Join us Sat, June 27, 12 - 9:30 pm for UFOlogy: Close Encounters at the Cradle, featuring hands-on activities, astronomy presentations, cool merch vendors, and guest UFO investigators. Enjoy a screening of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, followed by a spectacular 300-drone show finale and dance party with a live DJ.
Family Four Packs are available for just $75.
Special Guests
Things to do at UFOlogy:
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UFO Dance Party
Museum Parking Lot, 8 pm
Join our live DJ outdoors for music, dancing, and an out-of-this-world celebration under the night sky before the evening drone show finale.
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AOS Solar Telescope Viewing
Outside the Museum, 12-8 pm
Take a safe look at the Sun through special solar telescopes from the Amateur Observers’ Society of New York and learn more about astronomy and space observation.
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Behind the Drones with Grizzly Entertainment
Drone Zone - Atrium, 12 pm, 4 pm
Meet the team behind UFOlogy’s nighttime drone show and discover how synchronized drones create large-scale aerial displays.
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Build Your Own Cartesian Diver
Jet Age Gallery, 12–8 pm
Discover how spacecraft might safely land on ocean-covered worlds. Build your own Cartesian Diver and test how pressure and buoyancy help a UFO dive, float, and land.
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Roswell Weather Balloon - Create A Mylar Parachute
World War II Carrier Deck, 12-8 pm
Create a parachute for a tiny extraterrestrial and test your landing skills in this hands-on launch challenge.
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Design A Flying Saucer
Dream of Wings Gallery, 12-8 pm
Blast off into an out-of-this-world adventure as you design and build your own flying saucer.
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Demo Activity: Spectroscopy - Cosmic Light
LEM Classroom, Space Gallery. Every hour on the half hour, 12:30 - 7:30pm
Discover how light reveals hidden clues about stars, planets, and objects in space. Observe how scientists use special viewing tools to investigate the universe.
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Demo Activity: How E.T. Travels - Comet Building
World War I Classroom, every hour on the hour, 12-7 pm
Watch our educator create a simulated comet using dry ice, then launch your own mini film canister rockets powered by dry ice and Alka Seltzer.
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Lecture - Pushing the Envelope: America’s Revoluntionary Black Jets
Drone Zone - Atrium 2 pm, 6 pm
Discover the advanced aircraft developed in secret during the Cold War and learn how these groundbreaking designs pushed the limits of flight, inspiring generations of mystery and UFO stories.
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Face Painting
Atrium, 12-8 pm
Add some out-of-this-world fun to your UFOlogy experience with themed face painting for cosmic explorers of all ages. $5 add-on with paid museum admission.
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Flying Drone Demo
Hempstead Plains Tent, 12-8 pm
Watch drones soar, hover, and maneuver as you learn how emerging aviation technology is shaping the skies around us.
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Area 516 Slime Experiment - Make Your Own Slime
LEM Room, every hour on the hour, 12-7 pm
Create and take home your own slime while exploring the science behind strange substances discovered by UFO encounters.
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Meet the Tedesco Brothers’ Nightcrawler Team
Outside the Museum, 12-8 pm
See cameras, sensors, and observation equipment used to explore and investigate unusual activity in the sky.
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Portable Planetarium
Golden Age Gallery, 12 pm, 2 pm, 4 pm, 6 pm
Step inside our portable planetarium and explore stars, planets, satellites, and the night sky above Long Island. Presented by That Planetarium Guy.
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Step Inside the Nassau Library System Techmobile
Outside the Museum, 3-7 pm
Visit this state-of-the-art library on wheels for free Wi-Fi, device charging, and access to digital library resources, including ebooks and streaming content.
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Out-of-This-World 'Operation' Board Game'
Clean Room - Space Gallery, 12-8 pm
Inspired by the classic Operation game, test your skills as you carefully remove objects from a space creature without setting off the buzzer.
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UFO Sling Shot
Junior Jet Club, 12-8 pm
Launch mysterious flying objects into the air, then investigate and identify them to turn your UFO into an IFO — an Identified Flying Object!
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An E.T. Family Movie Night
Join us at 6:30 pm for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Steven Spielberg’s beloved sci-fi classic about a young boy and an extraordinary visitor from beyond the stars. Enjoy the film inside the theater before the evening drone show finale.
*Limited seating available.
Grand Finale 300-Drone Light Show!
Join us outside for our grand finale drone show at 9:00 pm
UFOlogy Admission
Adult $25, Child $20, Family Four Pack $75
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Cradle of Aviation Museum, Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530
Questions? Call Reservations (Mon-Fri, 10-4) at 516-572-4066
Or use the Contact Form here!
*Children ages 2-12
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Whether IN-PERSON or ONLINE, the Museum Store has everything you need to inspire your inner astronomer and explore the universe with space-themed books, toys, and gifts.
