A very cool place to visit with lots of displays. Ticket counter and security were very friendly and helpful. There is a Firefighters museum next door which is convenient. Plenty of free parking. It was fun to take a step back in time and see these amazing instruments of flight up close. I highly recommend this museum.

Im not an aviation enthusiast, but I had a great time at the museum. The information presented and the airplane models were incredible and helped me learn about the history of aviation. Mr. Joel Friedman took the time to explain the various exhibits and tell us interesting stories as we walked through the museum. It was a very enjoyable time. I would definitely visit again.

Very knowledgable staff that actually worked on the original equipment of the moon landing. Real WW2 aircraft! Great learning for young and old. Plenty of parking.

Tells the story of aviation around Long Island, all the way from the 19th century, through the golden age (1919-1939), to the space age. Its beautiful and inspirational. There are many interactive display that are good for small kids.

Great collection of aircraft and items of historical interest. Had a nice time checking out the exhibits, regardless of the COVID restrictions. A few of the interactive elements are closed, but there is still more than enough to see here. Can’t miss for aviation enthusiasts.

Aside from the fact that Im an aviation junkie, this museum is very informative and the staff is super friendly. Theyll steer you towards areas where you express interest and they have the knowledge to explain about the artifacts that you want to look at. You might even get an amusing anecdote or two.Definitely one of my favorite places on Long Island.

An awesome place to visit even if you’re not an aviation fanatic. You can see how Long Island played such an integral part in the history of flight and eventually space travel. There’s even a real authentic lunar module that was supposed to go up with Apollo 18 or 19.

Great place to go with the family or by yourself. You will learn so much here about aviation. Loved every minute of it. Go visit.

This is an open museum where everyone can get involved with great display of planes and space craft. Lots of history and a very informative staff and an attached firehouse exhibit. Plenty to see for everyone, from vintage planes flown during various wars, banners and plaques commemorating famous flights. Theres also an I - Max theatre and a cafeteria located within. Kids and adults will have a great time.

Good for kids. There is a childrens play space bear the entrance and there is an extensive exhibit hall. The second and third floors dont have much. The entrance and exhibits are wheelchair accessible. There is also a dining space that seems to sell food but did not use that. There is also lots of parking on premises. I would recommend this place if you have children and an activity. Adult tickets are $15 each. Some libraries have passes that you can use so its free admission if youre a resident in Nassau County.

I had a great time here. Took me just under 3 hours to see everything. The staff was amazing and knowledgeable.

Great staff, and a clean environment. Very interesting.

Amazing museum! Our whole family (any age) enjoys the museum. We visited it several times and every time we found a lot of interesting facts and models. Well maintained museum with a great staff. They put the models in a chronological order from the air balloons to the space shuttle. Great museum with the opportunity to watch the learning movie at the planetarium. You can buy the combo ticket for the museum and planetarium. Must see!

Truly Amazing.

Nice place to visit with kids. They have tons of planes on exhibits and kids can actually get on and have a good experience. They also have a playroom for kids and cafeteria.

This place is well run and well organized with very knowledgeable staff. Special thanks to Joel Friedman for his guided tour!

What a great local museum! The first time I was there was the mid 80s they had a hanger with 4 or 5 planes. What a huge difference in 35 years. This is a great place or kids, lots of interactive exhibits for kids and adults. Not only great exhibits, but a lot about the local aviation history of Long Island, which was very well presented and the docents are great with kids too.

Being able to visit this awesome museum is such a great experience. Its a great reminder of the Long Island amazing aviation history and its beautiful. I had so much fun last week with my little boys as we visited this place two days ago and even them have a lot of questions regarding what they saw during the tour. The staffs are very accommodating and the guide assigned to us is very friendly and gives all the information that we needed to know.

No temperature checks, no COVID symptom checks, but made a huge deal about my TWO YEAR OLD not wearing a mask.

I always learn something new.

Our company Trademark DJ Entertainment hosted a holiday party for Arkwin Industries at Cradle of Aviation. Not only was the food was incredible, they also have a very friendly staff. Thank you for your great hospitality.-Trademark DJ Entertainment

Ive been to a few aviation museums around the country and this one can compete with some of the larger ones. Even if your kids arent that interested in airplanes theyll still have fun there. Lots of cool displays and cockpits to sit in. The arcade is one thing alone Id go back for, being that it is all vintage arcade games and old video game consoles. It takes me back to the 80s.

What a great museum. Visited again recently. A walk down memory lane. This highlights Long Islands contribution to aviation and the space program. We are not just another suburb. To have this facility at historic Roosevelt Field is amazing. Pricing gives great value and parking is readily available.

I am a history buff and really enjoy learning. One of the most unique things about this museum is the focus on the local areas influence on aviation history. While there is a lot to see just on the aviation side, there is so much more to learn about the history of the area.

