The Strong National Museum of Play is a highly interactive, collections-based museum devoted to the history and exploration of play.
Evening Hours
Museum is open until 8 p.m. Thursday–Saturday
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 into the action! Ramp up your trick game and get ready to shred with Tech Deck.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a Berenstain Bear meet and greet followed by a special skit as Reading Adventureland opens […]
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Learn about reptile and amphibian friends living in ponds and create your own turtle friend.
Activate your mind with Rubik’s Cube, Perplexus, and Spotlight Series Puzzles.
Learn about animal coverings and skeletons and design your own unique bird finger puppet.
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Enjoy a meet and greet with everyone’s favorite puppy Biscuit.
Activate your mind with Rubik’s Cube, Perplexus, and Spotlight Series Puzzles.
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Learn about animal coverings and skeletons and design your own unique bird finger puppet.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Enjoy a meet and greet with everyone’s favorite puppy Biscuit.
Activate your mind with Rubik’s Cube, Perplexus, and Spotlight Series Puzzles.
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Learn about animal coverings and skeletons and design your own unique bird finger puppet.
Meet Rubik’s Cube enthusiast and speed cuber Livia Kleiner.
Activate your mind with Rubik’s Cube, Perplexus, and Spotlight Series Puzzles.
Learn about animal coverings and skeletons and design your own unique bird finger puppet.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Enjoy a meet and greet with everyone’s favorite puppy Biscuit.
Activate your mind with Rubik’s Cube, Perplexus, and Spotlight Series Puzzles.
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Learn about animal coverings and skeletons and design your own unique bird finger puppet.
Enjoy a meet and greet with everyone’s favorite puppy Biscuit.
Activate your mind with Rubik’s Cube, Perplexus, and Spotlight Series Puzzles.
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Learn about animal coverings and skeletons and design your own unique bird finger puppet.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Enjoy a meet and greet with everyone’s favorite puppy Biscuit.
Enjoy the museum before it opens to the public at an exclusive event designed for guests with special sensory, developmental, or physical needs. Explore the museum […]
Activate your mind with Rubik’s Cube, Perplexus, and Spotlight Series Puzzles.
Learn about animal coverings and skeletons and design your own unique bird finger puppet.
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Let your creativity flow! Shape, squish, and smush Kinetic Sand.
Learn about campfires with the Sago Mini Pretend Campfire Activity Pack.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Let your creativity flow! Shape, squish, and smush Kinetic Sand.
Learn about campfires with the Sago Mini Pretend Campfire Activity Pack.
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Let your creativity flow! Shape, squish, and smush Kinetic Sand.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Learn about campfires with the Sago Mini Pretend Campfire Activity Pack.
Let your creativity flow! Shape, squish, and smush Kinetic Sand.
Learn about campfires with the Sago Mini Pretend Campfire Activity Pack.
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Let your creativity flow! Shape, squish, and smush Kinetic Sand.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Learn about campfires with the Sago Mini Pretend Campfire Activity Pack.
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Let your creativity flow! Shape, squish, and smush Kinetic Sand.
Learn about campfires with the Sago Mini Pretend Campfire Activity Pack.
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Let your creativity flow! Shape, squish, and smush Kinetic Sand.
Learn about campfires with the Sago Mini Pretend Campfire Activity Pack.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Snuggle up with a plush toy from GUND and stitch a pillow for your play pals at home.
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Learn about campfires with the Sago Mini Pretend Campfire Activity Pack.
Enjoy a meet and greet with the dinosaur from How Do Dinosaurs.
Snuggle up with a plush toy from GUND and stitch a pillow for your play pals at home.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Learn about campfires with the Sago Mini Pretend Campfire Activity Pack.
Enjoy a meet and greet with the dinosaur from How Do Dinosaurs.
Snuggle up with a plush toy from GUND and stitch a pillow for your play pals at home.
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Learn about campfires with the Sago Mini Pretend Campfire Activity Pack.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Enjoy a meet and greet with the dinosaur from How Do Dinosaurs.
Snuggle up with a plush toy from GUND and stitch a pillow for your play pals at home.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Learn about campfires with the Sago Mini Pretend Campfire Activity Pack.
