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{{Short description|Museum in Manhattan, New York}}
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| name        = ''Intrepid'' Museum
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| image       = Intrepid_Museum_(49052290092).jpg
| imagesize   = 300px
| coordinates = {{Coord|40.7646|-73.9996|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=it}}
| established = 1982
| location    = [[West Side Highway|12th Avenue]] and [[46th Street (Manhattan)|46th Street]], [[Manhattan]], New York, U.S.
| visitors    = 
| founder     = Michael D. Piccola
| director    = Susan Marenoff-Zausner
| publictransit = '''[[MTA Regional Bus Operations|Bus]]:''' {{NYC bus link|M12|M42|M50}}<br />'''[[New York City Subway|Subway]]:''' {{NYCS Eighth south|time=bullets}} at {{Stn|42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal}}<ref>{{Cite NYC bus map|M}}</ref>
| website     = [http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/ IntrepidMuseum.org]
}}

The '''''Intrepid'' Museum''' (originally the '''''Intrepid'' Sea, Air & Space Museum''') is a [[military]] and [[maritime history]] museum in [[New York City]], United States. It is located at Pier 86 at [[46th Street (Manhattan)|46th Street]], along the [[Hudson River]], in the [[Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan|Hell's Kitchen]] neighborhood on the [[West Side (Manhattan)|West Side]] of [[Manhattan]]. The museum is mostly composed of exhibits, aircraft, and spacecraft aboard the [[museum ship]] {{USS|Intrepid|CV-11|6}}, a [[World War II]]–era [[aircraft carrier]] and [[National Historic Landmark]], in addition to a [[cruise missile submarine]] named {{USS|Growler|SSG-577|6}} and a [[Concorde]] on Pier 86. The Intrepid Museum Foundation, a [[501(c)(3) organization]] established in 1979, operates the museum.

The museum was proposed in the late 1970s as a way to preserve ''Intrepid'', and it opened on August 3, 1982. The Intrepid Museum Foundation filed for bankruptcy protection in 1985 after struggling to attract visitors. The foundation acquired USS ''Growler'' and the destroyer [[USS Edson (DD-946)|USS ''Edson'']] in the late 1980s to attract guests and raise money, although it remained unprofitable through the 1990s. The museum received a minor renovation in 1998 after it started turning a profit. Between 2006 and 2008, the ''Intrepid'' Museum was completely closed for a $115 million renovation. A new pavilion for the [[Space Shuttle Enterprise|Space Shuttle ''Enterprise'']] opened in 2012.

The ''Intrepid'' Museum spans three of the carrier's decks; from top to bottom, they are the flight, hangar, and gallery decks. Most of the museum's collection is composed of aircraft, many of which were used by the [[United States Armed Forces]]. Among the museum's collection are a Concorde [[Supersonic transport|SST]], a [[Lockheed A-12]] supersonic reconnaissance plane, and the Space Shuttle ''Enterprise''. The hangar and gallery decks contain a variety of attractions such as exhibit halls, a theater, and flight simulators, as well as individual objects like a cockpit and an air turbine. Several craft and other objects have been sold off or removed from the museum's collection over the years. The museum serves as a space for community and national events, such as [[Fleet Week]] and awards ceremonies, in addition to educational programs.

==History==

=== Context and founding ===
{{USS|Intrepid|CV-11|6}}, an [[Essex-class aircraft carrier|''Essex''-class]] aircraft carrier, was [[ceremonial ship launching|launched]] in 1943.<ref name="nrhpinv2">{{Cite web |author=Harry A. Butowsky |date=May 1985 |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: USS Intrepid (CV-11) |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NHLS/86000082_text |access-date=June 22, 2009 |publisher=National Park Service |archive-date=May 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522064235/https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NHLS/86000082_text |url-status=live }} and {{NHLS url|id=86000082|title=''Accompanying 8&nbsp;photos, exterior and interior, from 1982, 1983, 1984, and 1944.''|photos=y}}&nbsp;{{small|(1.27&nbsp;MB)}}</ref><ref name="nyt-1982-06-20">{{Cite news |date=June 20, 1982 |title=Carrier Intrepid Being Refitted for Duty as Museum at Pier 86 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/20/nyregion/carrier-intrepid-being-refitted-for-duty-as-museum-at-pier-86.html |access-date=September 9, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524110741/http://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/20/nyregion/carrier-intrepid-being-refitted-for-duty-as-museum-at-pier-86.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She participated in [[World War II]], the [[Korean War]], and the [[Vietnam War]], and was a recovery ship for space missions.<ref name="p153223797">{{cite news |date=August 15, 1982 |title=Intrepid Carries On As Museum in New York |page=4 |work=Los Angeles Times |issn=0458-3035 |id={{ProQuest|153223797}}}}</ref><ref name="p1000192180">{{cite news |last=Langley |first=Edward |date=July 4, 1982 |title=They Saved the Intrepid From The Scrap Heap |page=G18 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298  |id={{ProQuest|1000192180}}}}</ref> ''Intrepid'' was supposed to be [[Shipbreaking|scrapped]] after decommissioning in the late 1970s, but Odysseys in Flight, a nonprofit organization founded by Michael D. Piccola and Bruce Sherer,<ref name="p1000192180" /> wished to convert ''Intrepid'' into a [[museum ship]].<ref name="nyt-1978-07-10" /><ref name="p545213506">{{cite news |date=April 27, 1978 |title=Carrier Set As Museum |page=52A |work=The Hartford Courant |issn=1047-4153 |id={{ProQuest|545213506}}}}</ref> Odysseys in Flight had initially planned to salvage the carriers {{USS|Lexington|CV-16|2}}<ref name="p1000192180" /> or {{USS|Franklin D. Roosevelt|CV-42|2}}.<ref name="p203497063">{{Cite magazine |last=Grassey |first=Thomas B. |date=Summer 1988 |title=Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum |magazine=Naval History |volume=2 |issue=3 |page=74 |id={{ProQuest|203497063}}}}</ref> The [[United States Navy]] wanted the organization to raise $3 million for the carrier's upkeep.<ref name=nyt-1978-07-10>{{Cite news|last=Lynch|first=James F.|date=July 10, 1978|title=Group Seeks to Bring Old Carrier To New York for Naval Museum|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/10/archives/group-seeks-to-bring-old-carrier-to-new-york-for-naval-museum-3.html|access-date=September 9, 2023|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=September 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193812/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/10/archives/group-seeks-to-bring-old-carrier-to-new-york-for-naval-museum-3.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The organization hosted an exhibit at [[6 World Trade Center]] to raise support for the project,<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 31, 1978 |title=Efforts to Bring Intrepid To City Prompt Exhibit |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/31/archives/efforts-to-bring-intrepid-to-city-prompt-exhibit.html |access-date=September 9, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193740/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/31/archives/efforts-to-bring-intrepid-to-city-prompt-exhibit.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and Odysseys in Flight had raised $2 million by March 1979.<ref name="p120924288">{{cite news |date=March 21, 1979 |title=The City: Charges Dismissed Against Hirschfeld Bus Strike Protests 177 Sanitationmen To Be Hired by City Rent-Bias Suit Ends Intrepid's E.T.A. City's Struck Dairies Seeking to Relocate The Police Blotter |page=B3 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|120924288}}}}</ref> One of the museum's largest supporters was local real estate developer [[Zachary Fisher]],<ref name="p1000192180" /><ref name="p398105369">{{cite news |last1=Pound |first1=Edward T. |last2=Davidson |first2=Joe |date=August 7, 1989 |title=HUD Provided $4.5 Million for Project Backed by Pierce's Old Firm, Ex-Clients |page=1 |work=The Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|398105369}}}}</ref><ref name="p229938535">{{Cite magazine |last=Lefebvre |first=Debbie |date=May 2000 |title=USS Intrepid: "Fighting I" Carries On |magazine=Leatherneck |volume=83 |issue=5 |pages=54–55 |id={{ProQuest|229938535}}}}</ref> who established the Intrepid Museum Foundation in March 1978<ref name="n131635156">{{Cite news |date=May 21, 1995 |title=An Intrepid History |pages=1140 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-an-intrepid-history/131635156/ |access-date=September 11, 2023 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914200751/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-an-intrepid-history/131635156/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and contributed over $25 million to the museum during his lifetime.<ref name="nyt-1999-06-05">{{Cite news |last=Saxon |first=Wolfgang |date=June 5, 1999 |title=Zachary Fisher, 88, Dies; Helped Alter New York Skyline |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/05/nyregion/zachary-fisher-88-dies-helped-alter-new-york-skyline.html |access-date=September 9, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129225214/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/05/nyregion/zachary-fisher-88-dies-helped-alter-new-york-skyline.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Fisher was enthusiastic about the project, eventually attracting other high-profile supporters such as radio and TV personality [[Arthur Godfrey]] and actress [[Maureen O'Hara]].<ref name="p1000192180" /> The Navy also hoped that ''Intrepid'' could be used for recruitment.<ref name="p398105369" />

Mayor [[Ed Koch]] announced plans for the ''Intrepid''{{'s}} conversion in mid-April 1981,<ref name="n131495895">{{Cite news |date=April 17, 1981 |title=A Museum on the Deck of History |pages=3 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-a-museum-on-the-deck-of-history/131495895/ |access-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004111635/https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-a-museum-on-the-deck-of-history/131495895/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 17, 1981 |title=Shipboard Museum to Drop Anchor in New York |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/17/nyregion/john-sotomayor-shipboard-museum-drop-anchor-new-york-mayor-koch-stood-front-14.html |access-date=September 9, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193741/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/17/nyregion/john-sotomayor-shipboard-museum-drop-anchor-new-york-mayor-koch-stood-front-14.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[United States Department of the Navy]] transferred the ''Intrepid'' to Fisher, who led the nonprofit Intrepid Museum Foundation, on April 27, 1981.<ref name="n131495729">{{Cite news |last=Volz |first=Joseph |date=April 28, 1981 |title=Giving Berth to a Floating Museum |pages=196 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-giving-berth-to-a-floating-mu/131495729/ |access-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193734/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-giving-berth-to-a-floating-mu/131495729/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nyt-1981-04-28">{{Cite news |date=April 28, 1981 |title=The City; Carrier Turned Over To Museum Group |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/28/nyregion/the-city-carrier-turned-over-to-museum-group.html |access-date=September 9, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193734/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/28/nyregion/the-city-carrier-turned-over-to-museum-group.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The conversion of the carrier's top two decks cost $22 million<ref name="p121921748">{{cite news |last=Rondinaro |first=Gene |date=March 21, 1982 |title=Intrepid's New Role |page=NJ1 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298  |id={{ProQuest|121921748}}}}</ref> and was funded by $2.4 million in private donations,<ref name="p232165926">{{Cite news |last1=Goetz |first1=Thomas |last2=Ledbetter |first2=James |date=August 13, 1996 |title=The Fisher Kings |page=29 |work=The Village Voice |id={{ProQuest|232165926}}}}</ref> as well as $15.2 million of tax-exempt [[Bond (finance)|bonds]] and $4.5 million from the [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development]].<ref name="p232165926" /><ref name="nyt-1982-08-02">{{Cite news |date=August 2, 1982 |title=A War Hero, Intrepid, Joins City Museums |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/02/nyregion/a-war-hero-intrepid-joins-city-museums.html |access-date=September 9, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193813/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/02/nyregion/a-war-hero-intrepid-joins-city-museums.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After the [[New York City Board of Estimate]] gave the Intrepid Museum Foundation permission to sell tax-exempt bonds in December 1980,<ref name="p121459660">{{cite news |date=December 19, 1980 |title=The City: Aircraft Carrier Plan Cleared for Bonding Killings in City Top Record Set in 1979 7 Given Probation Under New Gun Law Cab Driver, 32, Killed by Robbers Police Say Mother Threw Son to Death The Police Blotter |page=B3 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|121459660}}}}</ref> the bonds were sold to the public in July 1981.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 8, 1981 |title=Sea Museum Bonds Offered |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/08/business/sea-museum-bonds-offered.html |access-date=September 9, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193733/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/08/business/sea-museum-bonds-offered.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The federal grant was approved in January 1982,<ref name="p398105369" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 8, 1982 |title=The City; U.S. To Help Make Carrier a Museum |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/08/nyregion/the-city-us-to-help-make-carrier-a-museum.html |access-date=September 10, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193734/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/08/nyregion/the-city-us-to-help-make-carrier-a-museum.html |url-status=live }}</ref> even though the project "had nothing to do with housing".<ref name="p232165926" /> The renovation involved the addition of a theater,<ref name="n131518117">{{Cite news |date=June 12, 1981 |title=USS Intrepid Fought in Pacific: Aircraft Carrier to Be Floating Museum |pages=34 |work=The Los Angeles Times |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-uss-intrepid-fough/131518117/ |access-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193737/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-uss-intrepid-fough/131518117/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="n131495381">{{Cite news |last=Milloy |first=Marilyn |date=July 9, 1981 |title=Not Giving Up the Ship |pages=157 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-nassau-edition-not-giving-up-t/131495381/ |access-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914201940/https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-nassau-edition-not-giving-up-t/131495381/ |url-status=live }}</ref> several planes on ''Intrepid''{{'s}} deck, and aviation and maritime exhibit halls.<ref name="nyt-1982-06-20" /><ref name="n131495729" /><ref name="n131518117" /> The carrier's navigation and flight [[Bridge (nautical)|bridges]] were also restored.<ref name="nyt-1982-03-07">{{Cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Shawn G. |date=March 7, 1982 |title=The Intrepid, Victor Again, Nears Final Berth |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/07/nyregion/the-intrepid-victor-again-nears-final-berth.html |access-date=September 10, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193735/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/07/nyregion/the-intrepid-victor-again-nears-final-berth.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The city spent around $2.5 million to renovate Pier 86 on the [[West Side (Manhattan)|West Side]] of [[Manhattan]], where ''Intrepid'' was to be docked.<ref name="p1000192180" /><ref name="p232165926" /> The museum leased the pier from the city for 33 years at $50,000 per year,<ref name="p277882613">{{cite news |last=Moss |first=Michael |date=September 28, 1987 |title=On the Waterfront, A New War Brews |page=9 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298  |id={{ProQuest|277882613}}}}</ref> making annual [[payments in lieu of taxes]] totaling $400,000.<ref name="p232165926" />

''Intrepid'' was towed to her permanent home at Pier 86 in June 1982.<ref name="nyt-1982-06-20" /><ref name="p993569046">{{cite news |date=June 14, 1982 |title=Intrepid Moves To New Home |page=13 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298  |id={{ProQuest|993569046}}}}</ref> Following a [[Soft launch|soft opening]] on July 4,<ref name="p1000192180" /> the museum opened on August 3, 1982, as the ''Intrepid'' Sea, Air & Space Museum.<ref name="nyt-1982-08-02" /><ref name="n131495130">{{Cite news|date=August 4, 1982|title=The Public Comes Aboard the Intrepid|first=Randy|last=Banner|pages=88|work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298|via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-the-public-comes-aboard-the-intr/131495130/|access-date=September 9, 2023|archive-date=September 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914201103/https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-the-public-comes-aboard-the-intr/131495130/|url-status=live}}</ref> This made ''Intrepid'' the second aircraft carrier in the U.S. to be converted into a museum, after the {{USS|Yorktown|CV-10|6}}.<ref name="p276620048">{{Cite news |last=Scherberger |first=Tom |date=July 22, 1985 |title=Company Fights to Realize Carrier-To-Museum Dream |page=C.1 |work=Orlando Sentinel |id={{ProQuest|276620048}}}}</ref> Larry Sawinski was named as the museum's director of exhibits.<ref name="n131624744">{{Cite news |last=Slagle |first=Alton |date=September 3, 1989 |title=Saver of Scrapped Ships |pages=157 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-saver-of-scrapped-ships/131624744/ |access-date=September 11, 2023 |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004111635/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-saver-of-scrapped-ships/131624744/ |url-status=live }}</ref> When the ''Intrepid'' Museum opened, it showcased several aircraft and spacecraft, and it also contained an exhibit on the early history of carriers. The exhibit halls on hangar level (including Pioneer Hall and Navy Hall), as well as the theater, were not completed.<ref name="p1000192180" /> Maritime and aviation schools were planned for the lower two decks, the renovation of which was expected to cost $22 million.<ref name="p121921748" /> The museum had 50 paid staff, who worked mostly in the cafeteria, gift shop, and ticket booths; another 100 volunteers were responsible for the museum's displays and expansion.<ref name="p203497063" /> The museum's opening was expected to create 469 jobs in the surrounding area, though many of these jobs never materialized.<ref name="p232165926" />

