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The Strong National Museum of Play

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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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Your Childhood is Closer than You Think.

Must-See Exhibits

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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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  • May 2022

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Carol D. Simmons Storytime Club

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May 2 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am Recurring

Carol D. Simmons Storytime Club

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 Read More »

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World Video Game Hall of Fame Induction (Virtual)

2022 world video game hall of fame finalists
May 5 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am

World Video Game Hall of Fame Induction (Virtual)

Which games will make it into the prestigious World Video Game Hall of Fame this year? Check out a special, virtual induction ceremony at 10:30 Read More »

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World Video Game Hall of Fame Celebration

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May 7 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

World Video Game Hall of Fame Celebration

Celebrate the latest inductees to the World Video Game Hall of Fame (announced digitally on May 5) and past inductees. Pose with cosplayers dressed as Read More »

Painting Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures, Ages 8+

Illustration style artwork of Dungeons and Dragons action scene.
May 7 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Painting Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures, Ages 8+

Join Just Games for a Painting Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures workshop at The Strong’s Play Lab. Many Dungeons & Dragons players like to use miniatures Read More »

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Carol D. Simmons Storytime Club

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May 9 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am Recurring

Carol D. Simmons Storytime Club

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 Read More »

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PAW Patrol: Adventure Play Opening

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May 14 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Recurring

PAW Patrol: Adventure Play Opening

Member early opening at 9 a.m. each day of opening weekend! Save the day with the heroic PAW Patrol pups at the all-new PAW Patrol: Read More »

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PAW Patrol: Adventure Play Opening

Chase character from PAW Patrol hugged by two children
May 15 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Recurring

PAW Patrol: Adventure Play Opening

Member early opening at 9 a.m. each day of opening weekend! Save the day with the heroic PAW Patrol pups at the all-new PAW Patrol: Read More »

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Carol D. Simmons Storytime Club

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May 16 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am Recurring

Carol D. Simmons Storytime Club

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 Read More »

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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Special Presentations

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May 21 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Special Presentations

Enjoy presentations by local organization Children’s Learning and Discovery of Rochester (ChildROC) in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. View live Chinese calligraphy demonstrations, Read More »

Kids Race at the Rochester Criterium

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May 21 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Kids Race at the Rochester Criterium

Join The Strong at the MVP Health Care Rochester Twilight Festival for a Kids Race with Big Wheels! The free, outdoor event is part of Read More »

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Carol D. Simmons Storytime Club

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May 23 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am Recurring

Carol D. Simmons Storytime Club

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 Read More »

Soil Painting with 4-H

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May 23 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Soil Painting with 4-H

Explore a new medium and form of art in our new Play Lab. Join the Monroe County 4-H for a community soil creation, and take Read More »

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Read the Rainbow

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June 4 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Read the Rainbow

Celebrate Pride Month with stories from LGBTGIA+ authors, illustrators, and storytellers, such as Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak and the Frog and Read More »

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Read the Rainbow

Book with Rainbow Pages
June 5 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Recurring

Read the Rainbow

Celebrate Pride Month with stories from LGBTGIA+ authors, illustrators, and storytellers, such as Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak and the Frog and Read More »

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May 2 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am Recurring

Carol D. Simmons Storytime Club

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May 5
May 5 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am

World Video Game Hall of Fame Induction (Virtual)

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May 7
May 7 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

World Video Game Hall of Fame Celebration

May 7 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Painting Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures, Ages 8+

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May 9
May 9 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am Recurring

Carol D. Simmons Storytime Club

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May 14
May 14 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Recurring

PAW Patrol: Adventure Play Opening

May 15
May 15 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Recurring

PAW Patrol: Adventure Play Opening

May 16
May 16 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am Recurring

Carol D. Simmons Storytime Club

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May 21
May 21 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Special Presentations

May 21 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Kids Race at the Rochester Criterium

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May 23
May 23 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am Recurring

Carol D. Simmons Storytime Club

May 23 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Soil Painting with 4-H

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June 4
June 4 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Read the Rainbow

June 5
June 5 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Recurring

Read the Rainbow

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June 4
June 4 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Read the Rainbow

June 5
June 5 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Recurring

Read the Rainbow

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Read the Rainbow

Celebrate Pride Month with stories from LGBTGIA+ authors, illustrators, and storytellers, such as Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak and the Frog and Toad series by Arnold Lobel. Also, craft a […]

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Family Dungeons & Dragons, Ages 8+

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Family Dungeons & Dragons, Ages 8+

Join Just Games for Family 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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Recent Museum News and Press

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The Strong welcomes the 2022 World Video Game Hall of Fame Inductees.

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The Strong museum opens a new, 800-square-foot maker space, the Play Lab, on the museum’s first floor (near the Field of Play exhibit).

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Explore Our Collections

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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.

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Online Collections

Access thousands of objects from the museum’s online database.

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Archives Catalog

Search design documents, personal papers, and other archival materials.

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Library Catalog

Explore periodicals, books, comic books, and other holdings from The Strong’s research library.

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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.”
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