Enjoy a meet and greet with the dinosaur from How Do Dinosaurs.
Snuggle up with a plush toy from GUND and stitch a pillow for your play pals at home.
Learn about campfires with the Sago Mini Pretend Campfire Activity Pack.
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Enjoy a meet and greet with the dinosaur from How Do Dinosaurs.
Snuggle up with a plush toy from GUND and stitch a pillow for your play pals at home.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Learn about campfires with the Sago Mini Pretend Campfire Activity Pack.
Join Myranda Gillow of Hearth and Heather Co. and learn how to make a flower out of felt! With just some wool, soapy water, and […]
Snuggle up with a plush toy from GUND and stitch a pillow for your play pals at home.
Learn about campfires with the Sago Mini Pretend Campfire Activity Pack.
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Enjoy a meet and greet with the dinosaur from How Do Dinosaurs.
Use your imagination and sculpt your own Bakugan-inspired figure.
Learn about plants and the animals that live among us, then create your own mini farmers market.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Use your imagination and sculpt your own Bakugan-inspired figure.
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Learn about plants and the animals that live among us, then create your own mini farmers market.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Use your imagination and sculpt your own Bakugan-inspired figure.
Learn about plants and the animals that live among us, then create your own mini farmers market.
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Use your imagination and sculpt your own Bakugan-inspired figure.
Learn about plants and the animals that live among us, then create your own mini farmers market.
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Use your imagination and sculpt your own Bakugan-inspired figure.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Learn about plants and the animals that live among us, then create your own mini farmers market.
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Use your imagination and sculpt your own Bakugan-inspired figure.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Learn about plants and the animals that live among us, then create your own mini farmers market.
Use your imagination and sculpt your own Bakugan-inspired figure.
Learn about plants and the animals that live among us, then create your own mini farmers market.
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Join us for the Spin Master’s Summer of Play wrap up. Try your hand at this summer’s fan favorites from Kinetic Sand to Orbeez to […]
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Learn about the animals that live in the beaches, oceans, and coral reefs then craft your own beach pals.
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Join us for the Spin Master’s Summer of Play wrap up. Try your hand at this summer’s fan favorites from Kinetic Sand to Orbeez to […]
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Learn about the animals that live in the beaches, oceans, and coral reefs then craft your own beach pals.
Join us for the Spin Master’s Summer of Play wrap up. Try your hand at this summer’s fan favorites from Kinetic Sand to Orbeez to […]
Learn about the animals that live in the beaches, oceans, and coral reefs then craft your own beach pals.
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Join us for the Spin Master’s Summer of Play wrap up. Try your hand at this summer’s fan favorites from Kinetic Sand to Orbeez to […]
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Learn about the animals that live in the beaches, oceans, and coral reefs then craft your own beach pals.
Join us for the Spin Master’s Summer of Play wrap up. Try your hand at this summer’s fan favorites from Kinetic Sand to Orbeez to […]
Learn about the animals that live in the beaches, oceans, and coral reefs then craft your own beach pals.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Join us for the Spin Master’s Summer of Play wrap up. Try your hand at this summer’s fan favorites from Kinetic Sand to Orbeez to […]
Meet unique creatures from the museum’s live collections and ask museum experts questions. Fees apply.
Learn about the animals that live in the beaches, oceans, and coral reefs then craft your own beach pals.
Make your way to the entrance of Reading Adventureland for a meet and greet with the Berenstain Bears!
Events
Enjoy the museum before it opens to the public at an exclusive event designed for guests with special sensory, developmental, or physical needs. Explore the museum in a comfortable and accepting environment that features […]
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Events
Join Myranda Gillow of Hearth and Heather Co. and learn how to make a flower out of felt! With just some wool, soapy water, and a little elbow grease, you will learn the […]
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Museum News
Museum President & CEO Steve Dubnik, Governor Kathy Hochul, and museum trustees officially open The Strong’s 90,000 sq. ft. expansion.
Museum News
The Strong launches indoor digital map with “blue dot” location tracking and point to point routing.
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. | Thur.–Sat. till 8 p.m.
