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War II-themed exhibit explaining the importance of Spam as a staple for American troops; "Spam Products Around the World", an interactive map; the "Can Chronicles" showing the evolution of the Spam can; and Spam Brand 101, an interactive exhibit where visitors learn about 15 varieties of Spam and families are able to compete in the "assembly" of mock cans of Spam. Many of the exhibits include games, interactive videos, and hands-on activities.
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The location in downtown Austin is approximately 14,000 square feet in size and comprises seven main galleries. These include Can Central, "the heart of the museum"; the World Market, where visitors can learn about the advertising and use of Spam and Spam recipes from 44 different nations; a World
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A much-larger Spam-focused museum opened in September 2001. The 16,500-square foot space included a theater, historical displays, family activities and games, and a gift shop. The lobby of the museum featured a wall of Spam with more than 3,300 Spam cans and, for many years, the theatre showed a
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The Spam Shop offers hundreds of Spam-branded items and gifts. Volunteer guides – known as Spambassadors – offer visitors small bits of Spam on a toothpick or pretzel stick, commonly known as Spamples.
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short film entitled "SPAM: A Love Story." The Spam Museum temporarily closed in September 2014 to move to a new, more accessible downtown location.
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The museum tells the history of the Hormel company, the origin of Spam, and its place in world culture.
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The museum re-opened on 22 April 2016 at its new location at 101 3rd Ave NE.
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Austin, Minnesota
Spam
Hormel Foods Corporation.

Dan Gutman
World Market exhibit at Spam Museum
World Market (England) at the Spam Museum
1891 and Beyond exhibit at Spam Museum
Canstruments at the Spam Museum
Kids CAN Play zone at Spam Museum
Gift Shop at the Spam Museum
Spam Museum in Downtown Austin (2016–present)
Former Spam Museum location (2001–2014)
The Spam Museum at dusk
Hormel Historic Home
"Hormel endures on mix of standbys, new hits"
The Des Moines Register
Newspapers.com
"Museum reports high traffic"
Austin Daily Herald


"SPAM Museum, Austin, Minnesota"
ISBN
1569764700
"New Spam Museum takes another step"
"Spam, the Edible Kind, Could Be a Boon for This Minnesota Town"
NBC News

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