=== 1980s ===
The Intrepid Museum Foundation dedicated the Hall of Honor, the United States' first archive dedicated to [[Medal of Honor]] recipients, on December 10, 1983;<ref name="n131562183">{{Cite news |last=Singleton |first=Don |date=December 11, 1983 |title=Their Honor Still Shines |pages=4 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-their-honor-still-shines/131562183/ |access-date=September 10, 2023 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193735/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-their-honor-still-shines/131562183/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="n131562303">{{Cite news |date=December 11, 1983 |title=Medal of Honor Winners at Ceremony on Carrier |pages=18 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-medal-of-honor/131562303/ |access-date=September 10, 2023 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193736/https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-medal-of-honor/131562303/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[Medal of Honor Society]] also relocated into offices within the carrier.<ref name="p153671379">{{cite news |date=December 11, 1983 |title=Museum Hails Winners of the Medal of Honor |page=B6 |work=Los Angeles Times |issn=0458-3035 |id={{ProQuest|153671379}}}}</ref> The museum originally was projected to attract 1.3 to 1.4 million visitors annually,<ref name="p232165926" /><ref name="nyt-1982-08-02" /> but it recorded only half of this amount in its first year.<ref name="nyt-1983-12-05">{{Cite news |date=December 5, 1983 |title=Intrepid Battling Financial Troubles |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/05/nyregion/intrepid-battling-financial-troubles.html |access-date=September 9, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193737/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/05/nyregion/intrepid-battling-financial-troubles.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This forced the museum's directors to delay payments on its debt.<ref name="p232165926" /><ref name="nyt-1983-12-05" /> The museum had recorded 450,000 patrons in 1984, nearly half of the 800,000 annual patrons that were required to [[break even]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 27, 1985 |title=Officials Say Intrepid Will Weather Troubles |pages=19 |work=The Journal News |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-officials-say-intrepid/131497655/ |access-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193748/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-officials-say-intrepid/131497655/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Attendance had been negatively impacted because of the lack of nearby public transit,<ref name="n131497395">{{Cite news |date=July 27, 1985 |title=Intrepid Museum Is No Castaway |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-intrepid-museum-is-no-castaway/131497395/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004111746/https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-intrepid-museum-is-no-castaway/131497395/ |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |access-date=September 9, 2023 |work=Newsday |pages=14 |via=newspapers.com |issn=2574-5298}}</ref><ref name="n131496678" /> and the museum struggled to raise money despite increasing its ticket prices.<ref name="p398105369" /> Nonetheless, the museum planned to expand by 1984; it had received $250,000 from the [[Astor Foundation]] for classrooms and conference rooms, and the New York state government gave $850,000 for historic preservation.<ref name="n131496678">{{Cite news|first=Gus|last=Dallas|date=April 22, 1984|title=Intrepid: Good Days Ahead|pages=277|work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251|via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-intrepid-good-days-ahead/131496678/|access-date=September 9, 2023|archive-date=September 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193736/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-intrepid-good-days-ahead/131496678/|url-status=live}}</ref> Film and television executive [[Stanley Abrams]] was named as the museum's president in June 1984.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 10, 1984 |title=New President for Intrepid |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/10/nyregion/new-president-for-intrepid.html |access-date=September 10, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193736/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/10/nyregion/new-president-for-intrepid.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Intrepid Museum Foundation filed for [[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 11]] bankruptcy protection in 1985, declaring $28.4 million in debt and $16.5 million in assets.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 25, 1985 |title=Intrepid Museum Files Bankruptcy |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/25/nyregion/intrepid-museum-files-bankruptcy.html |access-date=September 9, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193737/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/25/nyregion/intrepid-museum-files-bankruptcy.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="n131497581">{{Cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Patrick |last2=Santangelo |first2=Mike |date=July 31, 1985 |title=Intrepid Aims to Refloat Under Chapter 11 Code |pages=102 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-intrepid-aims-to-refloat-unde/131497581/ |access-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193742/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-intrepid-aims-to-refloat-unde/131497581/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Only about a third of the museum's revenues came from admissions, with the remaining two-thirds coming from grants, donations, or fundraisers and other such events.<ref name="n131570425">{{Cite news |date=February 6, 1986 |title=Intrepid Tossed by Fiscal Storms |pages=133 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-intrepid-tossed-by-fiscal-sto/131570425/ |access-date=September 10, 2023 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193745/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-intrepid-tossed-by-fiscal-sto/131570425/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Nonetheless, museum officials planned to continue normal operations and launch a campaign to attract visitors;<ref name="n131497395" /> Lawrence Sowinski, the director of exhibits, described the museum as "too valuable a resource to close".<ref name="p111299677">{{cite news |last=Quint |first=Michael |date=October 13, 1985 |title=The Intrepid Museum Fighting to Weather a Financial Storm |page=59 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|111299677}}}}</ref> Advertising firm [[McCann-Erickson]] was hired to promote the museum, running cheap advertisements in newspapers, on the radio, and in [[New York City Subway]] cars.<ref name="nyt-1985-04-11">{{Cite news |last=Dougherty |first=Philip H. |date=April 11, 1985 |title=Advertising; McCann-Erickson Aids Intrepid Space Museum |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/11/business/advertising-mccann-erickson-aids-intrepid-space-museum.html |access-date=September 10, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193741/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/11/business/advertising-mccann-erickson-aids-intrepid-space-museum.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The state also provided $1.024 million for the museum in its 1985 budget,<ref name="nyt-1985-04-07">{{Cite news |last=Carroll |first=Maurice |date=April 7, 1985 |title=A Bit of Icing on the Budget for the People Back Home |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/07/nyregion/a-bit-of-icing-on-the-budget-for-the-people-back-home.html |access-date=September 10, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193737/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/07/nyregion/a-bit-of-icing-on-the-budget-for-the-people-back-home.html |url-status=live }}</ref> though ultimately the museum got $850,000.<ref name="p285368536">{{cite news |last=Grant |first=Peter |date=April 12, 1986 |title=$15 Million Set For Arts Grants |page=6 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298  |id={{ProQuest|285368536}}}}</ref> ''Intrepid'' was officially designated as a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1986,<ref name="p425762249">{{cite news |date=January 26, 1986 |title=Intrepid Now a National Landmark |page=A20 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|425762249}}}}</ref><ref name="n131562797">{{Cite news |last=Lippmann |first=Barbara |date=April 16, 1987 |title=Intrepid Museum's in Jeopardy |pages=126 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-intrepid-museums-in-jeopardy/131562797/ |access-date=September 10, 2023 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193741/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-intrepid-museums-in-jeopardy/131562797/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and its annual allocation from the state was raised to $895,000 that year.<ref name="p285368536" /> Investigators announced in early 1987 that members of the [[Westies]] gang had engaged in [[racketeering]],<ref name="n131562797" /><ref name="nyt-1987-04-04">{{Cite news |last=Raab |first=Selwyn |date=April 4, 1987 |title=Carrier-Museum Called Target of Racketeers |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/04/nyregion/carrier-museum-called-target-of-racketeers.html |access-date=September 10, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193814/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/04/nyregion/carrier-museum-called-target-of-racketeers.html |url-status=live }}</ref> stealing $100,000 to $120,000 annually from the ''Intrepid'' Museum.<ref name="n124859727">{{Cite news |date=April 5, 1987 |title=Officials Check Ticket Sales Scam Involving Intrepid |pages=21 |work=The Journal News |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news/124859727/ |access-date=September 10, 2023 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914202624/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news/124859727/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

During the late 1980s, the museum had 400,000 annual visitors;<ref name="n131562797" /> its low attendance was attributed to competition from more popular tourist attractions.<ref name="p392206770">{{Cite news |last=Kraft |first=Randy |date=May 24, 1987 |title=Intrepid – a Diamond in the Rough on the Hudson |page=F05 |work=Morning Call |id={{ProQuest|392206770}}}}</ref> Additionally, the museum was the only major point of interest on the rundown Hudson River waterfront,<ref name="nyt-1992-01-10">{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=January 10, 1992 |title=Tourists, The Peacetime Target Of a Shipful of Military Magic |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/10/arts/tourists-the-peacetime-target-of-a-shipful-of-military-magic.html |access-date=September 11, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193741/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/10/arts/tourists-the-peacetime-target-of-a-shipful-of-military-magic.html |url-status=live }}</ref> in part due to delays in the construction of nearby developments such as [[Javits Center]].<ref name="n131570425" /><ref name="p392206770" /> The Intrepid Museum Foundation presented a reorganization plan to the [[United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York|U.S. Bankruptcy Court]] in July 1987, in which nearly half of the museum's $28.4 million debt would be forgiven, but creditors would only receive a portion of their claims.<ref name="p1747116626">{{cite news |last=Castro |first=Laura L. |date=July 21, 1987 |title=Intrepid Plans Reorganization |page=41 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298  |id={{ProQuest|1747116626}}}}</ref><ref name="n131572805">{{Cite news |date=July 29, 1987 |title=Intrepid Unit Files Bankruptcy Plan |pages=389 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-intrepid-unit-files-bankruptc/131572805/ |access-date=September 11, 2023 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914202302/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-intrepid-unit-files-bankruptc/131572805/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After successfully exiting bankruptcy proceedings, the museum planned to display a submarine alongside ''Intrepid.''<ref name="p203497063" /><ref name="n131631148">{{Cite news |date=May 9, 1988 |title=Raising the Growler |pages=7 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-raising-the-growler/131631148/ |access-date=September 11, 2023 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193813/https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-raising-the-growler/131631148/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Fisher funded the addition of two permanent exhibits in the late 1980s,<ref name="n131624744" /><ref name="p278165890">{{cite news |last=Colford |first=Paul D. |date=May 24, 1989 |title=Pier Group USS Growler to the Rescue |page= |pages=3, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-pier-group-uss-growler-to-the-re/131624534/ 10] |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-pier-group-uss-growler-to-the-re/131624509/ |access-date=September 11, 2023 |id={{ProQuest|278165890}} |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193738/https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-pier-group-uss-growler-to-the-re/131624509/ |url-status=live }}</ref> at which point ''Intrepid'' had 39 aircraft.<ref name="p1896258135">{{Cite magazine |last1=Schanback |first1=Mindy |last2=Feurey |first2=Benita |date=Feb 1988 |title=New York's Off-Beat Museums |magazine=Good Housekeeping |volume=206 |issue=2 |page=NY2 |id={{ProQuest|1896258135}}}}</ref> {{USS|Growler|SSG-577|6}}, a {{sclass|Grayback|submarine}} that carried nuclear [[Regulus missile]]s, was towed to the museum in late 1988<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 9, 1988 |title=Nuclear Sub to Be Museum |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/11/09/nuclear-sub-to-be-museum/d5a1af9b-5f04-4434-94f7-f164f45f9bbf/ |access-date=September 9, 2023 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=September 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915144113/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/11/09/nuclear-sub-to-be-museum/d5a1af9b-5f04-4434-94f7-f164f45f9bbf/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and opened to the public the next May.<ref name="p278165890" /><ref name="nyt-1989-05-26">{{Cite news |last=Yarrow |first=Andrew L. |date=May 26, 1989 |title=Out of New York's Military Past |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/26/arts/out-of-new-york-s-military-past.html |access-date=September 11, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115013854/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/26/arts/out-of-new-york-s-military-past.html |url-status=live }}</ref> {{USS|Edson|DD-946|6}}, a {{sclass|Forrest Sherman|destroyer}} that was the last all-gun destroyer in the United States Navy,<ref name="nyt-1988-12-17">{{Cite news |last=Ap |date=December 17, 1988 |title=Last U.S. All-Gun Ship Retired |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/17/us/last-us-all-gun-ship-retired.html |access-date=September 11, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193737/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/17/us/last-us-all-gun-ship-retired.html |url-status=live }}</ref> was displayed at the ''Intrepid'' Museum starting in July 1989.<ref name="n131625039">{{Cite news |last=Dallas |first=Gus |date=July 5, 1989 |title=Museum Flotilla |pages=69 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-museum-flotilla/131625039/ |access-date=September 11, 2023 |archive-date=September 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915144110/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-museum-flotilla/131625039/ |url-status=live }}</ref> At the time, the museum had few repeat visitors, and Fisher hoped that ''Growler'' and ''Edson'' would attract returning patrons.<ref name="p278165890" />

=== 1990s ===
[[File:Intrepid 01.JPG|thumb|Museum entrance]]The outbreak of the [[Gulf War]] in the early 1990s caused interest in the ''Intrepid'' Museum to increase;<ref name="nyt-1991-02-12">{{Cite news |last=Collins |first=Glenn |date=February 12, 1991 |title=War Renews Interest in Sea-Air-Space Museum |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/12/arts/war-renews-interest-in-sea-air-space-museum.html |access-date=September 9, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193735/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/12/arts/war-renews-interest-in-sea-air-space-museum.html |url-status=live }}</ref> at the time, the museum was displaying an exhibit on the Gulf War.<ref name="p239570689">{{Cite news |last=Shoup |first=Mike |date=May 18, 1991 |title=Aircraft Carrier Moored on Hudson a Fascinating New York Museum |page=H5 |work=The Ottawa Citizen |id={{ProQuest|239570689}}}}</ref><ref name="p283238162">{{cite news |date=June 23, 1999 |title=Enjoying the 'Intrepid' Side of Manhattan |page=15 |work=Chicago Tribune |issn=1085-6706 |id={{ProQuest|283238162}}}}</ref> By early 1991, the museum recorded 5,000 visitors on a typical weekend, more than twice the previous year's weekend patronage.<ref name="nyt-1991-02-12" /> The ''Intrepid'' Museum received $900,000 from the state, $350,000 from the [[New York City Board of Education]], and $60,000 from the city government annually. All of this funding was eliminated in 1992, forcing the museum to fire a quarter of its staff, and two young men formed the Intrepid Museum Society and raised money through various events.<ref name="p219112872">{{cite magazine |last=Bayless |first=Pamela |date=June 29, 1992 |title=Scrambling to Survive: Hard-Hit Nonprofits Try Bold Strategies |magazine=Crain's New York Business |volume=8 |issue=26 |page=3 |id={{ProQuest|219112872}}}}</ref> The ''Intrepid'' Museum held numerous fundraisers and received $1.1 million from numerous city and state agencies between 1992 and 1996. Despite this, the museum continued to struggle to remain solvent; the ''Village Voice'' wrote in 1996 that "the continued taxpayer subsidies seem hard to justify".<ref name="p232165926" /> Although the museum rented Pier 86 from the city for $252,000 annually, it paid no rent between March 1995 and October 1997.<ref name="p279131577">{{cite news |last=Polner |first=Robert |date=October 7, 1998 |title=Intrepid Museum Gets Rent Break / City Groups Call Move Unfair |page=A05 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298  |id={{ProQuest|279131577}}}}</ref>

