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'''The Quonset Hut Museum''' valorizes the humble habitat known as the [[w:Quonset_hut|Quonset hut]].  
[[File:The Winesburg Quonset Hut Museum, East Elevation.JPG|thumb|The Winesburg Quonset Hut Museum, the museum of temporary housing, is housed temporarily here.|left]]'''The Quonset Hut Museum''' valorizes the humble habitat known as the [[w:Quonset_hut|Quonset hut]].  
 
[[File:The Quonset Hut Museum Main Building.JPG|left|thumb|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.
Jane Quigley is co-founder and Docent.
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=== Quonset huts on display ===
=== Quonset huts on display ===
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File:Quonset.jpg|alt=Laguna Peak, Point Mugu, 1946.|Laguna Peak, Point Mugu, 1946.
File:Quonset.jpg|alt=Laguna Peak, Point Mugu, 1946.|Laguna Peak, Point Mugu, 1946.
File:Quonset hut emplacement in Japan.jpg|alt=Japan, 1947.|Japan, 1947.
File:Quonset hut emplacement in Japan.jpg|alt=Japan, 1947.|Japan, 1947.
File:UA Quonset Hut 01.JPG|alt=Quonset hut, 2021.|University of Alabama, July 2021.
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Latest revision as of 11:59, 11 July 2021

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

Quonset hut, 1959.
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?"