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Jul 12, 2009 7:18 pm US/Central

New Blue Earth Museum Honors Green Giant

BLUE EARTH, Minn. (AP) ― A new museum in southern Minnesota is helping residents and visitors remember a former Green Giant vegetable plant.

The Green Giant Memorabilia Museum in Blue Earth celebrated its official opening last week and is now welcoming visitors.

The museum features a mural with the giant and his signature "Ho Ho Ho." The collection includes Green Giant-themed toys, pins and other items. A video shows visitors how corn and pea-packing used to work at the plant.

Lowell Steen, a local resident who once worked for Green Giant, started collecting company memorabilia in 1986. He recently approached the area chamber of commerce and city about building a museum and agreed to donate his collection.

The former Green Giant plant in Blue Earth now operates as Seneca Foods.

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Blue Earth is about 125 miles southwest of Minneapolis.

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