It is located in Big Flats Town, New York,[1] on top of Harris Hill near Elmira.

[3] The museum also administers the National Landmark of Soaring program to recognize people, places and events which are significant in the history of motorless aviation.

A local Elmira museum at Strathmont Estates featured a display on the subject at the time.

[4] The presence of the NSM at Harris Hill was instrumental in convincing the National Warplane Museum, now called Wings of Eagles to move to the area in 1997.

[4] In 2013 the original Warren E. Eaton Motorless Flight Facility was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.