To raise money,<ref name="nyt-1996-03-03">{{Cite news |last=Ramirez |first=Anthony |date=March 3, 1996 |title=Midtown; Keeping a Museum Afloat |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/03/nyregion/midtown-keeping-a-museum-afloat.html |access-date=September 12, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193738/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/03/nyregion/midtown-keeping-a-museum-afloat.html |url-status=live }}</ref> the museum tried to acquire the decommissioned amphibious assault ship {{USS|Guadalcanal|LPH-7|2}} in 1994, berth her next to ''Intrepid'', and use ''Guadalcanal'' as a heliport.<ref name="nyt-1994-05-15">{{Cite news |last=Lambert |first=Bruce |date=May 15, 1994 |title=Neighborhood Report: Midtown; Intrepid Idea for Floating Heliport |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/15/nyregion/neighborhood-report-midtown-intrepid-idea-for-floating-heliport.html |access-date=September 11, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193735/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/15/nyregion/neighborhood-report-midtown-intrepid-idea-for-floating-heliport.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="n131636932">{{Cite news |date=July 4, 1994 |title=Carrier May Draw Commuter Duty |pages=4 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-carrier-may-draw-commuter-dut/131636932/ |access-date=September 11, 2023 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193740/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-carrier-may-draw-commuter-dut/131636932/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Although the [[United States Senate]] approved the plan,<ref name="nyt-1994-07-052">{{Cite news |last=Scott |first=Janny |date=July 5, 1994 |title=Senate Agrees to Turn Over Carrier for Use as a Heliport |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/05/nyregion/senate-agrees-to-turn-over-carrier-for-use-as-a-heliport.html |access-date=September 11, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193736/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/05/nyregion/senate-agrees-to-turn-over-carrier-for-use-as-a-heliport.html |url-status=live }}</ref> residents of the [[Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan|Hell's Kitchen]] neighborhood objected to the fact that the heliport would cut off their access to Pier 84.<ref name="Lambert 1996">{{Cite news |last=Lambert |first=Bruce |date=January 21, 1996 |title=Neighborhood Report: Clinton; Heliport: How the Deal Was Made |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/21/nyregion/neighborhood-report-clinton-heliport-how-the-deal-was-made.html |access-date=September 11, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193751/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/21/nyregion/neighborhood-report-clinton-heliport-how-the-deal-was-made.html |url-status=live }}</ref> That year, the museum received part of a $1 million appropriation earmarked for the restoration of the {{USS|Constellation|1854|6}} in Baltimore.<ref name="p406886532">{{Cite news |title=Constellation Fix-Up Money Must Be Shared with Intrepid |last=Roylance |first=Frank D. |work=The Sun |date=September 30, 1994 |page=16B |id={{ProQuest|406886532}}}}</ref> The museum remained unprofitable, recording a $1 million loss in 1996. Annual revenue from ticket sales totaled $3 million, less than half of the museum's budget; donations and event rentals covered the rest of the budget.<ref name="nyt-1996-03-03" /><ref name="p232192990">{{Cite news |last=Goetz |first=Thomas |date=May 27, 1997 |title=Intrepid Walks the Plank |pages=39–40 |work=The Village Voice |id={{ProQuest|232192990}}}}</ref> Agencies that had loaned planes to the ''Intrepid'' Museum, such as the [[Air Force Museum Foundation]], expressed concerns that the museum was incapable of properly maintaining the aircraft.<ref name="p232192990" /> After the ''Guadalcanal'' plan was canceled in early 1996,<ref name="Lambert 1996" /><ref name="p232192990" /> the ''Intrepid'' Museum launched an advertising campaigns to attract patrons; previously, most of its publicity came from [[word of mouth]] and [[public service announcement]]s.<ref name="nyt-1996-03-03" />

Retired Marine Corps General [[Donald R. Gardner|Donald Ray Gardner]] replaced Sowinski as the Intrepid Museum Foundation's president in September 1996.<ref name="p232192990" /> Gardner laid off staff, sharply restricted expense spending, deaccessioned some costly artifacts, and reduced the number of planes on exhibit.<ref name="p232192990" /><ref name="nyt-1997-05-25" />  Gardner also planned to add electronic kiosks to attract children, as well as develop an endowment fund.<ref name="nyt-1997-05-25">{{Cite news |last=Ramirez |first=Anthony |date=May 25, 1997 |title=Skipper Cuts Costs and Thins Out Intrepid Museum |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/25/nyregion/skipper-cuts-costs-and-thins-out-intrepid-museum.html |access-date=September 11, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193753/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/25/nyregion/skipper-cuts-costs-and-thins-out-intrepid-museum.html |url-status=live }}</ref> U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] approved $13 million for a renovation of the ''Intrepid'' Museum in late 1997, over his staff's objections to the project;<ref name="p279112299">{{cite news |last=Toedtman |first=James |date=December 14, 1997 |title=Washington Briefing / A Weekly Report on People and Issues in the Nation's Capital / Projects Survive Cuts / Unexpected Revenues Benefit LI, New York City |page=A28 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298  |id={{ProQuest|279112299}}}}</ref><ref name="p398807060">{{cite news |last=Rogers |first=David |date=October 15, 1997 |title=Clinton's Defense-Item Vetoes Favor Conventional Pork Over Space Weapons |page=A2 |work=The Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|398807060}}}}</ref> at the time, the museum had 500,000 annual visitors.<ref name="p279131577" /><ref name="p313555902">{{cite news |last=Pienciak |first=Richard T. |date=December 14, 1997 |title=Arlington Dream Buried / Supporter of Military Shies From Brouhaha |page=12 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251  |id={{ProQuest|313555902}}}}</ref> The next year, Gardner closed the ''Intrepid'' Museum for a minor renovation, the first in its history;<ref name="p279121917">{{cite news |last=Mandell |first=Jonathan |date=February 15, 1998 |title=On Museums / Learning History Isn't a Battle at the Intrepid |page=D14 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-on-museums-learning-history-is/131761156/ |access-date=September 13, 2023 |id={{ProQuest|279121917}} |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193747/https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-on-museums-learning-history-is/131761156/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the museum reopened in February 1998<ref name="nyt-1998-02-08">{{Cite news |last=Gaba |first=Dan |date=February 8, 1998 |title=Hardship and Heroism By Black U.S. Veterans |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/08/nyregion/playing-in-the-neighborhood-449598.html |access-date=September 14, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193735/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/08/nyregion/playing-in-the-neighborhood-449598.html |url-status=live }}</ref> with two new exhibits.<ref name="p279121917" /><ref name="p236028136">{{Cite magazine |last=Nesmith |first=Tim |date=Feb 1999 |title=USS Intrepid—Sea-Air-Space Museum—New York, NY |magazine=Sea Classics |volume=32 |issue=2 |page=28 |id={{ProQuest|236028136}}}}</ref> The city waived $600,000 in unpaid rent, as well as future rent payments for Pier 86, in late 1998 after Fisher donated to mayor [[Rudy Giuliani]].<ref name="p279131577" /> By then, the museum received hundreds of thousands of dollars annually from the Navy, the state, and the [[New York City Department of Cultural Affairs]].<ref name="p279131577" />

In mid-1999, retired Marine Corps general [[Martin R. Steele]] took over as the Intrepid Museum Foundation's president and began planning 15 modifications to exhibits and 17 construction projects, including a $5.25 million renovation of the flight deck.<ref name="p229938535" /><ref name="nyt-1999-09-21">{{Cite news |last=Barron |first=James |date=September 21, 1999 |title=Public Lives; General's Newest Command Is a Museum |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/21/nyregion/public-lives-general-s-newest-command-is-a-museum.html |access-date=September 14, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914023102/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/21/nyregion/public-lives-general-s-newest-command-is-a-museum.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Steele wished to attract students and increase annual patronage to 1.2 million,<ref name="nyt-1999-09-21" /> and he installed interactive kiosks within a year of taking over.<ref name="p229938535" /> [[Restaurant Associates]] took over the museum's food service the same year to accommodate the high number of after-hours parties and events at the ''Intrepid'' Museum.<ref name="p229377017">{{Cite magazine |last=King |first=Paul |date=April 12, 1999 |title=New RA Accounts Include Intrepid Museum and Conde Nast |magazine=Nation's Restaurant News |volume=33 |issue=15 |page=16 |id={{ProQuest|229377017}}}}</ref><ref name="p219160930">{{cite magazine |last=Flamm |first=Matthew |date=April 5, 1999 |title=Finding Spaces in Odd NYC Places |magazine=Crain's New York Business |volume=15 |issue=14 |page=27 |id={{ProQuest|219160930}}}}</ref> The ''Intrepid'' Museum constructed a new visitor center at 46th Street and 12th Avenue that year. In addition, the museum planned to improve Pier 86, build a 245-seat theater, and erect a pedestrian overpass on 12th Avenue.<ref name="nyt-1999-12-05">{{Cite news |date=December 5, 1999 |title=Postings: $5.5 Million Project at 12th and 46th; At the Intrepid, A New Center For Visitors |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/05/realestate/postings-5.5-million-project-12th-46th-intrepid-new-center-for-visitors.html |access-date=September 9, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193736/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/05/realestate/postings-5.5-million-project-12th-46th-intrepid-new-center-for-visitors.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 2000s ===
As part of a project announced in May 2001,<ref name="p305675109">{{cite news |last=Mbugua |first=Martin |date=May 25, 2001 |title=Taking an Intrepid Step Over 12th Ave. |page=58 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251  |id={{ProQuest|305675109}}}}</ref> Earth Tech Inc. built a [[cable-stayed bridge]] connecting the museum to the east side of 12th Avenue.<ref name="p235755880">{{Cite magazine |last=Cho |first=Aileen |date=March 20, 2000 |title=Urban Planning Paves Way for a West Side Story: Manhattan's Route 9A Rebuild Digs up Dirt of Road's Legacy |magazine=Engineering News-Record |volume=244 |issue=11 |pages=45–46 |id={{ProQuest|235755880}}}}</ref> By then, nearly half of the museum's patrons hailed from foreign countries, and Steele described the ''Intrepid'' as the "largest naval museum in the world".<ref name="p910905309">{{Cite news |last1=Park |first1=Lee |last2=Seil |first2=Larry |date=August 30, 2001 |title=Intrepid Brings Legacy to New Generations |page=D.1 |work=The Poughkeepsie Journal |id={{ProQuest|910905309}}}}</ref> After the [[September 11 attacks]], the museum was temporarily closed<ref name="p279462089">{{cite news |last=Rayman |first=Graham |date=September 17, 2001 |title=Terrorist Attacks / A City of Contrasts / Residents Seek Normalcy in Wake of Attacks |page=W17 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298  |id={{ProQuest|279462089}}}}</ref><ref name="p408857985">{{cite news |last=Sloan |first=Gene |date=September 21, 2001 |title=The New Face of New York; The City That Doesn't Sleep Now Has Closures and Restrictions |page=D01 |work=USA Today |id={{ProQuest|408857985}}}}</ref> and served as temporary field headquarters for the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) while they investigated the attacks.<ref name="nyt-2001-09-24">{{Cite news |last=Rashbaum |first=William K. |date=September 24, 2001 |title=A Nation Challenged: The F.B.I.; From a Makeshift Base, Trying to Run a Smooth Terrorism Investigation |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/24/nyregion/nation-challenged-fbi-makeshift-base-trying-run-smooth-terrorism-investigation.html |access-date=September 14, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814082753/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/24/nyregion/nation-challenged-fbi-makeshift-base-trying-run-smooth-terrorism-investigation.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Additionally, part of the flight deck was cleared to make way for a temporary helipad.<ref name="p398768605">{{cite news |last=Sandberg |first=Jared |date=October 12, 2001 |title=In Disaster's Wake, New York's Rivers Are Put Back to Work --- Ferries Crowd the Waterfront; Trade Center Attacks 'Blew Commuters Back in Time' |page=A1 |work=The Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|398768605}}}}</ref> The museum reopened after five weeks<ref name="nyt-2006-07-06">{{Cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=July 6, 2006 |title=Intrepid Will Cross River for Refitting, Then Return to a Rebuilt Pier |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/06/nyregion/06intrepid.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=June 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608213551/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/06/nyregion/06intrepid.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and hosted an exhibit commemorating attack victims.<ref name="nyt-2002-02-23">{{Cite news |last=Collins |first=Glenn |date=February 23, 2002 |title=Disaster Rewrites Museums' Guidebooks; Exhibitions Are Created or Revised to Reflect History's Horrific Turn |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/23/nyregion/disaster-rewrites-museums-guidebooks-exhibitions-are-created-revised-reflect.html |access-date=September 14, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527212304/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/23/nyregion/disaster-rewrites-museums-guidebooks-exhibitions-are-created-revised-reflect.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="n131813110">{{Cite news |last=Lombroso |first=Linda |date=March 24, 2002 |title=Feeling a Little Intrepid? |pages=209 |work=The Journal News |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-feeling-a-little-intrep/131813110/ |access-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-date=September 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915144107/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-feeling-a-little-intrep/131813110/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The footbridge across 12th Avenue was completed in May 2003 for $11 million. Its construction experienced delays because of difficulties in constructing the foundations and because of the need to decontaminate the site.<ref name="nyt-2003-05-17">{{Cite news |last=Lueck |first=Thomas J. |date=May 17, 2003 |title=No More Mad Dashes To Get to the Intrepid |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/17/nyregion/no-more-mad-dashes-to-get-to-the-intrepid.html |access-date=September 14, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012164555/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/17/nyregion/no-more-mad-dashes-to-get-to-the-intrepid.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

