Quonset Air Museum, Aviation museum in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, US.
Description
The Quonset Air Museum was an aviation museum in North Kingstown housed in a large World War II era hangar. The building contained military aircraft, helicopters, vehicles, and thousands of objects related to aviation history.
History
The museum was founded in 1992 and focused on preserving aircraft and vehicles, particularly those connected to the nearby Naval Air Station Quonset Point. Many of the exhibits came from the postwar period and showed the development of military aviation.
Culture
The museum served as a place where visitors could explore the evolution of aviation technology through aircraft and vehicles on display. The collection showed military machines from different eras and gave people a sense of how aviation changed over many decades.
Practical
The museum has been closed since 2016 and is no longer open to visitors. The collection was distributed to other institutions and museums after closure.
Did you know?
The museum was home to a rare F6F-5 Hellcat fighter that was recovered from Martha's Vineyard in 1993. The recovery required a legal settlement with the US Navy before the aircraft could join the collection.
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