The Strong National Museum of Play is a highly interactive, collections-based museum devoted to the history and exploration of play.
1/2 Price Friday Evenings
Half off museum admission every Friday 4–8 p.m.
Rediscover old memories and make new ones with a trip the family will remember for a lifetime.
Plan Your Visit Buy TicketsThe Strong Museum is the ultimate play destination for all ages! With nearly 150,000 square feet of dynamic, interactive exhibit space, The Strong provides entertaining, educational, and unforgettable intergenerational fun.
Jump into the game at the 17,000-square-foot, outdoor Hasbro Game Park!
Learn about the history and cultural importance of electronic games in ESL Digital Worlds: High Score and see how this medium has changed the way that people play and connect.
Ready, player! Become part of the game and immerse yourself in video game scenarios at ESL Digital Worlds: Level Up.
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Get Creative and learn all the different ways to make shadow puppets in The Strong’s Play Lab!
Join us as famous comic book, fairy tale, and movie villains take-over The Strong Museum and dress up like your favorite villain! Face comic book […]
Get creative and use paper and paper straws to make spooky arts and crafts creations that come to life when manipulated by the user. Engineer […]
Celebrate the joy of reading! Hear children’s stories read aloud on selected Mondays and be whisked away on literary adventures as part of the Carol […]
Get creative and use paper and paper straws to make spooky arts and crafts creations that come to life when manipulated by the user. Engineer […]
Dress up in your Halloween costume and trick or treat for prizes at the homes of some popular costumed characters. Craft Halloween-themed artwork, play Feed […]
The Ropes Courses Will Be Closed Wednesday and Thursday, November 1 and 2, 2023 and will reopen on Friday, November 3, 2023 at 10 a.m.
Get creative and use paper and paper straws to make spooky arts and crafts creations that come to life when manipulated by the user. Engineer […]
The Ropes Courses Will Be Closed Wednesday and Thursday, November 1 and 2, 2023 and will reopen on Friday, November 3, 2023 at 10 a.m.
Get creative and use paper and paper straws to make spooky arts and crafts creations that come to life when manipulated by the user. Engineer […]
Get creative and use paper and paper straws to make spooky arts and crafts creations that come to life when manipulated by the user. Engineer […]
Join Eastman Community Music School faculty for a family-friendly performance. Each performance lasts approximately 20 minutes and is free with museum admission. Listen to a […]
Join The Strong for an out-of-this world performance presented by Aerial Arts of Rochester. Be captivated by a choreographed show including circus hooping, acrobatics, and […]
Get creative and use paper and paper straws to make spooky arts and crafts creations that come to life when manipulated by the user. Engineer […]
Be transported to another universe when you enter The Strong dressed as your favorite family-friendly science-fiction character! Try your hand at vintage sci-fi arcade games, […]
Get creative and use paper and paper straws to make spooky arts and crafts creations that come to life when manipulated by the user. Engineer […]
Be transported to another universe when you enter The Strong dressed as your favorite family-friendly science-fiction character! Try your hand at vintage sci-fi arcade games, […]
Engineer fun with Rockets and Gliders! Arts & crafts meets toys as guests can create their own rocket that blasts off when you blow through […]
Celebrate the joy of reading! Hear children’s stories read aloud on selected Mondays and be whisked away on literary adventures as part of the Carol […]
Engineer fun with Rockets and Gliders! Arts & crafts meets toys as guests can create their own rocket that blasts off when you blow through […]
Engineer fun with Rockets and Gliders! Arts & crafts meets toys as guests can create their own rocket that blasts off when you blow through […]
Engineer fun with Rockets and Gliders! Arts & crafts meets toys as guests can create their own rocket that blasts off when you blow through […]
Engineer fun with Rockets and Gliders! Arts & crafts meets toys as guests can create their own rocket that blasts off when you blow through […]
The Strong National Museum of Play’s newest exhibit, War Toys: Ukraine opens November 10. Children often share their experiences and emotions through indirect methods of […]
Engineer fun with Rockets and Gliders! Arts & crafts meets toys as guests can create their own rocket that blasts off when you blow through […]
