This is an aircraft carrier museum that starts off talking about the WWII era, focuses mostly on the Vietnam war era, but goes through all eras from WWII to the present day. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND the audio tour. It is so much more informational and interesting. Pro tip to bring some earbuds that plug into the set because otherwise you have to hold it up to your ear like a cellphone the whole time. Without an audio tour you can walk around the whole thing in a couple hours. But with the audio tour it took us about 4-5 hours, but you could easily spend 6 or more if you deep dive into absolutely everything. There is so much to see and do. I suggest to start with the movie/video which is right at the entrance, it is about 10 minutes long and plays every 15 minutes or so. Then I suggest getting in line for the “tower tour” if you are interested in seeing the bridge and air traffic control room. It is about a 30 minute tour that runs every 10 minutes or so, but they only allow 25 people per tour. It is free/included and is led by a docent who volunteers their time to educate people. They take you up a lot of steep stairs so be prepared for that, and then you must come down another set of steep stairs. It was interesting to see and learn and they close the line off at 3:30pm so get in line before then. Then you can walk around the top deck. There are docents leading presentations on various topics like how the aircraft take off and land, and many photo op spots of you in a cockpit. There are a few aircraft that you can walk through/walk around in, but for the most part you just walk up to them to admire them and read the sign, or scan if you are doing the audio tour. There is the ready room loop on the port side and there is another loop on the tower side/starboard side. Then you can go back down to the middle level or the “garage” There are many aircraft parked in here as well that you can admire, read about, or listen with the audio tour. This is also where the café is, the full gift shop, the flight simulator (costs extra) and the VR simulator (costs extra). There is an “upper loop” you can access by the theater that shows the living spaces of the enlisted and a lot more. Then you can go one more level down to see all of the below deck areas. This is the most time consuming part. There are probably at least 5 loops that you can take. The door openings are smaller than a regular door so some taller folks or those with some mobility issues may have to duck to take extra caution. Same goes for the steep stairs and stairs in general. You will definitely get your steps in here. Once you are finished, you return your audio tour. We actually weren’t able to finish everything on our first visit since there was so much. Upon returning the headset, the employee asked us how our visit was and we told them that we almost got to everything but not quite and we wished we could have gotten to it all. He invited us back the next day on a voucher! You go to the desk at the exit to get a return voucher for the next day for just the party you are with. That was very nice of them to extend that offer. They want to make sure everyone gets the experience and knowledge they need out of the museum. Luckily we had a couple hours to spare the next morning so it worked out well for us. Your mileage may vary but remember kindness goes a long way. They are open 10am-5pm so it is slightly limited hours on that front. I will say if you have a history buff, an aviation buff, a navy buff, a top gun buff, or a war buff in your family, absolutely come here and spend time. For the rest of us, we still really enjoyed our experience and learned so much! It was amazing to see the size of an aircraft carrier up close.