[4] The museum has over 13,000 members, and hosts more than 700 events a year, including more than 400 active-duty Navy retirements, re-enlistments, and changes of command.

The museum also hosts approximately 50,000 students on field trips and 5,000 children in its overnight program annually.

Other features include climb-aboard aircraft and cockpits, videos, flight simulators, and a narrated audio tour for youngsters.

The nationally televised annual "Battle on the Midway" collegiate wrestling showcase has been staged each November on the flight deck of the museum since 2017.

[10] On every anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the USS Midway Museum hosts a memorial service to remember the lives lost during the incident.

[13] Voices of Midway is a 2015 short film directed by Scott Levitta and written by Richard Christian Matheson.