Awesome experience. A lot of friendly staff and volunteers. Active Military is free so my trip was really cheap. The movie exercise (Journey to space) was pretty cool.

Just went to the chocolate experience. That was nice . Museum was clean and safe. Really nice exhibits, a lot of flight history on Long Island. Fighter jets, WW2 planes. Space stuff, Voyages, Apollo mission. A real Lunar lander! Very cool. Would recommend, check your local library for free passes.

This is an amazing place to take children who are interested in aerospace. There’s so much to see and learn. My children love exploring and interacting with the different exhibits.

It was really fun. Their was fun things for the little children, like building blocks, and going inside a mini spaceship. While it was fun, you get to learn alot of stuff too. Their was also a theatre. It wasnt a normal one though. The seats were slanted, so it made it feel scary. In theatre, their was a round ceiling and on the ceiling you get to see the sky in a close up image. It was pretty cool too.

What a marvelous 3 hour visit! So much to see and so well explained and displayed. Impressive. Congratulations to Long Island for the museum and the role in aviation and space travel!

Ive been to a lot of aviation museums over the years (thanks dad!) and this one is up there with the best of them. Its very Long Island-centric as you would expect but the sheer amount of aircraft and the variation is very impressive.The staff are very helpful and insightful; willing to share information and have a chat.The thing I enjoyed the most was Just how close you can get to many of the exhibits - we were even let into a couple by the staff that were sealed off. You can touch many of the things there too.It has a gift shop that is reasonably priced, although not as varied as some and although I never tried it I am led to believe the cafe is rather good!

Small place, but lots of great, historic aircraft. Wonderful place to learn about the history of aviation and how it has developed over time. Fantastic tour guides as well.

Very good place to enjoy and learn about the history of Aviation.

Well worth the cost of admissions!

A must see for any space geek! The volunteers are awesome and are happy to tell you everything, no time limit!

Very interesting place... love it... I recommend to my friends.

A nostalgic experience for me to revisit this place. I came a few times when I was younger and although part of the museum exhibits change, it is a great daytime fieldtrip to take with friends, students and family alike. I highly recommend the planetarium/ dome theatre, they have a open cafe area to sit and eat (with a selection of food/drink/snack thats not overpriced, considering its food on-site), and the museum store has nice gadgets, science toys, souvenirs, and miscellaneous for children, youth and adults alike. I highly recommend if youre looking for a peaceful and learning day trip.

Absolutely love the place and the baby play room. Every room has at least a couple hands on section s for kids. They can find many flights to fly and sit in throughout the museum. Café is good. Its very easy for parents to supervise kids. My son loves the place.

Great staff and knowledge about all the equipment built on longisland. Awesome location and museum.

Went there for a con about a year back. Had a ton of fun, even while not doing convention stuff. Learned more about aviation in one day then I have in the past ten years!

Love this place, fantastic to see how aviation evolved over the decades, really enjoyed !

There are 2 things that attracted my attention: the original Apollo lunar landing module that was built but never flew since the mission was cancelled, and the original German V1 rocket that was brought and assembled in US. As per museum staff the US military intended to use it in a war with Japan.

Fun place for the young and old. We went during Long Island school breaks and it was quiet. We also went on a tour with a guide which was very informational. We enjoyed the museum. Proud to have such a high quality place in our local neighborhood.

Saw awesome exhibits at the museum and had some really good food.

Great events here. Festival of Trees was fun for the whole family.

Very cool museum. the coolest part if the real Apollo Lunar Module. Also some cool early aviation models. Lots of stuff that the kids can touch. Few people.

Great place.My Pop worked for Pan-Am love looking at planes what not.

Fun museum with local Aviation and space history!

This is a fantastic place to see how aviation evolved over the decades. The guides are all very passionate about the exhibit which is brilliant. The kids love the interactive parts

Our second visit. Absolutely great, ascending visit. We have been lucky to go during a weekday and had on both our visits a volunteer guide who spent 15-20 minutes talking with us giving us a personal guided tour. Amazing collection. Worth the visit. Enjoyed very much the movie Dream Big.

First time here. Had no idea how much early aviation history happend on long island. I knew about Grumman and republics contributions during WWII, breaking the sound barier and beyond. But long island played a huge roll in aviation history going all the way back to the Wright brothers. It wasnt a coincidence that Lindberg chose to fly from here, most test flights happened here. They have senior citizen volunteers that can answer any questions you might have. Check out the movie theater, sit as high up as possible for best view. Its worth the 8 bucks.

The staff here are very very friendly especially one named Andrew. He was very kind and taught my family all about military aircraft in the area where he was stationed. If your reading. This Andrew, thank you

A must for all of those on Long Island who love aviation and the history of aviation on Long Island and its impact on the industry as a whole. I have been several times since High School and always will enjoy going.