A [[Concorde]] supersonic aircraft was towed to the ''Intrepid'' Museum in November 2003,<ref name="p3940468222">{{Cite news |last=Pyle |first=Richard |date=November 28, 2003 |title=Record-Setting Speedbird Makes Slow Final Journey |page=15 |work=The Post-Star |agency=The Associated Press |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-star-record-setting-speedbird-m/131813386/ |access-date=September 14, 2023 |id= |archive-date=September 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915144109/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-star-record-setting-speedbird-m/131813386/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nyt-2003-11-26">{{Cite news |last=O'Donnell |first=Michelle |date=November 26, 2003 |title=For Concorde, A Far Slower Ride At a Much Lower Altitude |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/26/nyregion/for-concorde-a-far-slower-ride-at-a-much-lower-altitude.html |access-date=September 14, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227082646/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/26/nyregion/for-concorde-a-far-slower-ride-at-a-much-lower-altitude.html |url-status=live }}</ref> making the museum one of two in the United States with a Concorde.<ref name="p3940468222" /><ref name="nyt-2003-10-31">{{Cite news |last=Wong |first=Edward |date=October 31, 2003 |title=Concorde Jet to Make the Intrepid Its Home |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/31/nyregion/concorde-jet-to-make-the-intrepid-its-home.html |access-date=September 14, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=December 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228212102/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/31/nyregion/concorde-jet-to-make-the-intrepid-its-home.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In conjunction with this acquisition, the museum created a new exhibit on [[transatlantic crossing]]s.<ref name="nyt-2003-10-31" /> Also in late 2003, the ''Intrepid'' Museum offered to resell ''Edson'' back to the Navy, citing the fact that the adjacent pier needed to be repaired and could not be used for berthing ''Edson''. After ''Edson'' was removed from the ''Intrepid'' Museum in 2004, the Navy sold the destroyer to the [[Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum]].<ref name="Burger 2012 b679">{{cite web |last=Burger |first=MacKenzie |date=May 29, 2012 |title=New York City Intrepid Museum Director Says Son Who Died on the USS Edson Is at Peace Knowing the Ship Found a Final Destination |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/2012/05/new_york_city_intrepid_museum.html |access-date=September 11, 2023 |website=mlive |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193736/https://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/2012/05/new_york_city_intrepid_museum.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Michael Tyler Fisher Center for Education opened within the museum in 2004,<ref name="Free Online Library 2015 c215">{{cite web |date=October 13, 2004 |title=18,000 S/F Education Center Opens at Intrepid Museum |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/18%2c000+s%2ff+education+center+opens+at+Intrepid+Museum.-a0123581936 |access-date=September 15, 2023 |website=Real Estate Weekly |via=Free Online Library |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004111636/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/18%2C000+s%2Ff+education+center+opens+at+Intrepid+Museum.-a0123581936 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation]], cofounded by the Fishers, occupied some space during the early 2000s.<ref name="p219169589">{{cite magazine |last=Marshall |first=Samantha |date=July 19, 2004 |title=A Burgeoning NY Brain Trust |magazine=Crain's New York Business |volume=20 |issue=29 |page=1 |id={{ProQuest|219169589}}}}</ref> By the middle of that decade, the museum had 750,000 visitors per year,<ref name="p306074926">{{cite news |last=Lisberg |first=Adam |date=October 1, 2006 |title=Intrepid's Rehab Mission Sets Sail |page=14 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251  |id={{ProQuest|306074926}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sandomir |first=Richard |date=July 2, 2006 |title=National Museum in New York, For Public and for Profit |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/02/sports/02museum.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227021559/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/02/sports/02museum.html |url-status=live }}</ref> including over 100,000 students;<ref name="nyt-2006-11-21">{{Cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=November 21, 2006 |title=Intrepid Has Not Moved, But the Bill Has Risen to $60 Million |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/21/nyregion/21intrepid.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712053450/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/21/nyregion/21intrepid.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Parker 2008 x652">{{cite web |last=Parker |first=Eloise |date=November 4, 2008 |title=50 Facts About the Intrepid: The Floating Museum Is Back After Big Renovation |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2008/11/04/50-facts-about-the-intrepid-the-floating-museum-is-back-after-big-renovation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193741/https://www.nydailynews.com/2008/11/04/50-facts-about-the-intrepid-the-floating-museum-is-back-after-big-renovation/ |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |access-date=September 11, 2023 |website=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251}}</ref> it had recorded ten million all-time visitors by August 2005.<ref name="Parker 2008 x652" /> The museum spent $17 million annually just on [[Overhead (business)|overhead]] costs.<ref name="p398974436">{{cite news |last=Miniter |first=Brendan |date=June 30, 2006 |title=Weekend Journal; Taste – De Gustibus – a Ship's Belly: A Nation's Strength |page=W11 |work=The Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|398974436}}}}</ref>

==== Renovation ====
[[File:Intrepid museum aerial.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Aerial view of the museum from the Hudson River, 2011]]

By June 2006, the Intrepid Museum Foundation executives had notified state and federal governments of their plans to renovate ''Intrepid'', though few details of this renovation were disclosed publicly.<ref name="p398974436"/><ref name="nyt-2006-06-17">{{Cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=June 17, 2006 |title=It's 900 Feet Long, Floats, And Needs Some Work |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/17/nyregion/17ship.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=June 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609152138/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/17/nyregion/17ship.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The foundation had already asked the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] to help dredge the mud around the [[keel]] so tugboats could tow her to a dry dock.<ref name="nyt-2006-06-17" /> That July, the foundation announced that ''Intrepid'', along with Pier&nbsp;86, would undergo renovations and repairs.<ref name="nyt-2006-07-06" /><ref name="n131501909">{{Cite news |last=Pyle |first=Richard |date=July 7, 2006 |title=Museum Ship Intrepid Hits Sea for Repairs |pages=18 |work=Star-Gazette |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-gazette-museum-ship-intrepid-hits-s/131501909/ |access-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193743/https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-gazette-museum-ship-intrepid-hits-s/131501909/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="p2800437802">{{cite news |last=Lazo |first=Alejandro |date=July 7, 2006 |title=Intrepid Museum to Set Sail for $55M Facelift |page=A14 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298  |id={{ProQuest|280043780}}}}</ref> Initially, the project was supposed to cost $58 million and take 18 months.<ref name="n131516255" /><ref name="n131851506-">{{Cite news |last=Matthews |first=Karen |date=October 2, 2006 |title=Intrepid Museum Closes |pages=8 |work=The Journal News |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-intrepid-museum-closes/131851506/ |access-date=September 15, 2023 |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004111646/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-intrepid-museum-closes/131851506/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The project was to be funded with $31 million from the federal government, $17 million from the [[New York City Council]], and $5 million from the state;<ref name="p2800437802"/> the city later increased its share to $23 million.<ref name="nyt-2006-11-21" /> ''Intrepid'' closed on October 1, 2006,<ref name="n131516255">{{Cite news |date=October 2, 2006 |title=Intrepid's Bon Voyage |pages=3 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-intrepids-bon-voyage/131516255/ |access-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193738/https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-intrepids-bon-voyage/131516255/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="n131851506-" /> in preparation for being towed to a dry dock at the [[Military Ocean Terminal at Bayonne|Military Ocean Terminal]] in [[Bayonne, New Jersey]].<ref name="intrepid closure1">{{cite web | url = http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/intrepidmuseum/press/item.php?id=43 | title = The ''Intrepid'' Will Be Temporarily Moved and Pier 86 Will be Reconstructed Under an Historic $55 Million-Plus Capital Expansion Plan | publisher = Intrepid Air, Sea and Space Museum | access-date = March 21, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061005111635/http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/intrepidmuseum/press/item.php?id=43 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = October 5, 2006}}</ref><ref name="nyt-2006-10-27">{{Cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=October 27, 2006 |title=Aging Pier Forces Change in Intrepid's Interim Home |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/27/nyregion/aging-pier-forces-change-in-intrepids-interim-home.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=December 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201072228/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/27/nyregion/aging-pier-forces-change-in-intrepids-interim-home.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Museum officials had decided to tow the carrier away, as they estimated that the project would cost $100 million and take five years if ''Intrepid'' were left in place.<ref name="nyt-2006-07-06" />

Just before the renovation was scheduled to begin, ''Newsday'' reported that corrupt activities may have been involved in the renovation contract for Pier 86, prompting concerns that ''Intrepid'' and the Intrepid Museum Foundation were being investigated.<ref name="n131516512">{{Cite news |last=Morris |first=Keiko |date=October 26, 2006 |title=A Moving Experience |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-a-moving-exper/131516512/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193757/https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-a-moving-exper/131516512/ |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |access-date=September 9, 2023 |work=Newsday |pages=52, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-a-moving-exper/131517065/ 53] |via=newspapers.com |issn=2574-5298}}</ref> Furthermore, after the dry dock in Bayonne was found to be deteriorated, museum officials decided to move ''Intrepid'' to another pier in that city until the dry dock was repaired.<ref name="nyt-2006-10-27" /> The scheduled move on November 6, 2006,<ref name="nyt-2006-11-06">{{Cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=November 6, 2006 |title=For the Intrepid, There Comes a Tide |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/06/nyregion/06intrepid.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712053651/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/06/nyregion/06intrepid.html |url-status=live }}</ref> was delayed when ''Intrepid''{{'s}} [[propeller]]s stuck in the Hudson River mud, preventing tugboats from moving the ship out of her berth.<ref name="nyt-2006-11-08">{{Cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=November 8, 2006 |title=Intrepid Voyage Wasn't Its First Time in Mud |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/nyregion/intrepid-voyage-wasnt-its-first-time-in-mud.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004111637/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/nyregion/intrepid-voyage-wasnt-its-first-time-in-mud.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="p280060170">{{cite news |last=Bleyer |first=Bill |date=November 7, 2006 |title=USS Stuck-In-The-Mud, Seven Tugboats Are Not Enough to Pull the Intrepid Aircraft Carrier Museum out of Its Berth in Manhattan |page=A06 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298  |id={{ProQuest|280060170}}}}</ref> The Navy and USACE spent $3 million to extricate the carrier,<ref name="nyt-2006-11-21" /><ref name="NBC News 2006 r109">{{cite web |date=November 6, 2006 |title=Navy, Army Corps to Help Free USS Intrepid |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11125865 |access-date=September 15, 2023 |website=NBC News |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112012508/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11125865 |url-status=live }}</ref> removing {{Convert|39,000|yd3}} of sediment and mud from the propellers and pier.,<ref name="nyt-2006-12-02">{{Cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=December 2, 2006 |title=Tugs to Try Budging Intrepid Again, With Less Pomp |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/02/nyregion/02intrepid.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=June 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611110149/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/02/nyregion/02intrepid.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Tugboats made a successful second attempt on December 5, 2006.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=December 6, 2006 |title=Briefly, Slowly, The Intrepid Moves Again |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/06/nyregion/06intrepid.html |access-date=September 9, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193804/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/06/nyregion/06intrepid.html |url-status=live }}</ref> By the end of the year, ''Growler'' was also towed to Bayonne for renovation,<ref name="nyt-2006-12-14">{{Cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=December 14, 2006 |title=Submarine Joins Intrepid in Bayonne |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/nyregion/15submarinecnd.html |access-date=September 9, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193736/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/nyregion/15submarinecnd.html |url-status=live }}</ref> while the Concorde on Pier 86 was floated to [[Floyd Bennett Field]] so the pier could be repaired.<ref name="WAFF 2006 c889">{{cite web |date=December 22, 2006 |title=Concorde Jetliner, Last Piece of Intrepid Museum in New York City, Heads for Temporary Home |url=https://www.waff.com/story/5849559/concorde-jetliner-last-piece-of-intrepid-museum-in-new-york-city-heads-for-temporary-home/ |access-date=September 11, 2023 |website=WAFF |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193814/https://www.waff.com/story/5849559/concorde-jetliner-last-piece-of-intrepid-museum-in-new-york-city-heads-for-temporary-home/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=November 5, 2006 |title=Concorde to Travel to Brooklyn, But Not by Air |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/nyregion/05concorde.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712053628/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/nyregion/05concorde.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Intrepid Museum Foundation also sold $7.08 million in bonds to fund its continuing operations.<ref name="wsj-2007-03-30">{{Cite news |last=Beatty |first=Sally |date=March 30, 2007 |title=Museums Learn to Love Debt |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB117521262951653880 |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628102319/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB117521262951653880 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Pier 86 was demolished and rebuilt to accommodate plumbing and cables, which had not been present in the original pier.<ref name="p2800437802"/> After sitting at a cruise-ship port for four months,<ref>{{Cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=April 10, 2007 |title=Intrepid to Be Dry-Docked For Repairs to Hull |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/10/nyregion/10intrepid.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126035739/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/10/nyregion/10intrepid.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Intrepid'' was towed to dry dock in April 2007 and received exterior modifications,<ref name="nyt-2007-04-11">{{Cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=April 11, 2007 |title=Look Out, Below! Intrepid Plots a Course High and Dry |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/nyregion/11intrepid.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193814/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/nyregion/11intrepid.html |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="New York Daily News 2007 i950">{{cite web |date=April 9, 2007 |title=Historic Aircraft Carrier Intrepid out of Water for Body Makeover |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2007/04/09/historic-aircraft-carrier-intrepid-out-of-water-for-body-makeover/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193741/https://www.nydailynews.com/2007/04/09/historic-aircraft-carrier-intrepid-out-of-water-for-body-makeover/ |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |access-date=September 11, 2023 |website=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251}}</ref> including new paint, new propellers, and a restored [[Hull (watercraft)|hull]].<ref name="Magazine Reichhardt 2008 w431">{{cite web |last1=Reichhardt |first1=Tony |date=August 31, 2008 |title=Restoration: USS Intrepid |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/restoration-uss-intrepid-462834/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905013253/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/restoration-uss-intrepid-462834/ |archive-date=September 5, 2023 |access-date=September 9, 2023 |website=Smithsonian Magazine}}</ref><ref name="p203467368">{{Cite magazine |last=Bleyer |first=Bill |date=Aug 2007 |title=The Intrepid Eased Into Drydock |magazine=Naval History |volume=21 |issue=4 |page=8 |id={{ProQuest|203467368}}}}</ref> After exterior modifications were completed, the carrier was towed to [[Staten Island]], New York, for interior repairs in June 2007, on the anniversary of [[D-Day]].<ref name="NBC News 2007 e574">{{cite web |date=June 7, 2007 |title=USS Intrepid Enters Final Stage of Renovation |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19076047 |access-date=September 11, 2023 |website=NBC News |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193733/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19076047 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="III 2007 n685">{{cite web |last=Ramirez |first=Pedro III |date=June 6, 2007 |title=USS Intrepid Ceremony on D-Day Anniversary |url=https://www.syracuse.com/news/2007/06/uss_intrepid_ceremony_on_dday.html |access-date=September 11, 2023 |website=syracuse |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193736/https://www.syracuse.com/news/2007/06/uss_intrepid_ceremony_on_dday.html |url-status=live }}</ref> At Staten Island, ''Intrepid''{{'s}} facilities were upgraded and expanded; for example, workers replaced {{Convert|80000|ft2}} on ''Intrepid''{{'s}} three top decks.<ref name="Magazine Reichhardt 2008 w431" /> The [[fo'c'sle]] was restored, the starboard side and flight deck were deoxidized,<ref name="p2800437802"/><ref name="p2359769642">{{Cite magazine |last=Eric |first=Evan |date=Feb 2009 |title=Battle-Honored Carrier Intrepid Returns to Manhattan Pier |magazine=Sea Classics |volume=42 |issue=2 |pages=30–32, 34 |id={{ProQuest|235976964}}}}</ref> a new aircraft elevator was installed, and new wiring was installed.<ref name="Parker 2008 x652" /> The firm of [[Perkins&Will|Perkins + Will]] was hired to redesign several exhibits and create other exhibits within space that had been closed to the public.<ref name="p2359769642"/> The exterior renovations were budgeted at $4.8 million, while the interior cost another $6 million to $8 million.<ref name="p203467368" />

