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Mower County Historical Society

Austin, Minnesota

Historical Society

The Mower County Historical Society serves as the center for preserving the history of Mower County. Visitors to the Austin site will have the opportunity to view 16 buildings and 11 thematic exhibits across our fairgrounds. The Austin site is home to our research library where the public may take advantage of to research their family history or general history topics. MCHS owns and operates the GAR Hall in Grand Meadow.

SPAM Museum

Austin, Minnesota

Culture, Specialized

The SPAM Museum is over 16,500 sq. feet and it is all dedicated to SPAM. This museum features sophisticated exhibits, state of the art videos, and enticing displays. It also boasts having Monty Python, a puppetshow, wagon, a ballet, and a cyber diner and for canned meat. In addition to all of this the museum has a gift shop where visitors can purchase over 400 items everything and anything you can think of SPAM.