Great little museum showcasing the rich aviation history of Long Island!

Fantastic history. Great staff, very knowledgeable about aeronautics and what is being displayed.

We have visited the museum a few times in the past and have loved it each and every time. Very enjoyable visit. As aviation buffs, we love the museum!

Not the easiest museum to reach from LIRR Westbury Station, and even more difficult to return due to transport issues - taxis dont stop there. But an interesting, if small museum. What it lacks in numbers of aircraft is made up for in the well-laid out display areas. It was great to see a Thunderbolt, Wildcat, F-14, A-10 and an Intruder among the exhibits. An unused lunar module, LM-13 is on display. Would have been an extra star if they had more exhibits. Ticket price on date was $15.

Really cool place! They have a lot of models of different planes. Very nice & interesting exebitions. Good spacios cafe & play room for kids under 6. Planetarium in the same building. I am strongly recommend this place for everyone & specially for family with kids.

Great museum to visit on a rainy day. My girlfriend and I visited and we were interested in all the exhibits. Museum is set up nicely and is for kids and adults. The show in the planetarium was also very cool. Great experience and recommended. We spent about 2.5 hrs there. Could have easily spent more time.

Great place here. The only reason I didn’t give it 4 stars is because some equipment didn’t work and I wish it was bigger. Admission is based on which are you will go to. We only did the air and space portion.Staff are very helpful and friendly and willing to actually give you ideas of where to go and some background history as well.Definitely want to go back.

Took my toddler son there today along with the firefighters museum located next door. Really great place and if you haven’t been there before plan on visiting both museums since they are almost in the same building, in fact if you go there with kids they are going to spot the airplanes from inside the firefighters museum and want to go inside. The kids love to climb on the fire trucks and play with the costumes. The air and space museum is the same with a much bigger display and it was humbling to stand almost on the very spot so much of America’s history took place. My only complaint was the fact that throughout the air museum there was an assortment of coin operated video arcade games and although they were all aircraft related I really wanted a place I can take my son for entertainment without electronics and to absorb his surroundings, as soon as the kids see the video games they run right to it and ignore the great parts the museum has to offer. I would still highly recommend this place for people of all ages.

It’s full of educational and historical events of all kids of aircrafts. Not only the kids would find it fun, but so does the adult would find this place really interesting. It has cute little playroom for younger kids to play, and one this I like about this museums is there are lots of displays that can be interact with. Can feel the feeling of how it’s feel to sit in the pilot seats and also get to get into the part of the aircrafts.

Nice museum! Lots of interesting things to see! :)

Came a few weeks back with my sons, nothing works as far as interactive exhibits go. One exhibit is just holes and foam. Not a very interesting place.

We have visited the museum a few times in the past and have loved it each and every time

It was very nice. I only wish the plaques were easier to tell which exhibit they were for.

Great place for all. Real airplanes and flying machines. And spacecraft. And an IMax theater is in the building. I enjoyed taking pictures of the planes. There are also demonstrations when I was there about a space capsule and the guide explained how important the parts are designed to be light it was very interesting.

What fun, what fun, what fun! Cradle aviation museum is number one! We went on a tour, running across the floor because we got there after four. They gave us a great score, it surely was not a bore. It was full of aviation lore, but wait, theres more We were greatly surprised by the genuine appollo 19(shes a beauty), yeah aha, it was so pristine. It was, yeah yeah a cool bean! To provide us with a good time they were trying, yeah, yeah one day WE MAY BE FLYING!

Place is incredible

Visited the Cradle of Aviation Museum. Was very pleased with not only the planes and related items, but all the information on Long Island companies and airfields. Spent 4 hours and will return for at least 4 to 6 more hours. Well worth visiting.

The history of Aviation is well shown and theres a great deal of interactive material. It teaches many rules and for some of the advance children some of the mathematics or physics should have been described. The planetarium show on outer space was terrible

Excellent, there is no restrictions to take photos, originals are in place.

Really cool place. Good for all age groups. Even for people with little fascination in planes, this place is awesome. Really interesting and fun to look around. Also has a gift shop which is a little pricey but cool for a souvenir.

What an awesome place our whoel family had such an amazing time. Our grandfather as a ww2 fighter pilot vet would have loved to see this too bad we never knew about it!

This the local go to spot for anyone interested in anything aerospace. Theres seriously enough content in this place to rival the Intrepid and certainly will keep you and your family busy for a Saturday or Sunday.

Employees always seem to be impolite and rude. To be fair, the woman at the desk (very rudely) told me our tickets did not include the play space. I was holding one of my sons to prevent him from going in on our way out, but my other son ran in while I was holding him. The woman at the desk saw this and had another employee come and tell to leave. She wasn’t nice about it at all! I was obviously struggling to contain my twins and was having a rough time by myself. I was in tears, and the employees saw this. They accosted me anyway.

