The Empire State Aerosciences Museum (commonly referred to as ESAM) 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. 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 (Transferred from Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum) Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II Grumman A-6E Intruder Grumman F-14A Tomcat Grumman S-2 Tracker (arrived in 2009) LTV A-7E Corsair II McDonnell-Douglas F-4D Phantom II McDonnell F-101F Voodoo Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (USSR) (Transferred from Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F (USSR) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (USSR) North American RA-5C Vigilante North American T-2C Buckeye Northrop F-5E Tiger II Republic F-84F Thunderstreak Republic F-105G Thunderchief ("Wild Weasel" variant) Supermarine Scimitar (Transferred from Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum) ESAM's two galleries contain more fragile aircraft, detailed models, artifacts, memorabilia and photographs. Other exhibits include the Amelia Earhart Exhibit, the DePischoff "flying motorcycle", and a 32' scale model of the Japanese World War II aircraft carrier Akagi. There are also several interactive displays. In addition, the museum houses the Wallace Holbrook Restoration Center which treats aircraft in various stages of restoration. Examples on display indoors include: 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 astudent 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 (1910–1950). The Attil Pasquini Collection has over 2,100 photographs that can be searched using a PastPerfect software database. The Frank Coffyn