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The Strong is a highly interactive, collections-based museum devoted to the history and exploration of play.
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Rediscover old memories and make new ones with a trip the family will remember for a lifetime.
Your Childhood is Closer than You Think.
The Strong is the ultimate play destination for all ages! With 100,000 square feet of dynamic, interactive exhibit space, The Strong museum provides entertaining, educational, and unforgettable intergenerational fun.
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Can You Tell Me How To Get To Sesame Street?
Step into the world’s most famous neighborhood at The Strong museum. Travel through five delightful decades of the iconic Sesame Street children’s television series. Dozens of interactive components invite families to explore concepts about letters, […]
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Imagination Destination
Let your imagination soar! Be an astronaut, rescue pilot, construction worker, actor, and more in The Strong’s original, permanent Imagination Destination exhibit. Role-play in inspiring spaces bursting with physical challenges, such as a […]
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Skyline Climb
Are you ready for the challenge? Jump into the realm of adventure play at The Strong’s all-new high ropes course—Skyline Climb. Suspended above the museum’s carousel atrium, adults and kids alike can traverse beams […]
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Fairy Magic
Visit the Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden and be transported to a magical world during Fairy Magic! Listen to spritely music as you walk among butterflies, Read More »
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A Moving Experience Dance Performance
A Moving Experience Dance Performance
Dance along with a performance by A Moving Experience, the Arc of Monroe’s modern dance troupe! A Moving Experience seeks to spread a message of Read More »
Make Marble Fireworks!
Make Marble Fireworks!
Create a firework display with marbles and paint to celebrate the Fourth of July in the Play Lab!
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Make Marble Fireworks!
Make Marble Fireworks!
Create a firework display with marbles and paint to celebrate the Fourth of July in the Play Lab!
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Make Marble Fireworks!
Make Marble Fireworks!
Create a firework display with marbles and paint to celebrate the Fourth of July in the Play Lab!
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Fairy Magic
Visit the Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden and be transported to a magical world during Fairy Magic! Listen to spritely music as you walk among butterflies, Read More »
Make Marble Fireworks!
Make Marble Fireworks!
Create a firework display with marbles and paint to celebrate the Fourth of July in the Play Lab!
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All Elite Wrestling Meet-and-Greet
All Elite Wrestling Meet-and-Greet
Join us in the Paychex Theater for meet-and-greets with wrestlers from All Elite Wrestling. Snap a photo with Ethan Page, Brodie Lee Jr., Thunder Rosa, Read More »
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Adult Dungeons & Dragons, Ages 18+
Adult Dungeons & Dragons, Ages 18+
Join Just Games for Adult Dungeons and Dragons at The Strong. Discover the magical world of Dungeons and Dragons—a National Toy Hall of Fame inductee—in Read More »
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Fairy Magic
Visit the Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden and be transported to a magical world during Fairy Magic! Listen to spritely music as you walk among butterflies, Read More »
Storybook Summer: Pete the Cat
Storybook Summer: Pete the Cat
Bring your rockin’ reader to meet the coolest cat around, Pete the Cat from Eric Litwin and James Dean’s Pete the Cat series! Listen to Read More »
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Storybook Summer: Pete the Cat
Storybook Summer: Pete the Cat
Bring your rockin’ reader to meet the coolest cat around, Pete the Cat from Eric Litwin and James Dean’s Pete the Cat series! Listen to Read More »
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Storybook Summer: Pete the Cat
Storybook Summer: Pete the Cat
Bring your rockin’ reader to meet the coolest cat around, Pete the Cat from Eric Litwin and James Dean’s Pete the Cat series! Listen to Read More »
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Storybook Summer: Pete the Cat
Storybook Summer: Pete the Cat
Bring your rockin’ reader to meet the coolest cat around, Pete the Cat from Eric Litwin and James Dean’s Pete the Cat series! Listen to Read More »
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Storybook Summer: Pete the Cat
Storybook Summer: Pete the Cat
Bring your rockin’ reader to meet the coolest cat around, Pete the Cat from Eric Litwin and James Dean’s Pete the Cat series! Listen to Read More »
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Sensory Friendly Sunday
Sensory Friendly Sunday
Enjoy The Strong during exclusive hours designed for children with special sensory, developmental, or physical needs. Explore the museum in a comfortable and accepting environment Read More »
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Fairy Magic
Visit the Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden and be transported to a magical world during Fairy Magic! Listen to spritely music as you walk among butterflies, Read More »
