Museum Highlights Tour | Intrepid Museum
Key stops on flight and hangar decks cover the people, missions, aircraft and technology of Intrepid.
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Overview
About Intrepid Museum
The Intrepid Museum features the world's first space shuttle, a nuclear weapons-carrying submarine, dozens of military aircraft, a supersonic spy plane, and the world's fastest commercial airliner displayed in and around the historic aircraft carrier. The museum offers immersive exhibitions exploring technological innovations and historical accomplishments.
Made for
- An expert guide leads visitors through the history of the former USS Intrepid.
- Visitors can use flight simulators, a 4D theater and virtual and augmented reality experiences.
- The aircraft carrier Intrepid was commissioned in 1943 and survived five Kamikaze attacks plus a torpedo strike in WWII.
The packages
VIP Tours
A guided VIP experience gives a close look at collections and exhibitions, designed for the individual guest.
Concorde Experience Tour | Intrepid Museum
The Concorde experience lasts 20 minutes and is offered every 30 minutes.
What exactly is Operation Slumber: Overnight Experience
Organized youth groups and families discover what it takes to eat, live and sleep aboard Intrepid.
Birthday Parties
Birthday parties offer themes, value packages and customized options for a child's celebration.
The styles
Submarine Growler
Open to visitors, Growler is America's sole nuclear missile submarine offering a firsthand look at life aboard.
Space Shuttle Pavilion
Enterprise, NASA's prototype orbiter, is housed in the pavilion.
flight simulators
Simulators let guests feel flying an aircraft with 360 degrees of movement.
Explore Intrepid: Engines and Boilers (VR Experience
Immersive 3D recreations of engineering spaces teach running engines, fueling boilers and steering the ship.
Event experiences
- Intrepid Marketplace and Aviator Grill serve New York style menus.
How it works
How do I purchase tickets
Tickets are encouraged online for quickest entry, with a box office on location too.
Good to know
- Concorde visitors must be at least 5, and those under 16 need an adult.
- Concorde tours do not permit strollers, large bags, backpacks or luggage.
- Growler visitors need to be at least 40” tall.
- Inside the submarine, narrow areas may not suit visitors with claustrophobia.
- Online tickets are valid only on the chosen date within the indicated half-hour window.
- Tickets cannot be refunded or transferred, though rescheduling within one year is possible.
- Visitors should plan two to three hours at the museum.
- There is no visitor parking lot at the museum.
- Personal cameras and video are allowed, but selfie sticks and professional equipment such as tripods are not.
- The museum has no bag or coat check.
- Service animals trained for a disability-related task are welcome at the museum.
- Most of the museum is wheelchair accessible, with much of the carrier reachable by ramp or elevator.
- Foldable stools can be borrowed from the Information Desk for visitors needing breaks.
- Groups of fifteen or more qualify for group discounts and services.
- Group reservations require full payment two weeks before the visit.
- Group cancellations need to be made at least 2 weeks before the visit.
- School groups need at least 1 chaperone for every 15 students.
- On-site group programs last 60 minutes unless noted otherwise.
- Hours can change daily depending on special events, capacity and exhibition closures.
- Final entry and last ticket sales occur an hour before closing.
- Virtual group programs run weekdays.
Details from intrepidmuseum.org