Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum

I was pleasantly surprised by this self-guided museum. Love the fact that you’re able to sit inside some of the airships and explore inside others; it really puts into perspective how large these planes are. The museum is very well laid out and clean. Ample parking, and if you’re lucky, you get to park adjacent to one of the airships :) You move at your own pace, there are rooms with real footage of events and other rooms which include all sorts of WWII memorabilia, ammunition, vintage equipment, historical photos and so much more. If you’re a reader, I suggest you allot a few hours.
Tickets are purchased at the gift shop.

It’s a great hands on experience for curious minds, history buffs, and aviators!
An awesome addition to our Cape May excursion, we will definitely visit again when in the area.

This monumental piece of history delivers an amazing and educational experience. The staff is super friendly, you can go into the cockpit of certain aircraft, overall it is a great experience. While there, stop by the flight deck diner.

A blast from the past indeed! This hangar museum has displays of super cool aircrafts and tons of naval history/ memorabilia from different eras. A real gem of Cape May and a must see next time you're around!

This museum is truly one of the best to go to. They offer a rich history of aviation and have so many airplanes! They even let you climb in some of them! If you ever get the chance, you should absolutely check this out

Very cool place to visit. So much history and amazing military memorabilia. All sorts of vehicles and planes. Hands on experience. Sit in a fighter jet and get up and close to the collection

Great place to go on a rainy day or visit to learn about cape may history from WW1 and WW2 on plains and equipment used back then see it up close. It is like stepping back in time. Great education platform for kids to learn history. Try it you may like it.

If I could make this museum 10 stars I would. I am so impressed with what Dr. Salvatore was able to do along with his wife and supporters to create such an amazing space. I’ve gone three times in the last couple months and each time some thing chefs, and the displays are just amazing. I love the feeling that it’s an adult. Please touch museum where we’re actually allowed to in gauge with some of the displays, I like the Christmas in July event I run my own nonprofit, so I find the space very inspiring for next steps that I’d like to take in what our group is doing. It’s a great activity, if you’re a history buff, or looking to have an adventure with the kids, and teach them something about our history, or if you are an aviation or car enthusiast, this is a great place I love the 1940s room as well along with the love letters and stories of our soldiers from that time.. So overall a great great great way to spend some time they also have a good gift shop.

Nice hidden gem. Highlights the story of WWII life in Cape May which you want to include the Fire Control tower as well. One of the view places I have been that allow you to climb into a fighter jet cockpit.

Also try the Flight Deck diner across the parking lot. Good food at reasonable prices.

Lovely museum of mostly WWII and Vietnam era aircraft. The amount of history the Cape May area had involving the wars and military is fascinating. The staff is very friendly and knowledgeable. There are several crafts and vehicles you can get right into the front seat or cockpit, great photo op for kids.

The history in this place is so rich. There were many interactive vehicles/planes. The experience was fun. Please note this is a self guided museum, so I recommend it to people who love history, airplanes, and our military. (And walking, lol)

Very nice for the family. My kids enjoy all the exhibits and listen to the volunteers tell stories and share their knowledge. It really keeps their attention and keeps them off electronics. Huge win from a parent.

Educational experience, fun, hands-on, self guided, not timed, relaxing, go back in time. I will visit again, I do recommend, restaurant within walking distance, Vietnam War Museum within walking distance.

We chose the NAS Wildwood as our wedding venue in June 2023. I will fondly remember this experience forever. All our guests had the best time taking photos, walking around and learning and then dancing the night away. Austin was an absolute gem, he helped us incredibly and is so kind. He made our already fantastic evening so much better. Everyone that worked and helped us I appreciate so much. Thank you everyone at the NAS! I highly recommend for visits and all events!

Great spot to spend some time. The staff were all so friendly, and all of the exhibits were really amazing to see. Some were hands-on, and you were able to enter them and touch them. The exhibits are also all located inside an actual World War 2 hangar. Would absolutely recommend stopping in and taking a walk through.

Lots of great informative things to see and read here! Great educational trip for the family or a cute date night. We went for the back the blue event for Jeep weekend!

For being my first time going it sure won't be my last. Love the fact how they allow you to get in the helicopter. Good place to visit and learn history.

An unexpected surprise. Lots of great history to look at. You are able to sit and walk on/into a significant amount of vehicles and planes. The hanger is very large so it did not feel overcrowded. The admission was super reasonable and they do accept donations in addition to the admission. Kids loved it and the displays kept their attention for a very long time!! If you are in the area it is a pleasant surprise. Check out the diner next door as well and there is also the brewery right around the corner!!

This museum is laid out very well and there are many interactive pieces to bring you back in history. Very informative and fun for the whole family. The staff are pleasant and a pleasure to talk to and learn from. So happy we included this unique museum into our visit to Wildwood.

This is an amazing museum I would highly suggest to go to It has a lot of different airplanes from different errors and also has engine setup so that you could see their propulsion systems along with individuals that can explain things to you and teach if you are interested in learning about the planes here. They do a yearly plane show with authentic plans and you will actually see them flying in and flying out along with parking up with the other planes and you can go over and take a look It's a pretty cool thing to bring the kids out to or to even just go with your significant other I would highly suggest this

An amazing, well thought out museum which is also a huge aircraft hanger! My family stopped here on the way back from a trip to the shore and it was totally worth every minute. Even though my kids aren't feeling great and also tired from a long trip, every space of this museum had something for my kids to do. That was fun and interesting; the best part that they could go into so many of the actual vehicles to see what's inside. We came on a day where they also had some original older aircraft flying all day long, definitely a treat as well. Outside they had food trucks and a live band as well. A really great effort by the creators of this museum and the staff who run it!