New York it is a multicultural city where it is impossible to get bored. There is everything from cinemas and theaters, through parks and shops, to all kinds of museums.
If you are not a lover of the arts or shopping but you like ships, airplanes and spaceships then there is a place that you cannot miss on your visit to New York: the Naval and Aerospace Museum Intrepid.
The Museum
The name in English is Intrepid Sea, Air &Space Museum. It is a museum of military and maritime history which works at Pier 86 on the west side of Manhattan, in the neighborhood known as Hell's Kitchen.
¿Submarines, fighters, airplanes, space modules? You can see all that up close here. This place It was founded in 1982 and then, between 2006 and 2008, it was closed for renovation work on the main attraction, the ship Intrepid.
The USS Intrepid was one of the 24 US aircraft carrier that were built during WWII and participated in many battles in the Pacific Ocean. It was later reconverted and sailed across the Atlantic, participated in the Vietnam War and even recovered space capsules from a couple of NASA missions.
The Intreped was seized in 1974 and in the early '80s he was "saved" from oblivion by a couple of real estate developers and a journalist to be the cradle of the museum that we recommend you visit today. 
The museum exhibits are made up of ships and objects of the Air Force, Navy, Army, US Marines, Coast Guard and NASA. To enrich collections there are some planes from other nationsThe Concorde for example, a pair of Polish planes, one French, one Russian and one Italian.
A Russian space module, an interactive center for children and adolescents, the Concorde engine and of course, a program of educational activities that is always changing.
What to visit
As the Intrepid gets all the applause because you can seldom wander inside an aircraft carrier. The visit includes a walk through four decks, the bedrooms and the wheelhouse. There planes and helicopters outdoors, from different eras (a Tomcat that looks like something out of Top Gun, an English Harrier, a Russian MIG, a Skyhawk, helicopters), and in the hangar there are models and a multimedia exhibition dedicated to the rich history of the ship.
If you like submarines there is the Growler, a submarine launched in 1958 that you can visit almost from A to Z, with the missile and torpedo room included. Of course, get ready to be short of breath as you imagine spending days and days down here ...
The Concorde is also worth it. It is out of use and the super plane capable of breaking the sound barrier and uniting Europe with America in almost three hours has been out of use but never forgotten. Is he Concord Alpha Delta G-BOAD.
Finally, there is the Space Shuttle Pavilion where the protagonist is space shuttle enterprise, a NASA prototype around which 17 exhibition areas are organized with original objects, audios, films and photographs related to science and the space age.
If you move to Hangar 3 you can enjoy live a simulator experience which recreates the real experiences of airmen who served on the Intrepid. In an eight-minute film with 4D technology and computer graphics, you will live an unforgettable experience. Some 3D glasses and fly!
There is another simulator, the G Strength Encounter, which produces the sensations of fly at supersonic speeds on a jet. The cockpit is for two people and you have 360 ° views. A third experience is that of Transport FX: special polarized glasses, wind in the face and eight minutes of unforgettable flight.
Practical information to visit the Museum
Luckily or audio guides in multiple languages, Spanish among them. You will hear the stories of pilots and crew members, including people from different governments of the country who have had military careers (George H. W Bush or Colin Powell, for example), but also from people who work in the museum or tour guides who they bring more everyday aspects.
There are tours for children and for adults and for people with a hearing disability. Which are the museum hours? The museum is open during the spring and summer (April 1 to October 31), Monday through Friday from 10 am to 5 pm and on weekends and holidays until 6 pm.
In autumn and winter (from November 1 to March 3 | 1) it opens every day including holidays from 10 am to 5 pm. Of course, it is closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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General admission to museum (Intrepid, Growler submarine, and Intrepid Story movie viewing) costs $ 19 to $ 26. Today there is a special exhibition dedicated to Star Trek, Star Trek, which includes an interactive experience to be a cadet that costs from 18 to 46 dollars.
You can opt for general admission or general admission plus the Space Shuttle. This last ticket is priced from $ 24 to $ 33. If you also want to add some of the experiences in the simulators then get ready to pay $ 9 more for each of them.
Audio tours cost $ 5 more, and guided tours with professional museum staff cost $ 15-20 more. You should go early to really have time to see and do everything.
The good news is that all these choices can be made from the comfort of your home by visiting the museum's website. Step by step you select your visit and thus, when you arrive in New York, you have everything done.
How do you get there? Well, by bus, by subway, by car or by the Hudson River directly. All this information is super specified on the official website. As always, if there is one thing Americans know how to do, it is to organize a show well.