Raise your hand if you were today-years-old when you found out that a SPAM Museum exists! It might come as a surprise, but the SPAM Museum actually opened back in 2016 in Austin, Minnesota, United States.
This museum is an admission-free space (yes, no ticket or passes needed!) that's dedicated to Hormel Foods Corporation's SPAM. It's where they showcase the rich history of the company and how SPAM became the popular product that it is today.
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The museum has an entire room that shows how SPAM is marketed in different countries around the world, what variants are available and where you can get them, and how the canned good can be incorporated in different cuisines' traditional cooking. Plus, they have interactive games, too! The countries they chose to highlight are China, South Korea, Japan, England, United Kingdom, Hawaii, and the Philippines.
According to a video uploaded by Your Magandang Probinsyana, the Philippine booth highlights how SPAM is always a part of any OFW's balikbayan box, while the interactive game they have lets you design your own SPAM jeepney.
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One room in the museum has a large functioning conveyer belt above that showcases different SPAM variants. The conveyer belt continues to a souvenir shop where you can purchase the different flavors of SPAM (one that's not always available in the supermarket), apparel, and knick-knacks like pencils, slippers, toothbrush, and more.
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With the ongoing pandemic, the museum has decided to offer virtual tours of the museum that will be headed by SPAM ambassadors. According to their website, they are offering free virtual tours from Mondays to Thursdays, 2 p.m. (CT; 4 a.m. PST), starting January 11. You can check the Zoom access code on the website.
If you'd rather set an appointment for a different date and time, you can do so by e-mailing spam_museum@hormel.com.
Source: Spot PH
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