history of seltzer began 2,400 years ago (on a Tuesday). This history covers seltzer’s discovery as naturally carbonated water bubbling up from the ground with health-giving properties, the industrial era that turned it from a medicine for the elite to a beverage for the masses, to its incorporation as an aggressive comedic prop within a new flavor of American comedy, and so so much more.
At the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum, this history is told across 22 milestones mapped across a horizontal timeline the width of the Museum entrance. Below, you can explore these milestones and then watch a video that shows how it was installed.
![Soda Lady An illustration of a Soda Lady from the late 1800s.](https://brooklynseltzermuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Soda-Lady.png)
The History of Seltzer Timeline
In spring of 2023, an afternoon was spent building the seltzer history timeline. Watch below the many hours of work sped up to just a few minutes.
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