The renovation, including the cost of Pier 86, ultimately cost $115 million<ref name="p2359769642"/><ref name="nyt-2008-11-07">{{Cite news |last=Rothstein |first=Edward |date=November 7, 2008 |title=Military Muscle Retooled, Ready for Tourist Action |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/arts/design/07intr.html |access-date=September 9, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193741/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/arts/design/07intr.html |url-status=live }}</ref> or $120 million.<ref name="Parker 2008 x652" /><ref name="p280205403">{{cite news |last=Bleyer |first=Bill |date=October 3, 2008 |title=Berth of a Legend After Nearly Two Years and $120M Spent on Restoring the Vessel and Construction of a New Pier, Intrepid Returns to Manhattan Site |page=A20 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298  |id={{ProQuest|280205403}}}}</ref> The cost overruns almost bankrupted the museum, which asked donors and politicians to contribute an additional $10 million each to the project.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=May 21, 2008 |title=Racing the Clock to Bring Back the Intrepid |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/nyregion/21intrepid.html |access-date=September 9, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126022953/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/nyregion/21intrepid.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="p351619548">{{Cite news |last=Pyle |first=Richard |date=May 25, 2008 |title=Floating War Museum Faces New Peril – Money |page=A16 |work=Deseret News |agency=Associated Press |id={{ProQuest|351619548}}}}</ref> The carrier was towed back to Pier 86 at the beginning of October 2008,<ref name="p280205403" /><ref name="nyt02008-10-03">{{Cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=October 3, 2008 |title=Floating Proudly, A Warship Returns to Its Mission |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/nyregion/03intrepid.html |access-date=September 9, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193735/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/nyregion/03intrepid.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and the Concorde was moved back to Pier 86.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=October 16, 2008 |title=Flight of the Concorde Back to the Intrepid |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/mcgeehans-concorde-post/ |access-date=September 15, 2023 |website=City Room |language=en |archive-date=August 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810124438/https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/mcgeehans-concorde-post/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The museum reopened to the public on November 8.<ref name="NBC New York 2008 z914">{{cite web |date=November 8, 2008 |title=It's Back … Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Reopens |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/its-back-intrepid-sea-air-space-museum-reopens/1849495/ |access-date=September 9, 2023 |website=NBC New York |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193741/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/its-back-intrepid-sea-air-space-museum-reopens/1849495/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Lewiston Sun Journal 2008 l030">{{cite web |date=November 9, 2008 |title=NYC's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Reopens |url=https://www.sunjournal.com/2008/11/09/nycs-intrepid-sea-air-space-museum-reopens/ |access-date=September 9, 2023 |website=Lewiston Sun Journal |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193736/https://www.sunjournal.com/2008/11/09/nycs-intrepid-sea-air-space-museum-reopens/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="wsj-2008-11-082">{{Cite news |last=Yost |first=Mark |date=November 8, 2008 |title=Voyage of Discovery |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122609662517609641 |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193815/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122609662517609641 |url-status=live }}</ref> Four aircraft were added to the museum's collection when the museum reopened.<ref name="p280205403" /> At the time, the ''Intrepid'' Museum planned to attract one million annual visitors, with ten percent of this figure being students.<ref name="nyt-2008-11-07" /> Museum officials hired advertising firm Austin & Williams to promote the museum.<ref name="p280224789">{{cite news |last=Mason-Draffen |first=Carrie |date=May 30, 2008 |title=Intrepid Museum Hires Hauppauge Firm |page= |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298  |id={{ProQuest|280224789}}}}</ref>

===2010s to present===
[[File:Space Shuttle Enterprise delivered to the Intrepid Museum.jpg|thumb|right|''Enterprise'' being lowered onto ''Intrepid'' in 2012]]

The museum's president [[Bill White (administrator)|Bill White]], who had overseen the 2000s renovation, resigned in 2010<ref>{{Cite news |last=Orden |first=Erica |date=May 19, 2010 |title=Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Head Resigns |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703691804575254403752448406 |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=August 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815141121/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703691804575254403752448406 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=May 20, 2010 |title=Head of the Intrepid Resigns as Fleet Week Approaches |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/nyregion/20intrepid.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725133615/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/nyregion/20intrepid.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and was succeeded the next year by Susan Marenoff-Zausner, who had been the executive director.<ref name=" The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum j022">{{cite press release | title=Susan Marenoff Named President of Intrepid Museum | website=The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum | url=https://www.intrepidmuseum.org/SusanMarenoffPresident | access-date=September 15, 2023 | archive-date=December 6, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206182900/https://intrepidmuseum.org/SusanMarenoffPresident | url-status=dead }}</ref> Before resigning, White had tried to obtain a [[Space Shuttle]] for the museum's collection.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=May 14, 2009 |title=Intrepid's Ambitious Mission: To Get Its Own Space Shuttle |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/nyregion/14shuttle.html |access-date=September 9, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193751/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/nyregion/14shuttle.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''Intrepid'' Museum announced in May 2011 that it would acquire the [[Space Shuttle Enterprise|Space Shuttle ''Enterprise'']].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Genzlinger |first=Neil |date=April 23, 2011 |title=A 150,000-Pound Hand-Me-Down. Yay? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/nyregion/is-a-regifted-space-shuttle-enterprise-in-ny-a-good-deal.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=February 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203023913/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/nyregion/is-a-regifted-space-shuttle-enterprise-in-ny-a-good-deal.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Barrett |first=Devlin |date=April 12, 2011 |title=New York's Intrepid to Display Space Shuttle |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703385404576258780745234092 |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506090230/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703385404576258780745234092 |url-status=live }}</ref> It initially planned to exhibit the Space Shuttle on Pier 86, but then announced plans to display the spacecraft in a parking lot across 12th Avenue,<ref name="nyt-2012-04-19">{{Cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=April 19, 2012 |title=Anticipating Space Shuttle's Arrival, Old Warplanes Ship Out |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/nyregion/anticipating-space-shuttles-arrival-old-warplanes-ship-out.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531214813/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/nyregion/anticipating-space-shuttles-arrival-old-warplanes-ship-out.html |url-status=live }}</ref> prompting U.S. Senator [[Sherrod Brown]] to ask that NASA award the shuttle to another museum.<ref name="nyt-2011-10-12">{{Cite web |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=October 12, 2011 |title=Ohio Senator Asks NASA to Wrest Shuttle From Intrepid Museum |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/12/ohio-senator-asks-nasa-to-wrest-shuttle-from-intrepid-museum/ |access-date=September 15, 2023 |website=City Room |language=en |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004111747/https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/12/ohio-senator-asks-nasa-to-wrest-shuttle-from-intrepid-museum/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The museum took title to the spacecraft that December,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-121211a.html |title=Intrepid Museum Celebrates Ownership of Space Shuttle Enterprise |first=Robert Z |last=Pearlman |date=December 12, 2011 |work=CollectSpace |access-date=January 30, 2012 |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112135412/http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-121211a.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NAS">{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/transition/placement/enterprise_transfer.html |title=NASA Transfers Enterprise Title to Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City |work=NASA.gov |date=December 11, 2011 |access-date=January 30, 2012 |archive-date=February 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211074602/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/transition/placement/enterprise_transfer.html |url-status=live }}</ref> after engineers determined that it was safe to fly on the [[Shuttle Carrier Aircraft]] once again.<ref name="nsf1003142">{{Cite news |last=Bergin |first=Chris |date=March 14, 2010 |title=Enterprise in Good Condition for Potential SCA Ferry from Smithsonian NASM |work=NASAspaceflight.com |url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/03/enterprise-good-condition-potential-sca-ferry-smithsonian/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316230551/http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/03/enterprise-good-condition-potential-sca-ferry-smithsonian/ |archive-date=March 16, 2010}}</ref> ''Enterprise'' was flown to the nearby [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|JFK Airport]] in April 2012<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Shallwani |first1=Pervaiz |last2=Fox |first2=Alison |date=April 27, 2012 |title=A Shuttle Meets Its City |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304811304577369602130310414.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=August 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808110428/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304811304577369602130310414.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="CBS News 2012 x525">{{cite web |date=April 27, 2012 |title=Space Shuttle Enterprise Flies over NYC |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/space-shuttle-enterprise-flies-over-nyc/ |access-date=September 15, 2023 |website=CBS News |archive-date=August 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801230825/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/space-shuttle-enterprise-flies-over-nyc/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and then moved by barge to the ''Intrepid'' Museum that June.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Membis |first=Liane |date=June 6, 2012 |title=Space Shuttle Floats Into Its Manhattan Home |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-METROB-15250 |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=October 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015223549/https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-METROB-15250 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="The Christian Science Monitor 2012 l544">{{cite web |last=Pearlman |first=Robert Z. |date=June 6, 2012 |title=Space Shuttle Enterprise Arrives at New York's Intrepid Museum |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0606/Space-shuttle-Enterprise-arrives-at-New-York-s-Intrepid-museum |access-date=September 15, 2023 |website=The Christian Science Monitor |archive-date=August 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815162152/https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0606/Space-shuttle-Enterprise-arrives-at-New-York-s-Intrepid-museum |url-status=live }}</ref> To make room for the ''Enterprise'' display, three aircraft were transferred to the [[Empire State Aerosciences Museum]] near [[Schenectady, New York]].<ref name="nyt-2012-04-19"/> The ''Enterprise'' went on public display July 19, 2012, at the ''Intrepid'' Museum's new Space Shuttle Pavilion,<ref>{{cite news|last=Katz|first=Alex|title=Space Shuttle Enterprise Set to Open to Public|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/enterprise-exhibit-intrepid-sea-air-space-museum-space-shuttle-pavilion/1951270/|access-date=November 12, 2022|website=NBC New York|date=July 18, 2012|archive-date=November 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112195309/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/enterprise-exhibit-intrepid-sea-air-space-museum-space-shuttle-pavilion/1951270/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Narov 2012 b089">{{cite web |last=Narov |first=Michele |date=July 19, 2012 |title=The Enterprise Docks at the Intrepid Museum and Children of Generation Not Interested in Math and Science Show Interest |url=https://observer.com/2012/07/intrepid-sea-air-and-space-museum-enterprise-susan-marenoff/ |access-date=September 15, 2023 |website=Observer |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193736/https://observer.com/2012/07/intrepid-sea-air-and-space-museum-enterprise-susan-marenoff/ |url-status=live }}</ref> charging an additional fee for admission.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=July 19, 2012 |title=In the Rain, Stewards of the Enterprise Can Keep It Dry, But Can't Catch a Cab |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/18/in-the-rain-stewards-of-the-enterprise-can-keep-it-dry-but-cant-catch-a-cab/ |access-date=September 19, 2023 |website=City Room |language=en |archive-date=March 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317232912/https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/18/in-the-rain-stewards-of-the-enterprise-can-keep-it-dry-but-cant-catch-a-cab/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The museum was closed in October 2012 due to [[Hurricane Sandy]], which damaged ''Enterprise''.<ref name="Pearlman 2012 u332">{{cite web |last=Pearlman |first=Robert Z. |date=October 30, 2012 |title=Space Shuttle Enterprise Damaged by Hurricane Sandy |url=https://www.space.com/18282-shuttle-enterprise-intrepid-hurricane-damage.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |website=Space.com |archive-date=May 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530050358/https://www.space.com/18282-shuttle-enterprise-intrepid-hurricane-damage.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Although the museum reopened that December,<ref name="Kramer 2012 k381">{{cite web |last=Kramer |first=Miriam |date=December 21, 2012 |title=Intrepid Museum, Home of Shuttle Enterprise, Reopens After Hurricane Sandy Closure |url=https://www.space.com/19023-intrepid-museum-enterprise-reopens.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |website=Space.com |archive-date=March 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325010214/https://www.space.com/19023-intrepid-museum-enterprise-reopens.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Katz 2012 j412">{{cite web |last=Katz |first=Mathew |date=December 14, 2012 |title=Intrepid Museum to Reopen After Sandy Damage |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121214/hells-kitchen-clinton/intrepid-museum-reopen-after-sandy-damage/ |access-date=September 15, 2023 |website=DNAinfo New York |archive-date=October 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020110752/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121214/hells-kitchen-clinton/intrepid-museum-reopen-after-sandy-damage/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> the Space Shuttle Pavilion did not reopen until July 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Space Shuttle Enterprise Reopens to NYC Visitors|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/space-shuttle-enterprise-reopens-nyc-visitors|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|access-date=July 11, 2013|archive-date=August 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820150804/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/space-shuttle-enterprise-reopens-nyc-visitors|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="nyt-2013-07-09">{{Cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=July 9, 2013 |title=Shuttle Enterprise Exhibit to Reopen in New Temporary Home |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/10/nyregion/shuttle-enterprise-exhibit-to-reopen-in-new-temporary-home.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108080214/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/10/nyregion/shuttle-enterprise-exhibit-to-reopen-in-new-temporary-home.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Museum officials contemplated erecting a permanent pavilion for ''Enterprise'' on Pier 86 or on a parking lot across 12th Avenue.<ref name="nyt-2013-07-09" /> At the time, the museum had 915,000 annual visitors.<ref name="p1399546810">{{cite magazine |last=Kreinin Souccar |first=Miriam |date=July 8, 2013 |title=Kid Stuff |magazine=Crain's New York Business |volume=29 |issue=27 |page=25 |id={{ProQuest|1399546810}}}}</ref>

Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New York City]], the museum was closed between March and September 2020,<ref name="NBC New York 2020 q327">{{cite web |date=September 22, 2020 |title=Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Reopening to Public with Restrictions |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/coronavirus/intrepid-sea-air-space-museum-reopening-to-public-with-restrictions/2631142/ |access-date=September 13, 2023 |website=NBC New York |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193734/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/coronavirus/intrepid-sea-air-space-museum-reopening-to-public-with-restrictions/2631142/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Garber 2020 j632">{{cite web |last=Garber |first=Nick |date=September 28, 2020 |title=Intrepid Museum Reopens After 6-Month Closure |url=https://patch.com/new-york/midtown-nyc/intrepid-museum-reopens-after-6-month-closure |access-date=September 13, 2023 |website=Midtown-Hell's Kitchen, NY Patch |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193741/https://patch.com/new-york/midtown-nyc/intrepid-museum-reopens-after-6-month-closure |url-status=live }}</ref> though it continued to host online events during its closure.<ref name="Wright 2020 t755">{{cite web |last=Wright |first=Tolly |date=April 1, 2020 |title=Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Museums in Hell's Kitchen, New York Kids |url=https://www.timeout.com/new-york-kids/museums/intrepid-sea-air-space-museum |access-date=September 13, 2023 |website=Time Out New York Kids |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193735/https://www.timeout.com/new-york-kids/museums/intrepid-sea-air-space-museum |url-status=live }}</ref> The museum's [[Concorde]] aircraft, which had been displayed on Pier 86, was removed for restoration in 2023<ref name="AP News 2023 e504">{{cite web |date=August 9, 2023 |title=NYC Museum's Concorde Supersonic Jet Takes Barge Ride to Brooklyn for Restoration |url=https://apnews.com/article/concorde-restoration-intrepid-museum-new-york-a2b81bbcf4f258e984790cb2cf9adf3a |access-date=September 11, 2023 |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |archive-date=August 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816090758/https://apnews.com/article/concorde-restoration-intrepid-museum-new-york-a2b81bbcf4f258e984790cb2cf9adf3a |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ABC7 New York 2023 h871">{{cite web |date=August 9, 2023 |title=Crane Removes British Airways Concorde from Intrepid Museum for Restoration in Brooklyn |url=https://abc7ny.com/british-airways-concorde-intrepid-brooklyn-navy-yard-fastest-commercial-aircraft/13623414/ |access-date=September 11, 2023 |website=ABC7 New York |archive-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909105207/https://abc7ny.com/british-airways-concorde-intrepid-brooklyn-navy-yard-fastest-commercial-aircraft/13623414/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and towed back to the ''Intrepid'' Museum in March 2024.<ref name="ABC7 New York 2024 a700">{{cite web | title=British Airways Concorde makes big return to Intrepid Sea and Space Museum in New York City | website=ABC7 New York | date=March 14, 2024 | url=https://abc7ny.com/british-airways-concorde-intrepid-new-york-city-brooklyn-navy-yard/14523574/ | access-date=March 14, 2024}}</ref><ref name="CBS New York 2024 z006">{{cite web | title=Concorde supersonic jet headed back to Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum | website=CBS New York | date=March 14, 2024 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/concorde-supersonic-jet-headed-back-to-intrepid-sea-air-space-museum/ | access-date=March 14, 2024}}</ref> As part of the project, the museum added {{convert|4000|ft2}} of park space to Pier 86.<ref name="ABC7 New York 2023 h871" /> The ''Intrepid'' Museum dropped "Sea, Air & Space" from its official name in October 2023 as part of a rebranding.<ref name="Ginsburg Cohen 2023 p908">{{cite web | last1=Ginsburg | first1=Aaron | last2=Cohen | first2=Michelle | title=Intrepid Museum gets a branding makeover with updated name and logo | website=6sqft | date=October 5, 2023 | url=https://www.6sqft.com/intrepid-museum-gets-a-branding-makeover-with-updated-name-and-logo/ | access-date=October 7, 2023}}</ref> In May 2024, the museum opened {{convert|4000|ft2}} of space on Pier 86 as a public park.<ref name="Rahmanan 2024 e231">{{cite web | last=Rahmanan | first=Anna | title=The Intrepid Museum just announced a massive expansion at Hudson River Park | website=Time Out New York | date=May 16, 2024 | url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/the-intrepid-museum-just-announced-a-massive-expansion-at-hudson-river-park-051624 | access-date=May 17, 2024}}</ref> Early the following year, the New York state government announced plans to redevelop one of the ''Intrepid'' Museum's parking lots on the east side of 12th Avenue.<ref>{{cite web | last=Schiavo | first=Amanda | title=Hochul Wants Housing on Intrepid Museum Parking Lot | website=Commercial Observer | date=February 28, 2025 | url=https://commercialobserver.com/2025/02/hochul-intrepid-museum-parking-lot-development/ | access-date=March 1, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Cheng | first=Andria | title=New York wants to build housing on parking lot near Intrepid museum | website=CoStar | date=February 28, 2025 | url=https://www.costar.com/article/512919897/new-york-wants-to-build-housing-on-parking-lot-near-intrepid-museum | language=en | access-date=March 1, 2025}}</ref> In addition, the museum completed a restoration of the USS ''Growler'' in 2024, reopening the vessel with upgraded visitor pathways and new interactive panels,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lakritz |first=Talia |title=I toured the only nuclear-missile submarine in the US open to the public. Take a look inside. |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/submarine-tour-intrepid-growler-nuclear-missiles-2024-10 |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> and it opened a permanent World War II exhibit in 2025.<ref name=":0">{{cite web | last=Culgan | first=Rossilynne Skena | title=First look: A new WWII plane and an impressive exhibit at NYC's Intrepid Museum | website=Time Out New York | date=March 22, 2025 | url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/a-first-look-at-the-new-wwii-plane-and-an-impressive-exhibit-at-nycs-intrepid-museum-032125 | access-date=November 15, 2025}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web | title=Intrepid Museum opens WWII exhibition with historical never-before seen artifacts and aircraft | website=News 12 - Default | date=November 14, 2025 | url=https://longisland.news12.com/intrepid-museum-opens-wwii-exhibition-with-historical-never-before-seen-artifacts-and-aircraft | access-date=November 15, 2025}}</ref>

