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Cradle of Aviation Museum – Garden City

Visit for Two or Four Kids or Adults with Planetarium Show and Carousel Ride (Up to 52% Off)

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In a Nutshell

Aviation museum harbors more than 75 aircraft and spacecraft, a planetarium theater, and a restored historical carousel built in 1912

The Fine Print

  • Expires 90 days after purchase.
  • Limit 2 per person. Limit 1 per visit. Valid only for option purchased. Closed on Mondays during the school year. Not valid on holidays or during holiday weekends. Must use promotional value in 1 visit.
  • See the rules that apply to all deals.

Early man's attempts at flying included sewing feathers onto his arms or trying to harpoon a passing comet. Learn about flying the new-fashioned way with this Groupon.

Choose Between Two Options

  • $21 for two child or adult admissions with one planetarium show and one carousel ride per person (up to a $42 value)
  • $40 for four child or adult admissions with one planetarium show and one carousel ride per person (up to a $84 value)

Along with access to the museum’s exhibits, admission grants unlimited access to the X-Ride Theater, a 30-seat motion flight simulator. Guests also receive a ride on the restored Nunley’s carousel and tickets to one show in the JetBlue Sky Theater Planetarium. See the planetarium’s upcoming show times.

Cradle of Aviation Museum

Flanked by seven other aircraft, a Grumman F-11 hangs suspended in a shallow dive over the main entrance to Cradle of Aviation Museum’s four-story glass atrium. Three viewing levels on wraparound balconies afford views of the aircraft that only fellow pilots in close formation ever saw when it was in service. The 150,000-square foot facility’s eight exhibits grant similarly intimate glimpses of more than 75 aircraft and spacecrafts that trace the historic path of Long Island’s aviation contributions since 1870. Those artifacts include a replica of the Wright Brothers’ 1899 kite, five aircraft made in Long Island for World War II, and the Grumman Lunar Module LM-5 “Eagle”, which transported Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin to that soundstage that looked like the moon.

Patrons also get a chance to soar skywar in the X-Ride Theater, a 30-seat motion simulator whose “Fly with the Blue Angels” film mimics the piloting of a U.S. Navy squadron jet. Over in the JetBlue Sky Theater Planetarium and the Leroy R. & Rose W. Grumman Dome Theater, screens show films on subjects such as Lewis and Clark and Ernest Shackleton’s famed Antarctic journey. To reenergize after touring the museum or riding the Historic Nunley's Carousel, which was built in 1912, guests can enjoy a meal in the Red Planet Cafe, whose space station décor evokes a Martian cafeteria in the year 2040.

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Cradle of Aviation Museum

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    Garden City

    1 Davis Ave.
    Garden City, New York 11530
    (516) 572-4066
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Reviews

  • Nice way to spend an afternoon with the kids. Boys especially enjoyed the fighter planes and Imax. Cant get enough of these places during winter
    Hope it Helps, 1/11/10
  • I have been going to the cradle of aviation for two years with my son. I give it five stars for education and experience...
    Sweet08, 12/8/12
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