The National Mustard Museum (formerly the Mount Horeb Mustard Museum ) is a museum near U.S. 14 in the heart of downtown Middleton, Wisconsin . It boasts a large display of prepared mustards . It is often featured in lists of unusual museums in the United States .
7-516: The museum was conceived and founded by Barry Levenson, former Assistant Attorney General of Wisconsin . It centers on a mustard collection he began in 1986 while despondent over the failure of his favorite baseball team, the Boston Red Sox , to win the 1986 World Series . The initial dozen jars have grown to a collection of more than 5,600 mustards from more than 60 countries, along with hundreds of items of mustard memorabilia and exhibits depicting
14-684: A refrigerated case containing scores of varieties; the museum also operates a mail-order mustard business. Among the displays are sweet hot mustards, fruit mustards, hot pepper mustards, horseradish mustards, and spirit mustards. The collection includes a large variety of French and English mixes, but many other countries are also represented. In 2002, the museum was showcased on the Food Network television series Unwrapped . The museum and its curator have also been featured on National Public Radio 's Morning Edition broadcast of July 29, 2010, and Weekend Edition Saturday on February 18, 1995 (when it
21-586: Is appointed by the governor. The attorney general in Tennessee is appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court for an eight-year term. In Maine, the attorney general is elected by the state Legislature for a two-year term. The District of Columbia and two U.S. territories, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, elect their attorneys general for a four-year term. 2014 marked the first year that
28-533: The United States Department of Justice . The most prevalent method of selecting a state's attorney general is by popular election. 43 states have an elected attorney general. Elected attorneys general serve a four-year term, except in Vermont, where the term is two years. Seven states do not popularly elect an attorney general. In Alaska, Hawaii, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Wyoming, the attorney general
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42-643: The use of mustard through history. The museum opened its doors in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin , on April 6, 1992. It moved across the street to a larger site in October 2000. In November 2009, the museum moved to Middleton and changed its name to the present one. Admission is free of charge, and the museum is open between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., though it is closed on Easter , Thanksgiving , Christmas , and New Year's Day . The museum's gift shop occupies about half of its floor space and offers free tasting of mustard samples from
49-522: Was located in Mount Horeb). State Attorney General ( Alabama to Missouri , Montana to Wyoming ) The state attorney general in each of the 50 U.S. states , of the federal district , or of any of the territories is the chief legal advisor to the state government and the state's chief law enforcement officer. In some states, the attorney general serves as the head of a state department of justice, with responsibilities similar to those of
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