== Description ==
The ''Intrepid'' Museum is located along [[Hudson River Park]] at the intersection of 46th Street and [[12th Avenue (Manhattan)|12th Avenue]], within the [[Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan|Hell's Kitchen]] neighborhood on the [[West Side (Manhattan)|West Side]] of [[Midtown Manhattan]] in New York City.<ref name="nyt-2006-05-16">{{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Sam |date=May 16, 2006 |title=After 20 Years of Delays, A River Park Takes Shape |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/16/nyregion/16westway.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306232637/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/16/nyregion/16westway.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Most of the collection is on board ''Intrepid'',<ref name="WG p. 317" /><ref name="p432180811" />  the third [[Essex-class aircraft carrier|''Essex''-class carrier]] built<ref name="nrhpinv2" />{{Rp|page=2}} and one of four preserved ''Essex''-class carriers, besides ''Yorktown'', ''Lexington'', and {{USS|Hornet|CV-12|2}}.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ap |date=October 8, 1995 |title=Old Warship Fights One More Battle, This One for Her Survival |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/08/us/old-warship-fights-one-more-battle-this-one-for-her-survival.html |access-date=September 11, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193816/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/08/us/old-warship-fights-one-more-battle-this-one-for-her-survival.html |url-status=live }}</ref> When ''Intrepid'' was converted into a museum ship, only one-quarter of her area was accessible to the public. Additionally, many of the carrier's equipment, including the large airplane elevators, were disabled.<ref name="p392206770" />  One of the carrier's former elevators, which transported planes between the flight and hangar decks, was converted into a theater.<ref name="nyt-1982-08-02" /> Due to regulations that require "easy passage", and to prevent theft, much of ''Intrepid''{{'s}} equipment has been removed or relocated.<ref name="p203497063" />

=== Flight, hangar, and gallery decks ===
[[File:New York Intrepid 501576 fh000009.jpg|thumb|right|Flight deck of ''Intrepid'']]The ''Intrepid'' Museum spans three of the carrier's decks; due to fire-safety regulations, ''Intrepid''{{'s}} other decks remain closed to the public.<ref name="p205992626">{{Cite magazine |last=Shulman |first=Polly |date=Mar 2000 |title=A Museum Called Intrepid |magazine=Discover |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=107–108 |id={{ProQuest|205992626}}}}</ref> The carrier's topmost deck, the [[flight deck]], showcases many of the museum's craft (see {{Section link|2=Exhibits and collection}}).<ref name="n131562797" /><ref name="p239570689" /> The [[Space Shuttle Enterprise|Space Shuttle ''Enterprise'']] is housed within a pavilion on the flight deck,<ref name="Intrepid Museum 2011">{{cite web |author=Intrepid Museum |date=April 12, 2011 |title=Enterprise – Space Shuttle Orbiter – To Come to Intrepid Museum |url=http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/shuttle/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415163648/http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/shuttle/ |archive-date=April 15, 2011 |access-date=April 12, 2011}}</ref><ref name="CBS New York 2011">{{cite web |author=CBS New York |author-link=CBS New York |date=April 12, 2011 |title=Space Shuttle Enterprise Landing At Intrepid Museum |url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/04/12/intrepid-to-learn-whether-it-will-get-a-space-shuttle/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712011729/http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/04/12/intrepid-to-learn-whether-it-will-get-a-space-shuttle/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 12, 2012 |access-date=April 12, 2011 }}</ref> originally within an inflatable tent placed on the [[stern]] of ''Intrepid''.<ref name="The Vege 2012 h2892">{{cite web |last=D'Orazio |first=Dante |date=July 19, 2012 |title=NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise Aboard the USS Intrepid in Pictures |url=https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/18/3168405/nasa-space-shuttle-enterprise-pictures-uss-intrepid-nyc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709154804/https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/18/3168405/nasa-space-shuttle-enterprise-pictures-uss-intrepid-nyc |archive-date=July 9, 2018 |access-date=September 10, 2023 |website=The Verge}}</ref> The [[superstructure]]'s command bridges are accessible to the public.<ref name="p392206770" /> There is a three-inch [[weapon mount]] on the carrier's island on the starboard side, as well as an [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] mount in a [[Gun turret|gun tub]] on the starboard bow.<ref name="p203497063" /> Also on the flight deck is a plaque marking the spot where a 1944 [[kamikaze]] attack killed or injured 22 soldiers.<ref name="nyt-1992-01-10" />

The museum's main entrance has been through the carrier's [[hangar deck]], below the flight deck, since 2008.<ref name="wsj-2008-11-08">{{Cite news |last=Yost |first=Mark |date=November 8, 2008 |title=Voyage of Discovery |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122609662517609641 |access-date=September 13, 2023 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193815/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122609662517609641 |url-status=live }}</ref> The hangar deck originally contained four permanent exhibit halls,<ref name="p203497063" /><ref name="nyt-1982-08-02" /> in addition to a space for temporary exhibits.<ref name="wsj-2008-11-08" /><ref name="n1316312404">{{Cite news |date=August 1, 1991 |title=Planes, Tanks and Ships |pages=31 |work=The Standard-Star |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-standard-star-planes-tanks-and-ship/131631240/ |access-date=September 11, 2023 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193748/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-standard-star-planes-tanks-and-ship/131631240/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The original permanent exhibit halls were Pioneer Hall, which was dedicated to early air travel; Technology Hall, which contained displays about spaceflight; Navy Hall, which had Navy artifacts and a film; and Intrepid Hall, which discussed ''Intrepid''{{'s}} role in World War II.<ref name="p203497063" /> The exhibits about the oldest artifacts were originally toward the rear or [[aft]]; the back of the carrier contained a cafeteria, bathrooms, and a terrace on the [[stern]].<ref name="n1316312404"/>  The hangar deck also contains a space dedicated to Medal of Honor recipients, as well as some aviation artifacts<ref name="p239570689" /> and plaques detailing the carrier's history and exhibits.<ref name="wsj-2008-11-08" /> Also on the hangar deck is the Exploreum, an interactive hall with exhibits such as a full-size [[Bell 47]] helicopter.<ref name="Nast 2019 e087">{{cite web |last=Flint |first=Sunshine |date=July 26, 2019 |title=Intrepid Sea, Air, & Space Museum – Museum Review |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/activities/intrepid-sea-air-and-space-museum |access-date=September 14, 2023 |website=Condé Nast Traveler |archive-date=October 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026110218/https://www.cntraveler.com/activities/intrepid-sea-air-and-space-museum |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum s213">{{cite web |title=Exploreum Interactive Hall |url=https://intrepidmuseum.org/exhibitions/permanent-exhibitions/exploreum-hall |access-date=September 14, 2023 |website=The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004111647/https://www.intrepidmuseum.org/test/Exploreum-Hall-Test |url-status=live }}</ref> The hangar deck also has an education center and {{convert|17000|ft2|adj=on}} event space called Michael Tyler Fisher Center,<ref name="The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum i428">{{cite web |title=Spaces |url=https://intrepidmuseum.org/events/host-event/browse-our-spaces |access-date=September 15, 2023 |website=The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004112138/https://www.intrepidmuseum.org/Host-an-Event/Event-Types/Spaces |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as the 245-seat Lutnick Theater,<ref name="The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum i428" /> which shows a 16-minute film on the carrier's history.<ref name="wsj-2008-11-08" />

The gallery deck houses the Combat Information Center and Men of the Intrepid exhibits.<ref name="n1316312406">{{Cite news |last=Furio |first=Joanne |date=August 1, 1991 |title=Planes, Tanks and Ships |pages=31 |work=The Standard-Star |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-standard-star-planes-tanks-and-ship/131631240/ |access-date=September 11, 2023 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193748/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-standard-star-planes-tanks-and-ship/131631240/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  At the front of the carrier, artifacts from the officers' quarters are displayed in the fo'c'sle,<ref name="nyt-2008-11-07" /><ref name="wsj-2008-11-08" /> which was opened to the public in 2008.<ref name="p2359769642"/> The junior officers' and general berthing quarters are publicly accessible,<ref name="p2359769642"/> and the crew's quarters are open to the public as well.<ref name="p392206770" /><ref name="wsj-2008-11-08" /> There are replicas of two rooms that were created when the [[mess]] was subdivided in the 1970s.<ref name="Magazine Reichhardt 2008 w431" /> The middle of the carrier contains a hole that allows visitors to see through seven decks.<ref name="wsj-2008-11-08" />

The museum originally displayed newsreels of pre–World War II events, dioramas of World War II battles, and models of ships.<ref name="p392206770" /> By the 1990s, the museum also featured an undersea-exploration hall, a children's ride,<ref name="nyt-1992-01-10" /> a [[flight simulator]],<ref name="n131813110" /> as well as a [[bathysphere]] that was closed to the public.<ref name="p205992626" /> Following the 2008 renovation, the museum has contained three flight simulators,<ref name="Nast 2019 e087" /> a [[4D film|4D theater]],<ref name="nyt-2008-11-07" /> and interactive exhibits for children.<ref name="p2359769642"/><ref name="wsj-2008-11-08" /> There is also a space dedicated to [[Zachary Fisher|Zachary]] Fisher and his wife Elizabeth M. Fisher.<ref name="nyt-2008-11-07" /> The Michael Tyler Fisher Center for Education<ref name="The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum i428" /> occupies a three-story {{convert|18000|ft2|adj=on}} space in the museum, with a meeting space, breakout rooms, and classrooms.<ref name="Free Online Library 2015 c215" />

=== Other structures ===
There was originally two gift shops: one at the entrance to Pier 86 and one on the hangar deck.<ref name="n1316312404"/> The current {{convert|17000|ft2|adj=on}} visitor center at 46th Street and 12th Avenue, completed in 1999, replaces the original {{convert|3000|ft2|adj=on}} visitor center. The new edifice had a metal and glass facade, and it incorporated about one-fourth of the old visitor center.<ref name="nyt-1999-12-05" /> A bridge measuring {{Convert|277|ft}} long connects the museum to a ramp on the eastern side of 12th Avenue. This bridge contains a central {{Convert|59|ft|m|-tall|adj=mid}} tower, as well as sail-shaped fabric canopies.<ref name="p305675109" />

== Exhibits and collection ==

=== Aircraft ===
All of the aircraft on ''Intrepid''{{'s}} flight deck are retired craft that are no longer capable of flying, either due to mechanical problems or because they had flown more than their maximum [[Flight time|flight hours]]. Many of the aircraft lack engines, and some were disassembled before arriving at the museum. According to ''The New York Times'', the vast majority of aircraft were transported to the museum by airplane, helicopter, or barge. One aircraft, a [[Bell AH-1 SuperCobra|Bell AH-1J Sea Cobra]] gunship, flew to the museum under its own power before its engine was removed.<ref name="nyt-2000-11-05">{{Cite news |last=Schneider |first=Daniel B. |date=November 5, 2000 |title=F.y.i. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/05/nyregion/fyi-006289.html |access-date=September 14, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725063247/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/05/nyregion/fyi-006289.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Visitors cannot ordinarily go inside the aircraft.<ref name="p205992626" />[[File:New York Manhatten - panoramio (1).jpg|thumb|right|[[British Airways]] [[Concorde]] G-BOAD seen next to ''Intrepid'']]
[[File:Tracer intrepid.jpg|thumb|E-1 Tracer exhibit]]
[[File:Huey intrepid.jpg|thumb|Bell UH-1 Iroquois exhibit]]
[[File:Harrier intrepid.jpg|thumb|AV-8C Harrier exhibit]]
[[File:Sikorsky HH-52 Seaguard Helicopter Exhibit at the Intrepid Museum..jpg|thumb|Sikorsky HH-52 Seaguard Helicopter Exhibit ]]

==== Bombers/attack ====
* [[Douglas A-1 Skyraider]] from the US Navy{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|page=|pages=15–16}}
* [[Douglas A-4 Skyhawk]] from the US Navy,<ref name="Magazine Reichhardt 2008 w431" /> served on ''Intrepid'' between 1966 and 1969{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|page=|pages=19–20}}
* [[Grumman A-6 Intruder]] from the US Navy, used as a testbed for new radar and avionics in 1988{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=23–24}}
* [[Grumman TBM Avenger|Grumman TBM-3E Avenger]] from the US Navy<ref name="Magazine Reichhardt 2008 w431" />{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|page=|pages=11–13}}

