The Museum is offering several aviation and non-aviation items for auction as part of a fundraising effort August 23 – 31, 2022. Click here for more info.
CAF Airpower History Tour Coming to Niagara Falls Sept 1-5
The Museum will be open Thursday through Monday, September 1- 5, during the Commemorative Air Force (CAF)’s AirPower History Tour visit at the Niagara Falls International Airport. Visitors will access the CAF aircraft through the museum! Read more about it here.
We Are Open!
The museum is open for visitors on weekends only from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Other open days will be listed in the Events section.) Volunteer docents may be limited, so visitors may enjoy the museum on self-guided tours.
Niagara Aerospace Museum Celebrates WNY’s Contribution to Breaking the Sound Barrier 2019
On October 26, 2019, we had a full day of activities to honor and celebrate Western New York’s contribution to breaking the sound barrier. Our visitors and members joined us in celebrating this aviation first and it’s Western NY roots. Just down the street from our museum, in the Bell Wheatfield plant, is where the […]
Sept 18, 1919: Altitude Record set in Curtiss triplane
Curtiss Engineering Corporation test pilot Roland Rohlfs set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Record for Altitude when he flew a Curtiss 18T-2 Wasp triplane, U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics serial number A3325, to an altitude of 9,577 meters (31,421 feet) over Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York.¹ Contemporary sources, however, reported that Rohlfs’ peak altitude was […]
Niagara Region’s contribution to the Apollo program highlighted in Buffalo Tales
Buffalo Tales, which highlights local stories, has published a review of contributions of companies from the Niagara Region to the Apollo Lunar Landing missions. Read the story at BuffaloTales.net.