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14 September 2013

The SPAM Museum of Austin, MN

Written by Steve Johnson
Minnesota, Museums Leave a Comment

What is exactly in SPAM? Is it bad for you? Is it good for you? How is it made? When was it invented?

All these questions and more are found in none other than…

…The SPAM Museum!

Located in the tiny town of Austin, MN, just a hop-skip-jump away from the factory where SPAM is made, is the official SPAM museum. After all, SPAMophiles the world-over all need a geographic center of the Universe to converge when making their pilgrimage to revel in their mania for spiced ham and pork shoulder. And if food brands like Dr. Pepper, M&Ms, and Jell-O can have their own museums, why not SPAM?

Located in downtown, off the corner of Main St. and Spam Blvd, lies the museum, next door to the corporate headquarters of Hormel Foods.

Admission is free.

Inside you’ll find lots and lots of SPAM. You buy it, you can slice it, fry it, or bake it, in all of their 18 different varieties. In addition there’s a movie theater that plays a SPAM documentary chronicling its history, its wartime influence, and its contributions to society. Yes, it’s contributions to society.

Further into the museum, there’s a large section devoted to its use as a military ration. Just about every form of SPAM advertising campaign is illustrated there, and of course of history of SPAM from when it was invented to how it progressed into all of its many flavors and forms.

There’s even a section of the museum devoted to Monty Python and its famous SPAM skit.

Along the way, SPAMbassadors will guide you through the museum, answer your questions, and take photos for you.

The gift shop has everything you need in SPAM, including the old die-hards like t-shirts, hats, and coozies, but also SPAM recipe books, SPAM bumper stickers, and SPAM air fresheners for your car.

When visiting the SPAM museum, we recommend dining at Piggy Blues Bar-B-Que in downtown Austin, where you can get SPAM burgers and SPAM Po’ Boy sandwiches.

SPAM Museum
1101 N Main Street
Austin, MN 55912
(507) 437-5100
http://www.spam.com/spam-101/the-spam-museum

spam museum
The front of the SPAM museum
spam t-shirts
Every SPAM t-shirt you could ever ask for.
welcome to spam
SPAM is your friend!
spam museum
The inside of the SPAM museum
spam cartoon
Lots of classic SPAM advertisements
spam and cheese
You can buy every kind of SPAM there is at the museum
spam nutrition
SPAM is filled with nutrition
wall of spam
A massive wall of SPAM cans
spam museum baseball cap
There’s SPAM swag for motorcycle riders too.
spam drawing
Vintage SPAM cartoon
spam air freshener
Buy this SPAM air freshener at the museum
spam factory
There’s a SPAM conveyor belt through the museum
spambassador
SPAM museum employees are called Spambassadors
spam butchering
This is how hogs were turned into SPAM in the old days
spam army rations
SPAM was a favorite food in the Army
spam advertising
Lots of funny SPAM advertisements on display
glorious spam
SPAM is good for the whole family
hormel lard
Eating lard will make you grow tall and strong
dinty moore ox joints
Lots of vintage Hormel canned products on display

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