Storybook Summer: Pancake Pig
Storybook Summer: Pancake Pig
This week, say hello to Pig from Laura Numeroff’s, “If you Give a Pig a Pancake.” Listen to story readings, craft your own pancake stack, Read More »
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Storybook Summer: Pancake Pig
Storybook Summer: Pancake Pig
This week, say hello to Pig from Laura Numeroff’s, “If you Give a Pig a Pancake.” Listen to story readings, craft your own pancake stack, Read More »
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Museum Secrets
The Strong’s Museum Secrets events are exclusive, behind-the-scenes opportunities for Presidential, Sustaining, and Leading level museum members—as well as special guests—to tour spaces or view Read More »
Storybook Summer: Pancake Pig
Storybook Summer: Pancake Pig
This week, say hello to Pig from Laura Numeroff’s, “If you Give a Pig a Pancake.” Listen to story readings, craft your own pancake stack, Read More »
1 event,
Storybook Summer: Pancake Pig
Storybook Summer: Pancake Pig
This week, say hello to Pig from Laura Numeroff’s, “If you Give a Pig a Pancake.” Listen to story readings, craft your own pancake stack, Read More »
1 event,
Storybook Summer: Pancake Pig
Storybook Summer: Pancake Pig
This week, say hello to Pig from Laura Numeroff’s, “If you Give a Pig a Pancake.” Listen to story readings, craft your own pancake stack, Read More »
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Fairy Magic
Visit the Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden and be transported to a magical world during Fairy Magic! Listen to spritely music as you walk among butterflies, Read More »
Storybook Summer: Curious George
Storybook Summer: Curious George
Let’s explore this week with none other than Curious George from H.A. Rey and Margret Rey’s Curious George book series! Jump around with everyone’s favorite Read More »
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Storybook Summer: Curious George
Storybook Summer: Curious George
Let’s explore this week with none other than Curious George from H.A. Rey and Margret Rey’s Curious George book series! Jump around with everyone’s favorite Read More »
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Storybook Summer: Curious George
Storybook Summer: Curious George
Let’s explore this week with none other than Curious George from H.A. Rey and Margret Rey’s Curious George book series! Jump around with everyone’s favorite Read More »
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Storybook Summer: Curious George
Storybook Summer: Curious George
Let’s explore this week with none other than Curious George from H.A. Rey and Margret Rey’s Curious George book series! Jump around with everyone’s favorite Read More »
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Storybook Summer: Curious George
Storybook Summer: Curious George
Let’s explore this week with none other than Curious George from H.A. Rey and Margret Rey’s Curious George book series! Jump around with everyone’s favorite Read More »
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fivebyfive Playful Music Concert
fivebyfive Playful Music Concert
Celebrate National Toy Hall of Fame inductees that have been featured on the big screen and enjoy a special toy-inspired performance by fivebyfive, a Rochester-based Read More »
LEGO Workshop 8+
LEGO Workshop 8+
Join the Rochester LEGO User Group (RLUG) for a one-of-a-kind LEGO workshop at The Strong’s Play Lab. View the mighty Great Ball Contraption, a LEGO Read More »
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Events
Sensory Friendly Sunday
Enjoy The Strong during exclusive hours designed for children with special sensory, developmental, or physical needs. Explore the museum in a comfortable and accepting environment that features fewer guests, light and sound reduction, […]
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Adult Dungeons & Dragons, Ages 18+
Join Just Games for Adult Dungeons and Dragons at The Strong. Discover the magical world of Dungeons and Dragons—a National Toy Hall of Fame inductee—in small groups and take part in an adventure […]
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Museum News
The Strong’s new online exhibit, That’s Just How We Roll: A History of the International Gay Bowling Organization launches on Google Arts & Culture Pride hub.
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Museum News
The Strong launches Jerry Lawson: The Black Engineer and Entrepreneur Who Changed Video Games, an online exhibit, on Google Arts & Culture. Gerald “Jerry” Lawson changed the way we play by leading the […]
Continue ReadingExplore Our Collections
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.
Online Collections
Access thousands of objects from the museum’s online database.
Archives Catalog
Search design documents, personal papers, and other archival materials.
Library Catalog
Explore periodicals, books, comic books, and other holdings from The Strong’s research library.
On-site Collections Access
Thousands of artifacts from The Strong’s collections are available to researchers by appointment.
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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.”Lev Vygotsky, Russian psychologist, 1896–1934View More Quotes
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Visit a highly interactive, collections-based museum devoted to the history and exploration of play.
