Baked Bean Museum of Excellence
The Baked Bean Museum of Excellence, is a private museum located in Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom.

Founding 
The museum is owned by local man Barry Kirk, who changed his name by deed poll to Captain Beany and is located in the living room, bathroom and kitchen of his third-floor council flat. Captain Beany uses his eccentricity to raise considerable sums each year for charity.

Exhibits 
The museum contains examples of branded food cans, advertising and other promotional items associated with baked beans. There are also items from a number of brands including Heinz, Crosse & Blackwell, Branston, HP, Van Camp's and, somewhat tenuously, Mr Bean. There are over 500 items in the museum, and Captain Beany estimates that he has spent over £10,000 building his collection. 

Unlike most museums, the Baked Bean Museum of Excellence has no gift shop on-site. Instead, Captain Beany operates a market stall in local businesses on weekends only, selling branded souvenirs of both the Museum and of his Captain Beany persona.

Culture
The museum is registered with the Association of Independent Museums. Comedian Danny Wallace is a patron. In 2018, the museum was the fourth most visited attraction in Port Talbot, according to figures by TripAdvisor.   

Captain Beany believes that his is the only museum in the world dedicated to baked beans.. However, in 2019, Heinz opened a museum, in the form of a three-day pop-up "Beanz Museum" in Covent Garden London between 30 August and 1 September. The museum contained exhibitions about the Heinz brand to mark the company's 150th anniversary .