Celebrate classic toys at The Strong Museum! Enjoy a magic show provided by Bill Gormont featuring toys from the National Toy Hall of Fame at […]
Engineer fun with Rockets and Gliders! Arts & crafts meets toys as guests can create their own rocket that blasts off when you blow through […]
Celebrate classic toys at The Strong Museum! Enjoy a magic show provided by Bill Gormont featuring toys from the National Toy Hall of Fame at […]
Celebrate the joy of reading! Hear children’s stories read aloud on selected Mondays and be whisked away on literary adventures as part of the Carol […]
Join The Strong National Museum of Play and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) for a special evening of big-kid fun to celebrate and share the […]
Gather your friends and enjoy an evening of play exclusively for college students! Play your way through the history of electronic games and pinball machines, […]
Watch architects, engineers, artisans, and students compete to design and build giant structures made entirely from full cans of food in the Adams Atrium. After […]
Join local artisan Ronnie Reitter (Seneca Nation, Wolf Clan) for a 45-minute educational, hands-on workshop to explore the art and importance of corn to the […]
Join local artisan Ronnie Reitter (Seneca Nation, Wolf Clan) for a 45-minute educational, hands-on workshop to explore the art and importance of corn to the […]
Watch architects, engineers, artisans, and students compete to design and build giant structures made entirely from full cans of food in the Adams Atrium. After […]
Celebrate the joy of reading! Hear children’s stories read aloud on selected Mondays and be whisked away on literary adventures as part of the Carol […]
Craft 3D and 2D geometric shapes out of paper straws. Make jewelry, ornaments, or whatever you can dream up!
Celebrate the joy of reading! Hear children’s stories read aloud on selected Mondays and be whisked away on literary adventures as part of the Carol […]
Craft 3D and 2D geometric shapes out of paper straws. Make jewelry, ornaments, or whatever you can dream up!
Craft 3D and 2D geometric shapes out of paper straws. Make jewelry, ornaments, or whatever you can dream up!
Craft 3D and 2D geometric shapes out of paper straws. Make jewelry, ornaments, or whatever you can dream up!
Craft 3D and 2D geometric shapes out of paper straws. Make jewelry, ornaments, or whatever you can dream up!
Craft 3D and 2D geometric shapes out of paper straws. Make jewelry, ornaments, or whatever you can dream up!
Come explore your dreams in a collage workshop with artist Erica Bryant. Learn about the art of collage and the science of dreams while making […]
Join the Pirate Toy Fund’s Executive Director, Otto Harnischfeger, to mark the end of this year’s toy drive (which ran from November 25 to December […]
Join Just Games for Dungeons and Dragons: Miniature Painting workshop in The Strong’s Play Lab. Many Dungeons and Dragons players like to use miniatures to […]
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Come explore your dreams in a collage workshop with artist Erica Bryant. Learn about the art of collage and the science of dreams while making collages of your own inspired by night visions. This […]
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Learn how to make handmade jewelry in a jewelry class offered by local artist, Rashad Parker. By the end of the class, you will have crafted a unique piece of jewelry that is […]
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Museum News
The Strong’s National Toy Hall of Fame inducted baseball cards, Cabbage Patch Kids, Fisher Price Corn-Popper, and NERF. The Fisher-Price Corn Popper is the special, fourth inductee in honor of the hall’s 25th anniversary.
Museum News
The Strong launches digital map with location awareness technology for guests to explore the nearly 150,000 sq. ft. of galleries.
The Strong owns and cares for the world's most comprehensive collection of toys, dolls, board games, video games, other electronic games, books, documents, and other historical materials related to play.
Access thousands of objects from the museum's online database.
Search design documents, personal papers, and other archival materials.
Explore periodicals, books, comic books, and other holdings from The Strong's research library.
Thousands of artifacts from The Strong’s collections are available to researchers by appointment.
Become a champion for play and help make a difference in the lives of the children and families who play, learn, and grow with The Strong.
In play a child always behaves beyond his average age, above his daily behavior. In play it is as though he were a head taller than himself.”
Hours 10 a.m.–5 p.m. | Fri. & Sat. till 8 p.m.
