Hours: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. | Fri. & Sat. till 8 p.m.
Friday Evenings
Half price general admission from 4 to 8 p.m.
The Strong National Museum of Play is a highly interactive, collections-based museum devoted to the history and exploration of play.
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Visit the Play Lab to participate in the museum’s winter village build. Use cardboard to add your own touch!
Spend winter break on the farm! Visit The Strong’s Play Lab to add your own creation to a Winter Village community build and explore a […]
Visit the Play Lab to participate in the museum’s winter village build. Use cardboard to add your own touch!
Spend winter break on the farm! Visit The Strong’s Play Lab to add your own creation to a Winter Village community build and explore a […]
Visit the Play Lab to participate in the museum’s winter village build. Use cardboard to add your own touch!
Spend winter break on the farm! Visit The Strong’s Play Lab to add your own creation to a Winter Village community build and explore a […]
Visit the Play Lab to participate in the museum’s winter village build. Use cardboard to add your own touch!
Spend winter break on the farm! Visit The Strong’s Play Lab to add your own creation to a Winter Village community build and explore a […]
Spend winter break on the farm! Visit The Strong’s Play Lab to add your own creation to a Winter Village community build and explore a […]
Spend winter break on the farm! Visit The Strong’s Play Lab to add your own creation to a Winter Village community build and explore a […]
National Rubber Duck Day is later this month, and The Strong is celebrating early! In honor of the upcoming day of recognition—and the rubber duck’s […]
Spend winter break on the farm! Visit The Strong’s Play Lab to add your own creation to a Winter Village community build and explore a […]
Dragons have taken over this miniature painting workshop! WizKids has brought some of the most dangerous beasts from Dungeons and Dragons and is inviting guests […]
Spend winter break on the farm! Visit The Strong’s Play Lab to add your own creation to a Winter Village community build and explore a […]
Explore secret messages in the Play Lab with decoder rings, book syphers, and more!
Celebrate the joy of reading! Hear children’s stories read aloud on select Mondays at 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. and be whisked away on literary adventures […]
Explore secret messages in the Play Lab with decoder rings, book syphers, and more!
Explore secret messages in the Play Lab with decoder rings, book syphers, and more!
Explore secret messages in the Play Lab with decoder rings, book syphers, and more!
Explore secret messages in the Play Lab with decoder rings, book syphers, and more!
Join the Eastman Community Music School for a family-friendly performance followed by a question-and-answer session with the musicians. Each performance lasts approximately 20 minutes and […]
Explore secret messages in the Play Lab with decoder rings, book syphers, and more!
Explore secret messages in the Play Lab with decoder rings, book syphers, and more!
Get creative and paint a work of art to take home using only your fingerprints.
Celebrate the joy of reading! Hear children’s stories read aloud on select Mondays at 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. and be whisked away on literary adventures […]
Get creative and paint a work of art to take home using only your fingerprints.
Get creative and paint a work of art to take home using only your fingerprints.
Get creative and paint a work of art to take home using only your fingerprints.
Get creative and paint a work of art to take home using only your fingerprints.
Strong Museum Members can explore the brand-new SCOOBY-DOO! Mansion Mayhem exhibit an hour before the museum opens to the general public! Members will be admitted […]
Get creative and paint a work of art to take home using only your fingerprints.
Celebrate the opening of SCOOBY-DOO! Mansion Mayhem supported by Advantage Federal Credit Union. Scooby Dooby Doo! Rochester Animal Services, Butterfly Learning Lab Provided by Rochester Animal […]
Get creative and paint a work of art to take home using only your fingerprints.
Celebrate the opening of SCOOBY-DOO! Mansion Mayhem supported by Advantage Federal Credit Union. Scooby Dooby Doo! Rochester Animal Services, Butterfly Learning Lab Provided by Rochester Animal […]
Explore the Woodbury School’s classrooms, meet staff, and have your questions answered at the January 20 open house from 9–11 a.m. No registration required. Families […]
Visit the Play Lab and open a mystery bag with craft materials and a prompt to help guide you through your mystery creation.
Join The Strong in celebrating the memory and continuing the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to create world full of compassion. Meet Dr. […]
Visit the Play Lab and open a mystery bag with craft materials and a prompt to help guide you through your mystery creation.
Join The Strong National Museum of Play on Monday, January 20, and Tuesday, January 21, to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. […]
Visit the Play Lab and open a mystery bag with craft materials and a prompt to help guide you through your mystery creation.
Visit the Play Lab and open a mystery bag with craft materials and a prompt to help guide you through your mystery creation.
Visit the Play Lab and open a mystery bag with craft materials and a prompt to help guide you through your mystery creation.
Visit the Play Lab and open a mystery bag with craft materials and a prompt to help guide you through your mystery creation.
Enjoy The Strong before it opens to the public at an exclusive event designed for guests with special sensory, developmental, or physical needs. Explore the […]
Visit the Play Lab and open a mystery bag with craft materials and a prompt to help guide you through your mystery creation.
Learn different ways to create a disappearing message with invisible ink! Write down a secret message that can only be revealed by you.
Celebrate the joy of reading! Hear children’s stories read aloud on select Mondays at 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. and be whisked away on literary adventures […]
Learn different ways to create a disappearing message with invisible ink! Write down a secret message that can only be revealed by you.
Learn different ways to create a disappearing message with invisible ink! Write down a secret message that can only be revealed by you.
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with The Strong! Get creative and craft a lantern to celebrate the year of the snake! Take home a red […]
Learn different ways to create a disappearing message with invisible ink! Write down a secret message that can only be revealed by you.
Learn different ways to create a disappearing message with invisible ink! Write down a secret message that can only be revealed by you.
Learn different ways to create a disappearing message with invisible ink! Write down a secret message that can only be revealed by you.
Fit Kids Day, supported by community partners, is here to get you moving, grooving, and feeling good! Experience and learn about a variety of fitness […]
Celebrate the opening of SCOOBY-DOO! Mansion Mayhem supported by Advantage Federal Credit Union. Scooby Dooby Doo! Rochester Animal Services, Butterfly Learning Lab Provided by Rochester Animal […]
Enjoy The Strong before it opens to the public at an exclusive event designed for guests with special sensory, developmental, or physical needs. Explore the […]
The 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.
“Ruh-Roh” SCOOBY-DOO!™ and the gang invite families to solve a gem of a mystery when the SCOOBY-DOO!™ Mansion Mayhem exhibit opens January 18.
Ready, player! Become part of the game and immerse yourself in video game scenarios at ESL Digital Worlds: Level Up.
A visit to The Strong is not complete without a stop in Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden, the only year-round indoor butterfly garden in upstate New York.
Museum News
USA Today has nominated The Strong for Best Pop Culture Museum and Best Children’s Museum in the nation.
Museum News
The Strong announces access to Aira, an app to increase accessibility for guests who are blind or have low vision.
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.”
Visit a highly interactive, collections-based museum devoted to the history and exploration of play.
