Middleton, Wisconsin: National Mustard Museum

The former Mt. Horeb Mustard Museum, has packed up its vast collection of some 4,800 mustards & left their facility in Mt. Horeb. Now renamed the National Mustard Museum, curator Barry Levenson & company opened at their new facility, in Middleton, WI, adjacent to Madison's west side, on 11/20/2009.

In the local news it was reported that the Mt. Horeb Mustard Museum is planning to relocate to a larger facility in nearby Middleton (western suburb of Madison), Wisconsin -- approximately 20 minutes from the current museum location in Mt. Horeb.

While on a 2-Lane Tour from Minneapolis to Chicago, in search of the Trolls of Mt Horeb, we ran across this gem. Keep in mind, the curators of the museum really are what make it interesting, with their enthusiasm for mustard. Also the free brochures are hilarious.

Also on site is Poupon U, America's College of Mustard.

Last year my boyfriend and I were driving around southern Wisconsin, when we found ourselves on Main St. in Mt. Horeb. Out of the corner of my eye I spotted a museum dedicated to mustard! We just had to go in, to my boyfriend's dismay. It turned out to be a wonderful, kitschy find. An entire two walls --floor to ceiling -- of mustards from around the world, divided by country. There were videos to watch about mustard, and additional displays on making mustard, not to mention all the tasting you could do inside the gift shop.

Museum houses over 3,250 types of mustards with antique mustard pots and mustard exhibits. In the gift shop, the mustard enthusiast can purchase mustards, books about mustards and various "POUPON U" merchandise. With this merchandise, one is identified as a student at that great university where courses like "The Ecodynamics of Mustard Management" are taught by the self-proclaimed King of Mustard (and curator of the museum), Barry Levenson. This esteemed gentleman is also available to bring his interactive and informative presentation, which includes a tasting of exotic mustards (it appears he'll taste them if you don't) to your meeting or special dinner, to add a little "spice" to the event. With his zany style, he says he's a speaker who really does "cut the mustard."