Mt Angel, Oregon - World's Largest Pig Hairball - St Benedict Abbey Museum
Address:
1420 E. College St., Mt Angel, OR
Directions:
Once in Mt. Angel, turn east onto Church St./College Rd. After less than a mile, look for signs up the hill to St. Benedict's Abbey and follow the road to the top. The museum is on the south side of the Abbey, at its far eastern end.
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St. Benedict, Oregon - Mt. Angel Abbey Hairball The Abbey Museum is closed through October 2007 due to construction of an incredible new bell tower for the Abbey Church. The Bookstore and Gift Shop, and Library are open. [Beth Wells, 05/15/2007]
Mount Angel, Oregon - Calf and a Half Two significantly deformed calves join numerous giant hairballs from the stomachs of an assortment of farm animals - in a glass case in the Mount Angel Abbey's taxidermy room. [Joe Desiderio, 04/17/2006]
Mt. Angel, Oregon - Saint Benedict Abbey Museums There is a second museum at Saint Benedict Abbey in Mt. Angel, Oregon. Hidden in a basement at the far east end of the grounds is a Russian Museum filled with old icons and treasures of the area's past. Nearby, within just a few miles are still standing three Russian Orthodox churches, locations mentioned on the walls of the museum. There are still quite a number of Russian families living nearby in Woodburn.
Most visitors would miss both the regular museum with its two 6-legged stuffed cows and pig's giant hairball, and this museum as well unless they visited the Abbey Library for a walking tour of the grounds.
Also missed by many visitors are the number of prayer kiosks with wonderful murals and biblical sayings written in German that line the roadway up the hill to the Abbey, and the old pioneer cemetery with its tiny chapel attached to it. [Jan Norwood, 06/16/2005]
Saint Benedict - Mt. Angel, Oregon - Mt. Angel Abbey Museum Remodeled in the 1990's by the Grant Company, the museum is well lit and very nice. Features animals such as bears, moose, bison, and the famous 8-legged cow and 2-headed cow. The library at the Abbey is also world famous for its architectural design, one of two buildings designed in the U.S. by Alvar Aalto. The Mt. Angel Abbey sits on the edge of Mt. Angel and actually is it's own town of St. Benedict, Oregon. Mt. Angel features a world famous Oktoberfest every year. The small town of 3,00 becomes a town of 500,000 for 4 days in September. [Mar Bauman, 03/23/2003]
St. Benedict, Oregon - Two eight-legged calves on display I'd like to mention that along with the giant hairball, the Mt. Angel Abbey also
has not just one but TWO eight-legged calves on display. They've also got a huge taxidermy
animal display -- bears, buffalo, deer, moose, etc. Definitely worth a stop! [Francesca Contreras, 08/11/2001]
Mount Angel, Oregon - Calf and a Half Two significantly deformed calves join numerous giant hairballs from the stomachs of an assortment of farm animals - in a glass case in the Mount Angel Abbey's taxidermy room. [Joe Desiderio, 04/17/2006]
