Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
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 Location of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City
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| Established | 1982 |
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| Location | West Side Highway and 46th Street, Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 40°45′53″N 74°00′03″W / 40.764832°N 74.000763°W |
| Director | Susan Marenoff-Zausner |
| Website | IntrepidMuseum.org |
The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is an American military and maritime history museum with a collection of museum ships in New York City. It is located at Pier 86 at 46th Street in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood on the West Side of Manhattan. The museum showcases the aircraft carrier the former USS Intrepid, the submarine the former USS Growler, a Concorde SST, a Lockheed A-12 supersonic reconnaissance plane, and the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
Founded in 1982, the museum closed in 2006 for a two-year renovation of the Intrepid and facilities. The museum reopened to the public on November 8, 2008.
The museum opened in 1982 at Pier 86 after Zachary Fisher and his brother Larry Fisher, prominent New York real estate developers, and philanthropist and journalist Michael Stern saved the Intrepid from scrapping in 1978. The USS Intrepid became a National Historic Landmark in 1986.
On August 8, 1988, this museum was awarded the USS Growler, a Grayback-class submarine, which carries the nuclear Regulus missile, by the United States Congress from the United States Navy. This ship is still on display at this museum (after extensive renovations in 2009).
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