Obligatory Space Shuttle photodump.
Opening of the Space Shuttle Pavilion at the Intrepid
July 19, 2012
For the record, they officially opened the exhibit half an hour earlier (1:30 instead of 2:00). I just happened to be walking by the flight deck when I saw a crowd of people just beginning to form a line there early.
Pretty lucky too. Since there weren’t many people who knew it had opened, I was initially able to walk freely (both ways) on the elevated bridge to take photos (you can see kinda see it on the last image), but after 15 minutes or so there was a line inside the pavilion just to go up the same bridge.