FAQS
Your Questions Answered
What are your hours? |
Hormel Historic Home hours vary depending private rentals, however, our regular tour and office hours are *Most Tuesdays-Fridays, 10am-4pm. For the most up-to-date information, check out our calendar.
Please note that last minute schedule changes do occur, but we do our best to update our calendar, Facebook cover photo, and Google hours every two weeks. |
Who owns or funds the Hormel Historic Home? |
The Hormel Historic Home is an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. We're proud to be one of the last remaining historic house museums in Minnesota that is still self-sustaining itself through tours, venue rentals, memberships, donations, and gift shop sales.
The Hormel Historic Home is not owned, managed, or operationally funded by Hormel Foods, Inc. or any county, city, historical society or The Hormel Foundation. Our organization does receive restricted grant funding for part of our Education Mission's Autism Programming from both the United Way of Mower County and The Hormel Foundation for which we are grateful. We're grateful to all our patrons, donors, and members. By visiting or supporting our organization, you help continue the preservation and future of this historic site. |
Do you offer research hours? |
As our collection continues to grow, we plan to offer research opportunities in the future, but not at this time.
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How can I donate something to your collection? |
Hormel Historic Home
208 4th Ave. NW Austin, MN 55912 507-433-4243 Executive Director: Cindy Meany [email protected] |
Operations Manager:
Amanda Barber [email protected] Community Autism Resource Specialist: Danielle Hernandez-Miller [email protected] Community Project Lifesaver Specialist: Chelsea White [email protected] |