Empire State Aerosciences Museum
The Empire State Aerosciences Museum is a non-profit museum which strives to "educate, entertain and excite with experiences in air and space". Established in 1984 and chartered by the New York State Department of Education, the museum is located on of land on the western perimeter of the Schenectady County Airport in Glenville, New York, United States.
ESAM sponsors an annual air show at the Schenectady Airport.
History
The museum is located on the site of the former General Electric Flight Test Center.The museum received an F-15C in August 2024.
The museum's president, Dan Wilson, was killed in an airplane crash in late July 2025.
Exhibits
The museum has a collection of military aircraft outside the main building, in the Agneta Airpark including:- Bell UH-1 Iroquois
- Convair F-102A Delta Dagger
- Douglas A-4F Skyhawk II
- Douglas F3D Skyknight
- Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
- Grumman A-6E Intruder
- Grumman F-14A Tomcat
- Grumman S-2 Tracker
- LTV A-7E Corsair II
- McDonnell-Douglas F-4D Phantom II
- McDonnell F-101F Voodoo
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
- North American RA-5C Vigilante
- North American T-2C Buckeye
- Northrop F-5E Tiger II
- Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
- Republic F-105G Thunderchief
- Supermarine Scimitar
- Aeronca 65LB Chief
- Fisher FP-303
- Folland Gnat F.1
- Hughes OH-6A Cayuse
- Mooney M-18LA Mite
- Peterson J-4 Javelin
- Rand Robinson KR-2
- Rensselaer RP-1
- Stits SA-7D Sky-Coupe
Research Library
The primary mission of the Janz Vander Veer Research Center/Library is to support the museum's education, exhibit and restoration programs. In addition, it serves as a resource to the general public for historical and technical aeroscience related information, such as a student with a term paper assignment, a model builder, a media reporter or an author doing research.The library contents are made up of a broad collection of books, brochures, photographs, technical manuals, periodicals, scrapbooks, artwork and audiovisual items. Its content is particularly strong in the Pioneer, World War I, "Golden Era" and World War II periods.
The Attil Pasquini Collection has over 2,100 photographs that can be searched using a PastPerfect software database. The Frank Coffyn Collection is a gift from the estate of Kingsland Adams Coffyn by the Green family to the Empire State Aerosciences Museum. The collection contains about 200 photos of Wright Flyers aircraft taken by Coffyn who worked for the Wright Brothers.
The Rick Allen Collection has added many books and a large amount of research materials to the library catalog.