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The Strong National Museum of Play

Visit the Ultimate Play Destination

Visit the Ultimate Play Destination

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.

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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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PAW Patrol: Adventure Play

Through September 11, 2022 Save the day with the heroic PAW Patrol pups at the all-new PAW Patrol: Adventure Play exhibit, presented in The Strong’s Fidelis Care Gallery. Run rescue missions and work together […]

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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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Happiest Hour

Drink. Laugh. Play. Join The Strong on Thursday, August 18, for the adult-only Happiest Hour! The night includes cash bar, loads of fun, music from DJ Naps from BreakThrough Entertainment, and access to […]

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Fidelis Care Backpack Program

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Fidelis Care Backpack Program

Join Fidelis Care New York and other community partners on August 26, 12:30- 3:30 p.m., for a back-to-school event at The Strong! To get kids excited for the new school year, the Fidelisaurus […]

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Recent Museum News and Press

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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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Generation 2 Merger

Museum News

Local play not-for-profit Generation Two (G2) to merge with The Strong National Museum of Play.

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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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Atari design drawing

Archives Catalog

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

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Library stacks

Library Catalog

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

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Julia Novakovic in research library

On-site Collections Access

Thousands of artifacts from The Strong’s collections are available to researchers by appointment.

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An image of two little girls holding hands and gesturing excitedly while they play at The Strong museum.

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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.

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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.

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