Cradle of Aviation Museum

Item Number: 156
Time Left: CLOSED
Description
Cradle of Aviation Museum (Charles Lindbergh Blvd, Garden City, NY): https://www.cradleofaviation.org/
Four Tickets to the Museum (does not include Giant Screen Theater)
Expires: May 31, 2021
TheCradle of Aviation Museumis anaviation and spaceflight museumlocated inEast Garden City, New YorkonLong Islandto commemorate Long Island's part in the history ofaviation. It is located on land once part ofMitchel Air Force Basewhich, together with nearbyRoosevelt Fieldand other airfields on theHempstead Plains, was the site of many historic flights. In fact, so many seminal flights occurred in the area, that by the mid-1920s the cluster of airfields was already dubbed the "Cradle of Aviation",the origin of the museum's name.The museum originally opened with just a handful of aircraft in the un-restored hangars in 1980. A major renovation and expansion program in the late 1990s allowed the museum to re-open in a state-of-the-art facility in 2002. Additional expansion plans are currently under development.