==== Fighters ====
* [[Goodyear FG-1D Corsair]] from the US Navy<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
* [[Grumman F-11 Tiger]] from the US Navy, once jet number 5 on the [[Blue Angels]]{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=41–42}}
* [[McDonnell F3H Demon]] from the US Navy{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=33–34}}
* [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21]] from Poland<ref name="p229938535" />{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=51–53}}
* [[North American FJ-2/-3 Fury]] from the US Navy<ref name="Magazine Reichhardt 2008 w431" />{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=29–30}}
* [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17|PZL-Mielec Lim-5 (MiG-17)]], built in Poland and painted in North Vietnamese camouflage{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=37–38}}
* [[Vought F-8 Crusader]] from the US Navy{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=45–46}}
==== Multirole ====
* [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon]], a multi-role fighter aircraft.<ref name="p229938535" /><ref name="Magazine Reichhardt 2008 w431" /> This particular F-16 was flown by the US Air Force in [[Operation Desert Storm]].{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=77–79}}
* [[Grumman F-9 Cougar]], a carrier-based fighter from the US Navy{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=57–59}}
* [[Grumman F-14 Tomcat]], a carrier-based fighter/interceptor.<ref name="p229938535" /> This particular Tomcat was used in 1973 as a Super Tomcat prototype.{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=69–70}}
* [[Hawker Siddeley Harrier|Hawker Siddeley AV-8C Harrier]], a [[V/STOL]] aircraft. This particular Harrier was flown by the US Marine Corps.{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=65–67}}
* [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II]], a carrier-based fighter.<ref name="Magazine Reichhardt 2008 w431" /> This particular Phantom was flown by the US Marine Corps during [[Operation Eagle Claw]] in 1980.{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=61–62}}
* [[IAI Kfir]] (F-21A Lion) from Israel{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=73–75}}

==== Helicopters ====
* [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois|Bell UH-1A Iroquois]] from the US Army{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=91–92}}
* [[Bell AH-1 Cobra|Bell AH-1J Sea Cobra]] gunship from the US Marine Corps{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=101–102}}<ref name="nyt-2000-11-05" />
* [[Piasecki HUP Retriever|Piasecki HUP-2 Retriever]], painted to resemble a similar helicopter that was once based from ''Intrepid''<ref name="Magazine Reichhardt 2008 w431" />{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=83–84}}
* [[Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw]] from the US Coast Guard{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=87–89}}
* [[Sikorsky HH-52 Seaguard]] from the US Coast Guard{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=95–96}}

==== Reconnaissance and surveillance ====
* [[Grumman E-1 Tracer|Grumman E-1B Tracer]] from the US Navy{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|page=|pages=107–108}}
* [[Lockheed A-12]] Blackbird (#60-6925 / Article 122)<ref>{{Cite web |title=A-12 Article 122 |url=https://www.roadrunnersinternationale.com/article122.html |access-date=June 18, 2023 |website=www.roadrunnersinternationale.com |archive-date=June 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618143753/https://www.roadrunnersinternationale.com/article122.html |url-status=live }}</ref> flown by the CIA.<ref name="Magazine Reichhardt 2008 w431" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Patton |first=Phil |date=May 2, 2001 |title=These Days, The Cold War Is Getting a Warm Reception |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/02/arts/these-days-the-cold-war-is-getting-a-warm-reception.html |access-date=September 14, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527151117/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/02/arts/these-days-the-cold-war-is-getting-a-warm-reception.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This particular A-12 was the first production example of its model.{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=113–115}}<ref name="WG p. 317">{{harvnb|White|Gandt|2009|ps=.|p=317}}</ref>

==== Trainers ====
* [[Aermacchi MB-339]] used by the [[Italian Air Force]]. This particular MB-339 is painted in the colors of the [[Frecce Tricolori|Frecce Tricolor]].{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=129–130}}
* [[Beechcraft T-34 Mentor]] used by the US Navy{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|page=|pages=121–122}}
* [[Northrop T-38 Talon]] used by NASA{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=124–125}}

==== Concorde ====

In 2003,<ref name="p3940468222" /><ref name="nyt-2003-11-26" /> the museum received a [[Concorde]], registered G-BOAD, that had been used by [[British Airways]].{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=141–143}} This airplane set a world speed record for passenger airliners on February 7, 1996,<ref name="Parker 2008 x652" /><ref name="WG p. 317" /> when it flew between London and New York in 2 hours, 52 minutes and 59 seconds.<ref name="p3940468222" /><ref name="nyt-2023-08-09">{{Cite news |last=Barron |first=James |date=August 9, 2023 |title=The Concorde Is Taking a Slow Boat to Brooklyn |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/nyregion/concorde-intrepid-paint-job.html |access-date=September 14, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811220503/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/nyregion/concorde-intrepid-paint-job.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This airplane logged [[Concorde aircraft histories#All Concorde|the most flying hours (23,397)]] of the 20 Concordes built;<ref name="heritage-concorde 1975 t337">{{cite web |date=May 9, 1975 |title=G-Boad (210) |url=https://www.heritageconcorde.com/g-boad-210 |access-date=September 14, 2023 |website=Heritage Concorde |archive-date=October 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003002256/https://www.heritageconcorde.com/g-boad-210 |url-status=live }}</ref> it typically occupies an exhibit space on Pier 86.<ref name="AP News 2023 e504" />

=== Ships ===
The vast majority of the museum's collection is displayed on the ''Essex''-class aircraft carrier {{USS|Intrepid|CV-11|2}}.<ref name="WG p. 317" /><ref name="p432180811">{{Cite news |last=Lyon |first=Nancy |date=October 26, 1991 |title=Manhattan by the Sea; New York Cruise Reveals All |page=I1/Break |work=The Gazette |id={{ProQuest|432180811}}}}</ref> Like other "long-hull" ''Essex''-class carriers, ''Intrepid'' has a [[Displacement (ship)|displacement]] of 27,100 tonnes (26,700 long tons; 29,900 short tons). She has an [[Length overall|overall length]] of {{Convert|872|ft}}, a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{Convert|147|ft|6|in}}, and a [[Draft (hull)|draft]] of {{Convert|28|ft|7|in}}.<ref name="nrhpinv2" />{{Rp|page=2}}<ref name="NHHC 1944 e027">{{cite web |date=November 25, 1944 |title=Intrepid IV (CV-11) |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/i/intrepid-iv.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504235611/https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/i/intrepid-iv.html |archive-date=May 4, 2017 |access-date=September 10, 2023 |website=NHHC}}</ref>{{Efn|These are the official measurements given by the U.S. Navy. Various news sources have given different measurements.<ref name="n1316312404"/><ref name="Parker 2008 x652"/>}} Most of the museum's aircraft and spacecraft are on ''Intrepid''{{'s}} flight deck (see {{Section link|2=Flight, hangar, and gallery decks}}).<ref name="n131562797" /><ref name="p239570689" />

{{USS|Growler|SSG-577|6}}, a [[Diesel-electric transmission|diesel electric]] [[submarine]] which carried out [[nuclear deterrent]] patrols armed with [[Regulus missile]]s,<ref name="p432180811" /> is berthed next to Pier 86. The submarine is accessed exclusively through a series of narrow oval bulkhead doors<ref name="n1316312404"/><ref name="p432180811" /> and she can only fit roughly twenty guests at once.<ref name="nyt-1992-01-10" /> Due to restrictions created by [[fire code]]s, disabled visitors and individuals under forty inches tall cannot enter ''Growler''.<ref name="n1316312404"/>

{{wide image|USS Growler-557-pano.jpg|600px|USS ''Growler''}}

=== Spacecraft ===
[[File:Entreprise spaceship museum.jpg|thumb|Space Shuttle ''Enterprise'']]
The museum has two pieces of spacecraft from [[NASA]]. One of these is a replica of a NASA ''[[Aurora 7]]'' Mercury capsule.<ref name="Hsu 2012 f242">{{cite web | last=Hsu | first=Jeremy | title='Intrepid' Mercury Astronaut Marks 50th Anniversary of Orbiting the Earth | website=Space.com | date=May 24, 2012 | url=https://www.space.com/15868-intrepid-astronaut-orbiting-earth.html | access-date=September 15, 2023 | archive-date=December 3, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203220602/https://www.space.com/15868-intrepid-astronaut-orbiting-earth.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The other is the [[Space Shuttle Enterprise|Space Shuttle ''Enterprise'']], which was used as a test orbiter{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|pages=136–137}} and is located within a pavilion on the flight deck.<ref name="Intrepid Museum 2011" /><ref name="CBS New York 2011" /> The museum also contains a Russian [[Soyuz (spacecraft)|Soyuz]] descent module, which had docked with the [[International Space Station]] during the [[Soyuz TMA-6]] mission.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.space.com/13315-soyuz-capsule-intrepid-museum-space-tourist-greg-olsen.html |title=Russian Space Capsule Touches Down at NYC Museum |website=[[Space.com]] |date=October 18, 2011 |access-date=October 8, 2012 |archive-date=August 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814201715/http://www.space.com/13315-soyuz-capsule-intrepid-museum-space-tourist-greg-olsen.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Other exhibits ===
The museum has some individual objects in its collection. These include a [[ram air turbine]], salvaged from an F-8 Crusader and restored,{{sfn|Aircraft Collection|page=49}} as well as a [[Curtiss Pusher]] on the hangar deck.<ref name="p239570689" /> The below-decks spaces contain several thousand artifacts, such as a helmet that belonged to an aviation machinist fighting in the Vietnam War. ''The New York Times'' estimated in 2016 that former ''Intrepid'' crew members and their families donated 10 objects to the museum every month.<ref name="nyt-2016-02-13">{{Cite news |last=Schulz |first=Bill |date=February 13, 2016 |title=Take Me to the Pilot |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/nyregion/take-me-to-the-pilot.html |access-date=September 14, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=June 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616145439/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/nyregion/take-me-to-the-pilot.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Artifacts donated by ''Intrepid'' crew members have included a [[Royal Navy]] uniform, gauge, dinner bell, and parachute-packing tool.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kahn |first=Eve M. |date=November 7, 2013 |title=The Intrepid's Re-Enlisted Artifacts |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/08/arts/design/the-intrepids-re-enlisted-artifacts.html |access-date=September 19, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=June 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616233744/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/08/arts/design/the-intrepids-re-enlisted-artifacts.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Temporary and former exhibits ===
The museum has hosted some attractions on a temporary basis; for example, the lightship [[United States lightship Frying Pan (LV-115)|''Frying Pan'' (LV-115)]] was docked outside the museum during mid-1993.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Ken |date=August 24, 1993 |title=W. Side Open House: 30 Rms, Riv Vu, Lots of Light |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/24/nyregion/w-side-open-house-30-rms-riv-vu-lots-of-light.html |access-date=September 11, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193751/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/24/nyregion/w-side-open-house-30-rms-riv-vu-lots-of-light.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Many objects from the ''Intrepid'' Museum's collection were loaned from the Army and Navy.<ref name="p232192990" /><ref name="nyt-1997-05-25" /> In the late 1990s, some of the craft were given back to their respective owners.<ref name="p232192990" /> Numerous other craft were relocated during that time, including the destroyer escort {{USS|Slater|DE-766|2}}<ref name="p203520294">{{Cite magazine |last=Bleyer |first=Bill |date=May–June 1997 |title=Intrepid Museum Wants Destroyer Escort Out |magazine=Naval History |volume=11 |issue=3 |page=56 |id={{ProQuest|203520294}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gonzalez |first=David |date=January 29, 1997 |title=Saving a Ship As a Duty To the Past |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/29/nyregion/saving-a-ship-as-a-duty-to-the-past.html |access-date=September 13, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193814/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/29/nyregion/saving-a-ship-as-a-duty-to-the-past.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and the lightship [[United States lightship Nantucket (LV-112)|''Nantucket'' (LV-112)]].<ref name="p290803788">{{cite news |last=Arnold |first=David |date=November 15, 1996 |title=Wanted: A Berth for US Landmark |page=B.6 |work=Boston Globe |id={{ProQuest|290803788}}}}</ref> The destroyer ''Edson'' was given back to the Navy in 2004.<ref name="Burger 2012 b679" /> Additional objects were returned when the museum's renovation commenced in 2006, including a [[Saturn (rocket family)|Saturn]] rocket loaned from the [[National Air and Space Museum]].<ref name="nyt-2007-08-01">{{Cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=August 1, 2007 |title=Iwo Jima Sculpture, Model for Marine War Memorial, Is Losing Its Home on Floating Museum |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/01/nyregion/01iwojima.html |access-date=September 11, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193737/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/01/nyregion/01iwojima.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After the ''Enterprise'' was lifted onto the ''Intrepid''{{'s}} flight deck in 2012, a [[Douglas F3D Skyknight]], a [[Royal Navy]] [[Supermarine Scimitar]], and a [[MiG-15]] were transferred to the Empire State Aerosciences Museum.<ref name="nyt-2012-04-19" /> ''Growler'' was also displayed next to ''Intrepid'' until 2004.<ref name="Burger 2012 b679" /> The nose section of a former [[El Al]] [[Boeing 707]], 4X-ATA, was put on display in 1985 after the airframe was retired and broken up. During the museum's renovations, it was sold to the [[Cradle of Aviation Museum]] in [[Uniondale, New York]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/dlberek/3277026577 | title=ElAl Boeing 707-458 (4X-ATA) Nose Section | date=August 11, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cradleofaviation.org/history/exhibits/jet_gallery/boeing_707.html | title=Boeing 707 at the Cradle of Aviation Museum }}</ref>

