Spam Museum

Address:1937 Spam Blvd.
Austin, Minnesota
Tel: (800) 588-7726

Visit a 16,500-square-foot Mecca of Spam! Housing more than 4,700 cans of Spam, the whole family will enjoy the interactive exhibits, simulated factory, and world map of Spam here at the museum devoted to the canned meat!

The Spam Museum, opened to the public in 2002, offers many interesting ways to interact with the canned meat product. Visitors can see an electronic counter that keeps track of the total of all Spam ever produced and an interactive game which encourages visitors to try their hand at canning Spam along a mock assembly line!

In honor of Spam's role in feeding the Allied Forces during World War II, the museum features a letter to Hormel from President Dwight D. Eisenhower and includes a replication of SPAMVILLE, a military camp named after the wartime treat. Kids and adults alike will love the towering wall of Spam, comprised of 3,390 cans, which rises to the ceiling in the lobby of the museum and a vignette in the museum which features life-sized representations of Hormel Foods founder George Hormel and his son, Jay. The museum also features a rendition of Monty Python's classic three-minute Spam skit, which has fun highlighting the ubiquity of Spam in Britain since World War II.

Last but not least, what's a visit to the Spam Museum without an old fashioned Spam lunch? Visitors can choose from SPAMburgers, SPAM tarts or Singapore SPAM salad, and the bold-hearted can try making SPAM chocolate cake.

To get to the Spam Museum take the I-90 exit 178-B (6th St. NE). Head south, and make a right at the Hormel Foods Plant. Veer to the right at the split in the road, follow the curve, and go straight. Look for the building with the bronze statue out front of a farmer herding pigs.

Just as every Elvis fan longs to visit Graceland, SPAM fans worldwide now have their own pilgrimage to make. In Austin, Minnesota a 16,500 square-foot SPAM Museum opened in September 2001.