Cradle of Aviation Museum ~ Charles Lindbergh Blvd. ~ Garden City, NY 11530


00:16 Lobby
00:44 Pre Powered Flight
02:00 Beginning Commercial Era
02:40 World War II
04:46 The Jet Age
08:04 Space Era
08:44 Apollo Era
15:46 Carrier Aviation

This 150,000 square feet museum featuring 75 aircraft and spacecraft. Long Island has been important to the aviation industry from before the time when Lindbergh took off from Long Island to complete his non-stop flight to Europe up to the Apollo missions. This museum features an actual Apollo Lunar Module. The Lunar modules were developed, designed and build on Long Island.


Long Island has at various times been home to some of the most important defense and aerospace organizations ever conceived. Many aircraft have been developed here to keep the United States safe in both War and in Peace.



The museum features eight exhibit galleries chronologically arranged to document aviation history and the importance of Long Island to this industry.