Pier 86 formerly contained a graffitied portion of the [[Berlin Wall]],<ref name="p239570689" /><ref name="Tampa Bay Times 2005 w346">{{cite web |date=September 3, 2005 |title=Many Berlin Wall Chunks in U.S. |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2002/06/28/many-berlin-wall-chunks-in-u-s/ |access-date=September 11, 2023 |website=Tampa Bay Times |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193734/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2002/06/28/many-berlin-wall-chunks-in-u-s/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> which was displayed temporarily during the 1990s and early 2000s. This segment of the Berlin Wall weighed {{Convert|7000|lb|kg LT}} and was painted by German artist [[Kiddy Citny]], who gave it to artist [[Peter Max]].<ref name="Young 2019 p912">{{cite web |last=Young |first=Michelle |date=November 7, 2019 |title=Mapping the 5 Pieces of the Berlin Wall in NYC – Page 5 of 5 |url=https://untappedcities.com/2019/11/07/mapping-the-5-pieces-of-the-berlin-wall-in-nyc/5/ |access-date=September 11, 2023 |website=Untapped New York |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193735/https://untappedcities.com/2019/11/07/mapping-the-5-pieces-of-the-berlin-wall-in-nyc/5/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Felix de Weldon]]'s 1954 sculpture ''Iwo Jima Monument'' (a smaller version of the [[Marine Corps War Memorial]] in Virginia), was installed outside the ''Intrepid'' Museum in 1995.<ref name="p229938535" /><ref name="Press 2013 y838">{{cite web |agency=Associated Press |date=February 8, 2013 |title=Original Iwo Jima Monument Coming to N.Y.C Auction |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/original-iwo-jima-monument-coming-to-nyc-auction-087377 |access-date=September 11, 2023 |website=POLITICO |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193814/https://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/original-iwo-jima-monument-coming-to-nyc-auction-087377 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Jacobs 2013 p600">{{cite web |last=Jacobs |first=Shayna |date=January 26, 2013 |title=Original Iwo Jima Monument, Which Used to Be Housed at the Intrepid Sea-Air- Space Museum, To Hit the Auction Block |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2013/01/26/original-iwo-jima-monument-which-used-to-be-housed-at-the-intrepid-sea-air-space-museum-to-hit-the-auction-block/ |access-date=September 11, 2023 |website=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914195244/https://www.nydailynews.com/2013/01/26/original-iwo-jima-monument-which-used-to-be-housed-at-the-intrepid-sea-air-space-museum-to-hit-the-auction-block/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The monument was removed after the ''Intrepid'' Museum closed for renovation in 2006,<ref name="Jacobs 2013 p600" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=August 1, 2007 |title=Iwo Jima Sculpture, Model for Marine War Memorial, Is Losing Its Home on Floating Museum |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/01/nyregion/01iwojima.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193737/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/01/nyregion/01iwojima.html |url-status=live }}</ref> as the Intrepid Museum Foundation could not afford to buy the monument.<ref name="nyt-2007-08-01" /> A fiberglass model of the [[Statue of Liberty]] was given to the then-planned [[National September 11 Memorial & Museum]] when the ''Intrepid'' was renovated.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=August 9, 2006 |title=Unbuilt Trade Center Museum Gets Its First Big Acquisition |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/nyregion/09museum.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109040754/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/nyregion/09museum.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Governance ==
The Intrepid Museum Foundation, a [[501(c)(3) organization|501(c)(3) nonprofit organization]] established in 1979, operates the museum.<ref name="GuideStar Profile l424">{{cite web |title=Intrepid Museum Foundation, Inc. |url=https://www.guidestar.org/profile/13-3062419 |access-date=September 14, 2023 |website=GuideStar Profile |archive-date=March 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328172721/http://www.guidestar.org/profile/13-3062419 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Suozzo Glassford Ngu Roberts 2013 y347">{{cite web |date=May 9, 2013 |title=Intrepid Museum Foundation Inc – Nonprofit Explorer |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/133062419 |access-date=September 14, 2023 |website=ProPublica |archive-date=November 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111163035/https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/133062419 |url-status=live }}</ref> {{As of|2023}}, Susan Marenoff is listed as the principal officer of the foundation.<ref name="GuideStar Profile l424" /> For the fiscal year that ended in December 2021, the organization recorded $23,304,017 in revenue and $23,432,181 in expenses.<ref name="Suozzo Glassford Ngu Roberts 2013 y347" /> In addition to operating the museum, the Intrepid Museum Foundation is associated with programs such as the Intrepid Family Support Fund and the [[Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund]],<ref name="Parker 2008 x652" /><ref name="p235979771">{{Cite magazine |date=Jul 2003 |title=Anheuser-Busch Teams with Intrepid Museum to Establish Fallen Heroes Scholarship Fund |magazine=Sea Power |volume=46 |issue=7 |page=48 |id={{ProQuest|235979771}}}}</ref> and it distributes funds to families of US armed service members [[killed in action]].<ref name="nyt-2003-05-12">{{Cite news |date=May 12, 2003 |title=Aftereffects: The Families; New Fund To Support Education |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/12/world/aftereffects-the-families-new-fund-to-support-education.html |access-date=September 14, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=April 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411042610/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/12/world/aftereffects-the-families-new-fund-to-support-education.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The museum also employs some youth through internship programs.<ref name="p1431279469">{{cite news |last=Gardner |first=Ralph Jr. |date=September 11, 2013 |title=City News – Urban Gardner: Life-Changing Internships |page=A18 |work=The Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|1431279469}}}}</ref> As part of the Free Fridays program, admission to the museum is typically waived on selected Fridays during the summer.<ref name="Culgan 2023 a884">{{cite web |last=Culgan |first=Rossilynne Skena |date=April 3, 2023 |title=You Can Now Board the Intrepid Museum for Free on Select Fridays! |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/museums/intrepid-museums-free-fridays |access-date=September 19, 2023 |website=Time Out New York |archive-date=October 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002072822/https://www.timeout.com/newyork/museums/intrepid-museums-free-fridays |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Programming and events==

=== Recurring events ===
The museum serves as an event space for community and national events. For example, it started hosting annual [[Fleet Week]] activities in 1988.<ref name="n131635156" /> It continues to host Fleet Week activities every year {{As of|2023|lc=y}}.<ref name="Smith 2023 k624">{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Steve |date=May 24, 2023 |title=Fleet Week Returns to New York City with an Abundance of Free Events |url=https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/fleet-week-returns-to-new-york-city-with-an-abundance-of-free-events |access-date=September 10, 2023 |website=Gothamist |archive-date=June 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616082926/https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/fleet-week-returns-to-new-york-city-with-an-abundance-of-free-events |url-status=live }}</ref> During past Fleet Weeks, ''Intrepid'' has hosted activities including tug-of-war, cooking, and [[arm wrestling]] contests,<ref name="p313698639">{{cite news |last=Dominguez |first=Robert |date=May 26, 1999 |title=Fleet Week: All Is Shipshape for Naval-Gazing |page=44 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251  |id={{ProQuest|313698639}}}}</ref> as well as a "Flight Deck Olympics" and exhibitions of ships.<ref name="n131761102">{{Cite news |date=May 17, 1998 |title=Renovated Intrepid Features New Exhibits |pages=460 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-renovated-intrepid-features-n/131761102/ |access-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004112242/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-renovated-intrepid-features-n/131761102/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, the ''Intrepid'' Museum has presented Kids' Week, a series of activities geared toward children.<ref name="p425081117">{{Cite news |last=Aberback |first=Brian |date=February 18, 2000 |title=All Hands on Deck for High-Tech Fun |page=39 |work=The Record |id={{ProQuest|425081117}}}}</ref> It held the [[New York Tugboat Race]] annually in the 1990s and early 2000s, with events such as line-throwing, nose-to-nose pushing, and spinach-eating contests.<ref name="p910905309" /> The museum has hosted sleepovers since 2009 as part of an event called Operation Slumber,<ref name="p1025005022">{{cite magazine |last=Potkewitz |first=Hilary |date=July 9, 2012 |title=Museums Dream Big with Sleepovers |magazine=Crain's New York Business |volume=28 |issue=28 |page=15 |id={{ProQuest|1025005022}}}}</ref> and it also hosts Kids' Week events during late February.<ref name="Zanger 2024 p997">{{cite web | last=Zanger | first=Jesse | title=Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum celebrating Kids Week with a variety of events | website=CBS New York | date=February 20, 2024 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/intrepid-sea-air-and-space-museum-celebrating-kids-week-with-a-variety-of-events/ | access-date=March 5, 2024}}</ref>

The Intrepid Museum Foundation issues several awards each year. These include the Intrepid Freedom Award, for political leaders; the Intrepid Salute Award, for philanthropists and businesspeople; the Intrepid Salute Award for the Performing Arts, for performing-arts organizations; the Zachary & Elizabeth Fisher Award for Patriotism; the Intrepid Leadership Award, for community leaders; the Hometown Heroes Award, for residents of the [[New York metropolitan area]] who have contributed to the community; and the Intrepid Lifetime Achievement Award, for people who have helped others throughout their lifetime.<ref name="The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum f829">{{cite web |title=Intrepid Awards |url=https://intrepidmuseum.org/about/awards |access-date=September 14, 2023 |website=The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum |archive-date=June 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608175000/https://intrepidmuseum.org/About-Us/Intrepid-Awards |url-status=live }}</ref> Recipients of the awards have included U.S. presidents [[Ronald Reagan]], [[George H. W. Bush]], [[Bill Clinton]], and [[George W. Bush]];<ref name="nyt-2008-11-12">{{Cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=November 12, 2008 |title=Bush Honors Veterans at the Intrepid |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/12/nyregion/12intrepid.html |access-date=September 14, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108235130/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/12/nyregion/12intrepid.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum t459">{{cite web |title=Intrepid Freedom Award |url=https://www.intrepidmuseum.org/getdoc/0b14b6e8-0fdd-4aba-92e9-54cfc39430cb/Intrepid-Freedom-Award.aspx |access-date=September 14, 2023 |website=The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum |archive-date=June 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610032943/https://www.intrepidmuseum.org/getdoc/0b14b6e8-0fdd-4aba-92e9-54cfc39430cb/Intrepid-Freedom-Award.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> foreign heads of state; members of U.S. presidential cabinets; U.S. Congress members; and mayors of New York City,<ref name="The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum t459" />

=== Other events ===
[[File:A635, USS Intrepid at night, Pier 86 at 46th Street, Manhattan, July 2019.jpg|thumb|The ''Intrepid'''s superstructure and hull with lights at night]]
In the museum's first year, the Intrepid Museum Foundation hosted a party to celebrate the ''Intrepid''{{'s}} 40th anniversary.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Prial |first=Frank J. |date=August 17, 1983 |title=Shipmates Recall Flames of War |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/17/nyregion/shipmates-recall-flames-of-war.html |access-date=September 10, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193737/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/17/nyregion/shipmates-recall-flames-of-war.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Starting in 1982, the ''Intrepid'' also hosted an annual benefit called Night to Remember,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Alexander |first=Ron |date=September 10, 1982 |title=The Evening Hours |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/10/style/the-evening-hours.html |access-date=September 11, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193737/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/10/style/the-evening-hours.html |url-status=live }}</ref> described by ''[[Naval History]]'' magazine as "a black-tie affair with thousands of couples dining and dancing to a swing band's music on the flight deck and disco tempos on the hangar deck".<ref name="p203497063" /> The Intrepid Museum Foundation, in conjunction with [[Radio City Music Hall]] Productions, also hosted concerts and other events on the nearby Pier 84 during the late 1980s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yarrow |first=Andrew L. |date=March 31, 1989 |title=Radio City to Promote at Pier 84 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/31/arts/radio-city-to-promote-at-pier-84.html |access-date=September 11, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193814/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/31/arts/radio-city-to-promote-at-pier-84.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Other craft such as the battleship {{USS|Iowa|BB-61|6}}, also berthed outside ''Intrepid'' for special events in the 1980s.<ref name="n131635156" /> After the Gulf War started, the museum held events such as a tribute for the first New Yorker who died in the war,<ref name="p278373954">{{cite news |last=Lowery |first=Mark |date=June 6, 1991 |title=City Pays Homage To 1St Casualty |page=7 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298  |id={{ProQuest|278373954}}}}</ref> as well as a commemoration of the war's first anniversary.<ref name="p428109549">{{cite news |date=July 29, 1991 |title=First Anniversary of Kuwaiti Invasion Commemorated Aboard Museum |page=B3 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|428109549}}}}</ref> During the 1990s, the museum continued to host other events such as memorials,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fisher |first=Ian |date=May 28, 1996 |title=Somber Memories of Death, And an Afternoon of Renewal |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/28/nyregion/somber-memories-of-death-and-an-afternoon-of-renewal.html |access-date=September 12, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193804/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/28/nyregion/somber-memories-of-death-and-an-afternoon-of-renewal.html |url-status=live }}</ref> benefits,<ref>See, for example:
* {{Cite news |date=July 25, 1993 |title=Evening Hours; Flight-Deck Dancing |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/25/style/evening-hours-flight-deck-dancing.html |access-date=September 11, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193804/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/25/style/evening-hours-flight-deck-dancing.html |url-status=live }}
* {{Cite news |last=Furio |first=Joanne |date=October 15, 1991 |title=Fund-raiser on Intrepid |pages=39 |work=The Standard-Star |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-standard-star-fund-raiser-on-intrepi/131633483/ |access-date=September 11, 2023 |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004112140/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-standard-star-fund-raiser-on-intrepi/131633483/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ceremonies, parties, and weddings.<ref name="p232165926" /> The museum's flight deck was temporarily converted to a 3,300-seat stadium during the [[1998 Goodwill Games]], when it hosted boxing and wrestling bouts.<ref name="p236028136" />

A series of professional boxing matches commenced at the museum in 2001,<ref name="p305600793">{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Tim |date=June 27, 2001 |title=Boxer's Beaten Into Coma Light-Heavyweight Fighter Knocked Out in Intrepid Bout |page=3 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251  |id={{ProQuest|305600793}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Laura |date=June 27, 2001 |title=Boxing; Head Injury Mars the Debut of Pro Boxing on the Intrepid |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/27/sports/boxing-head-injury-mars-the-debut-of-pro-boxing-on-the-intrepid.html |access-date=September 14, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226101020/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/27/sports/boxing-head-injury-mars-the-debut-of-pro-boxing-on-the-intrepid.html |url-status=live }}</ref> one of which resulted in the death of fighter [[Beethaeven Scottland]].<ref>{{cite news | last=Wong | first=Edward | title=Boxing; A Boxer's Tale: Dreams of Fame End in Death | work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 | date=July 9, 2001 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/09/sports/boxing-a-boxer-s-tale-dreams-of-fame-end-in-death.html | access-date=September 4, 2024}}</ref> The museum's flight deck was later used as a filming location for the 2004 movie [[National Treasure (film)|''National Treasure'']] and the 2007 film [[I Am Legend (film)|''I Am Legend'']].<ref name="Parker 2008 x652" /> When the museum reopened in 2008, the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' estimated that the carrier hosted 150 events annually, ranging "from black-tie galas to bar mitzvahs, photos shoots and runway shows".<ref name="Parker 2008 x652" /> It held concerts during the [[2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|2013 MLB All-Star Weekend]]<ref>
{{cite news|last=Sardo|first=Matthew|title=2013 MLB All-Star Game Road Trip – Day Two|url=http://www.sportstalkflorida.com/2013-mlb-all-star-game-road-trip-day-two/|work=Sports Talk Florida|date=July 15, 2013|access-date=January 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109161634/http://www.sportstalkflorida.com/2013-mlb-all-star-game-road-trip-day-two/|archive-date=January 9, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and during [[Super Bowl XLVIII]] in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Schweber|first=Nate|date=January 30, 2014|title=For the Super Bowl, A Cruise Ship Becomes a Shrine to Beer|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/31/nyregion/for-the-super-bowl-a-cruise-ship-becomes-a-shrine-to-beer.html|access-date=September 10, 2023|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=September 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914193752/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/31/nyregion/for-the-super-bowl-a-cruise-ship-becomes-a-shrine-to-beer.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, the museum continued to host other events such as political fundraisers,<ref>{{Cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=December 6, 2011 |title=Museum Wades Into Politics With a Fund-Raiser |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/nyregion/intrepid-museum-leaders-try-to-help-cuomo-re-election.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=June 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621091621/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/nyregion/intrepid-museum-leaders-try-to-help-cuomo-re-election.html |url-status=live }}</ref> film screenings,<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 10, 2012 |title=Secure Site for a 'Homeland' Celebration |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444554704577641603537182684.html |access-date=September 19, 2023 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=April 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404205739/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444554704577641603537182684.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and social events like Astronomy Night.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barone |first=Joshua |date=January 22, 2015 |title=Astronomy Night at the Intrepid Museum |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/nyregion/astronomy-night-at-the-intrepid-museum.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=June 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616161644/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/nyregion/astronomy-night-at-the-intrepid-museum.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The museum's operators have also rented out the flight deck and halls for weddings.<ref name="p279999342">{{cite news |last=King-Cohen |first=Sylvia E. |date=January 22, 2006 |title=Off the Beaten Aisle, Get Me to the (Aquarium?) on Time |page=H12 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298  |id={{ProQuest|279999342}}}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy]]
* [[List of maritime museums in the United States]]
* [[List of museum ships in North America]]
* [[List of museum ships of the United States military]]
* [[List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City]]
* [[U.S. Navy Museum#See also|U.S. Navy museums]] (and other aircraft carrier museums)
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==References==

=== Notes ===
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=== Sources ===
* {{Cite report |title=Aircraft Collection |url=https://www.intrepidmuseum.org/AircraftCollection |publisher=Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum |ref={{harvid|Aircraft Collection}} |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105232436/https://www.intrepidmuseum.org/AircraftCollection |archive-date=January 5, 2023 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 14, 2023 }}
* {{cite book |last1=White |first1=Bill |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MY6wjj-c06QC&pg=PA317 |title=Intrepid: The Epic Story of America's Most Legendary Warship |last2=Gandt |first2=Robert |publisher=Crown |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-7679-2998-1 |page= |access-date=}}

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