Cradle of Aviation Museum
The Cradle of Aviation Museum is an aerospace museum located in the East Garden City section of Uniondale, New York on Long Island, established to commemorate Long Island's part in the history of aviation.Photo: Sullynyflhi, Public domain.
- Type: Museum
- Description: aviation museum in Garden City, New York
- Also known as: “cradleofaviation.org”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mitchel Air Force Base and Long Island Children’s Museum.
Mitchel Air Force Base
Heritage site
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Mitchel Air Force Base, also known as Mitchel Field, was a United States Air Force base located on the Hempstead Plains of Long Island, New York, United States. Mitchel Air Force Base is situated 960 feet north of Cradle of Aviation Museum.
Long Island Children’s Museum
Museum
The Long Island Children’s Museum is a Children's museum located on the campus of Mitchel Field in the East Garden City section of Uniondale, New York, United States. Long Island Children’s Museum is situated 810 feet west of Cradle of Aviation Museum.
Nassau Coliseum
Stadium
Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Uniondale, New York, on Long Island. The venue is situated approximately 7 miles east of the eastern limits of the borough of Queens in New York City, adjacent to the Meadowbrook Parkway. Nassau Coliseum is situated 2,700 feet southeast of Cradle of Aviation Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Garden City and Uniondale.
East Garden City
Quarter
East Garden City is a hamlet and former census-designated place, located within the CDP of Uniondale, in the northeastern part of the Town of Hempstead, in the Hempstead Plains region of Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States, along the Hempstead/North Hempstead town line.
Uniondale
Town
Uniondale is a hamlet and census-designated place in central Nassau County, New York, on Long Island, in the Town of Hempstead, within the New York metropolitan area.
Carle Place
Town
Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Carle Place is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The CDP's population was 5,005 at the time of the 2020 census. Carle Place is situated 2 miles north of Cradle of Aviation Museum.
Cradle of Aviation Museum
- Categories: aviation museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.72835° or 40° 43′ 42″ northLongitude
-73.59748° or 73° 35′ 51″ westElevation
89 feet (27 metres)Open location code
87G8PCH3+82OpenStreetMap ID
node 7089432281OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
From Japanese to Portuguese—“Cradle of Aviation Museum” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “クレードル航空博物館”
- Japanese: “クレイドル航空博物館”
- Japanese: “航空発祥地博物館”
- Polish: “Cradle of Aviation Museum”
- Portuguese: “Cradle of Aviation Museum”
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