The birthplace of modern aviation...Eastern Airlines, the Lindbergh Line, started here with Lindys courageous solo flight over the Atlantic; this should be a Smithsonian museum.

I visited this museum today. A lot of the interactive displays do not work. This was disappointing, as the price tag is 15. 00 per adult. The museum needs to be updated big time. The floors are dingy, and so is the seating in the movie theater. A great, large space should be utilized better. Please update this museum. It could be so much better.

Knowledgeable Docents, that is, volunteer tour guides make this Museum come alive! Each tour of the eight galleries are customized by the Docents, taking into account the age of the visitors, including children. You can learn as little or as much as you wish to about any of the exhibits and subjects represented by the exhibits. It is a good place to spend the entire day or just a short time, returning another day to see the exhibits that you did not see on that visit. Learn about the considerable history of Aviation that was and is a major part of the history of Long Island! They even have an actual Lunar Lander, that was part of the Apollo program! It is one of only two such spacecraft left in the world!

This place is a treasure. One of the few museums where you get your moneys worth. The staff and volunteers are knowledgeable and helpful. The planetarium is one of the best Ive visited. At first I thought my 7 year old would be bored, but he enjoyed it the most. You wont be disappointed.

I like it here. I do. But a lot of the simulator games werent working. If they fixed that and updated some areas, people,especially kids, would have a better time there.

Museum exhibiting various aircrafts, their history, space trips, etc. Very informative and kids friendly. Theatre shows are really good but they can also include stories about planets and other heavenly bodies.

It is a great museum for children and adults to learn about aviation and the history of flight. I personally learned a lot about flight, and it isnt extremely over priced. I would also like to add, the workers where very good in customer service. I would definitely come back. That is why I rate this a five star museum.

This museum is perfect for both kids and adults. I went with my 4 year old and 7 year old and a good time was had by all. There are plenty of hands on exhibits and things to sit in. Lots of interesting history will be discovered on a visit here. The food in the cafe was reasonably priced as were items in the gift shop. I will surely visit again.

This place its awesome. Bring the family have lots of fun

Great place to go to if you have an interest in planes and their history. The Planetarium is pretty cool. You can travel throughout the galaxy and experience the creation of the galaxy, earth, and stars. Entrance price is pretty good too

Fantastic museum to visit! Cool exhibits of all types of airplanes, a fun ride to go on, with an IMAX theater to boot.

If I could rate less than 1 star I would. Just came back from a Winter Overnight with my cub scout pack, there were 4 packs in all for this sleepover. It snowed overnight and the temps were freezing, THEY SHUT OFF THE HEAT IN THE MUSEUM!!! When we went to bed it was very comfortable, maybe around 72 degrees. Then I noticed it started getting colder and colder. Eventually by 1am it was probably about 50 degrees in that hangar (the part of the museum you sleep in used to be a hangar). Let me tell you, I would not let my dog sleep in 50 degrees, I dont know how they get away with it. I didnt sleep the whole night. These people are cheap crooks, the city should slap them with a citation every time the temps drop below 65 and there are people, including many children, sleeping overnight in there. At 6:30am I grabbed our things and we ran out the door, they can keep their bagels and coffee. Save your time and money and pursue other ways your scouts can have fun and complete their electives and so forth.

Fantastic staff. Awesome variety of events held there annually including pop culture, foodie based, tattoo, etc. The museum itself gives an incredible look at the history of aviation. Must visit. Great for kids. Café inside.

The museum is a great place to go on any day whether it be rainy or not. We held our robotics competition here and the staff was so helpful and friendly to us. They made the whole experience as easy and nothing went wrong. Cant wait for this Janurarys event!

Lots of things to see. Hands on exhibits for the kids. Didn’t see the whole museum, will return!

I love the Planetarium. the staff is very nice and very child oriented.

Good clean fun

Great Experience for the entire family, The exhibits are very educational (But many of them not in working order) the staff is extremely nice and helpful, The verity of airplanes is astounding.

Went for the retro video game night and they have an amazing set up there of old video games. Also the planes and plaques are great to look at.

Went for an event here. It is a great place to go see.

Come here regularly with our toddlers. Great kids area, fun seasonal activities and if able to go, the retro arcade exhibit is till February

Museum dedicated to the history of local aviation as well as that of the US. It has an ample collection like the space module that would be used in Apollo 18, a replica of the airplane of Charles Lindbergh, besides other restored historical airplanes. Certainly it is one of the main museums of the country.

Really fun place to go to when you are bored or just want to get out of the house! everyone loves it! my robotics team did a event there and it was great and we had a blast and so did the kids

Very nice place and very friendly employee.

Wonderful place to visit. Very kids friendly. Lots of room in the main building for children to explore. Very friendly staff. A lot of interesting and historic aviation items on display