UPCOMING PROGRAMS
New England Air Museum is home to an ever changing roster of events – ranging in focus from children, to students and adults. Please explore our featured upcoming events below!
From Story Time and Flight Science Demonstrations to hands-on Build & Fly Challenges and Family Tours, enjoy family-friendly drop-in programs. Included with general admission and subject to change.
We're kicking off an exciting campaign to fund our new Pratt & Whitney exhibit, opening in November 2025! Join us for appetizers, cash bar, live music, and exciting previews of our next exhibit!
Join our team from the John W. Ramsay Research Library for a show and tell of exciting artifacts that the museum has in its collection!
Join us to hear from retired Navy Pilot Bill Hughes! Hughes was assigned to Operation Deep Freeze in Antarctica, flying helicopters and airplanes in support of the scientific exploration of the continent
Climb aboard a selection of our historic aircraft collection and see what it was like to take to the skies in these airplanes and helicopters!
Join us for a Mad Science show: the Science of Superheroes! Discover the real science behind some of the most popular superhero powers like flight, invisibility, and walking up walls!
Learn to rivet with the help of our Restoration Team! Visitors will be able to try different types of rivets used on aircraft (just like Rosie the Riveter!)
Come meet the Easter Bunny at the New England Air Museum, participate in fun hands-on activities, and more! This event is included with admission.
Library passes cannot be used for this event.
Check out the inside of our B-29's cockpit! Tickets include admission & timed entry into the cockpit. Entry is first come, first serve within time slot. Ability to use stairs & bend to enter required.
Learn to rivet with the help of our Restoration Team! Visitors will be able to try different types of rivets used on aircraft (just like Rosie the Riveter!)
Save the date for this year's Space Expo! This special event will feature guests from our region’s aerospace industry, astronaut lectures, activities for children and families, and much more!
Join our team from the John W. Ramsay Research Library for a show and tell of exciting artifacts that the museum has in its collection!
How did one of the oldest companies in CT get involved in building this glider? Learn the answer to this and many other questions, when Dr. Bill Barry returns with a talk about the Pratt Read Sailplane
Meet retired helicopter pilots and certified flight instructors, learn how helicopters fly from our public programs team, receive special access inside our Sikorsky CH-54B Tarhe helicopter, and more!
Spend a day exploring the greater Albany, NY area with visits to the Empire State Aerosciences Museum and the Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site in support of NEAM.
Learn about the contributions made by Ct and New England men during WWII with displays, demonstrations, and talks throughout the day hosted by the 43rd Infantry Division 169th Regiment Reenacted.
Explore America's greatest cities of steel: Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. Highlights include the Carrie Blast Furnaces and a ride on the historic Duquesne Incline; the Hagerstown Aviation Muse...
During this program, we will be heading out back to the museum's Storage Hangar to learn about all the treasures the museum has in its collection.
Join author, lecturer, and historian Gary Powers Jr. on an exciting, 10-day Cold War and espionage related tour of Germany and the Czech Republic in support of NEAM in partnership with CHA Educational Tou...
