The Quonset Hut Museum

The Winesburg Quonset Hut Museum, the museum of temporary housing, is housed temporarily here.

The Quonset Hut Museum valorizes the humble habitat known as the Quonset hut.

The QX-44444 Quonset Hut that serves as The Winesburg Quonset Hut Museum's main building once served as a prototype and training facility for the US Navy SeaBees at Quonset Point Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Rhode Island.

Jane Quigley is co-founder and Docent.

Quonset huts on display

One of the numerous Quonset huts (right) that have been relocated to the Museum. New Haven, Connecticut, 1959.

Quonset Huts Around the World

Quigley said, "We haven't acquired any of these Quonset huts yet, but a girl can dream, can't she?"

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  Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1944.
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  NAS Port Lyautey, 1945.
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  Laguna Peak, Point Mugu, 1946.
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  Japan, 1947.
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  University of Alabama, July 2021.