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| Location | Pago Pago Harbor, Fagatogo, American Samoa |
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| Coordinates | 14°16′40″S 170°41′16″W / 14.2778°S 170.6878°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1917 |
| Architectural style | Tropical architecture |
| Part of | U.S. Naval Station Tutuila Historic District (ID90000854) |
| NRHP reference No. | 72001442[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | March 16, 1972 |
| Designated CP | June 20, 1990 |
The Jean P. Haydon Museum is a museum in Pago Pago dedicated to the culture and history of the United States territory of American Samoa. It contains a collection of canoes, coconut-shell combs, pigs’ tusk armlets and native pharmacopoeia.[2] It also houses exhibits on natural history, tapa making, traditional tattooing, as well as a collection of war clubs, kava bowls, and historic photographs. Constructed in 1913 as U.S. Naval Station Tutuila Commissary, the building was home to Tutuila Island's Post Office from 1950 to 1971.[3] The museum has displays of various aspects of the Samoan Islands’ culture and history. It is the official repository for collections of artifacts for American Samoa. Funded by the American Samoa Council on Arts, Culture and the Humanities, it is the venue used for numerous of the cultural resource activities in American Samoa.[4]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Jean P Hayden Museum | American Samoa Attractions". Lonely Planet. Retrieved Sep 11, 2020.
- ^ Stanley, David (2004). South Pacific. Moon Handbooks. Page 479. ISBN 9781566914116.
- ^ http://ashpo.com/downloads/library/2002-ashpo_plan.pdf (Page 10)