Hours: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. | Fri. & Sat. till 8 p.m.
Early Closures
Museum closes at 4 p.m. on December 3 and 5 p.m. on December 13.
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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Create constellations and phases of the moon crafts that will leave you starry-eyed!
Craft a cardboard tree and customize it with decorations or make a paper snowflake to be displayed in the Dollhouses Unveiled exhibit on December 13!
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 […]
Craft a cardboard tree and customize it with decorations or make a paper snowflake to be displayed in the Dollhouses Unveiled exhibit on December 13!
Craft a cardboard tree and customize it with decorations or make a paper snowflake to be displayed in the Dollhouses Unveiled exhibit on December 13!
Craft a cardboard tree and customize it with decorations or make a paper snowflake to be displayed in the Dollhouses Unveiled exhibit on December 13!
Craft a cardboard tree and customize it with decorations or make a paper snowflake to be displayed in the Dollhouses Unveiled exhibit on December 13!
Craft a cardboard tree and customize it with decorations or make a paper snowflake to be displayed in the Dollhouses Unveiled exhibit on December 13!
Wear your favorite jersey or other sports clothing to celebrate your love of sports at The Strong! Meet and Greet with Spikes Get your photo […]
Celebrate one of the newest National Toy Hall of Fame Inductees with National Slime Day in the Play Lab!
Build, create, and design different games out of cardboard! From marble runs, to corn hole, use your skills to create games of your very own!
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 […]
Build, create, and design different games out of cardboard! From marble runs, to corn hole, use your skills to create games of your very own!
Build, create, and design different games out of cardboard! From marble runs, to corn hole, use your skills to create games of your very own!
Build, create, and design different games out of cardboard! From marble runs, to corn hole, use your skills to create games of your very own!
Join The Strong on Thursday, December 11, for the adults-only Happiest Hour sponsored in part by Advantage Federal Credit Union. The night includes: Cash bar […]
Build, create, and design different games out of cardboard! From marble runs, to corn hole, use your skills to create games of your very own!
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 […]
Build, create, and design different games out of cardboard! From marble runs, to corn hole, use your skills to create games of your very own!
Enjoy The Strong’s first floor before it opens to the general public and explore the special holiday display in Dollhouses Unveiled. Meet the Royal Ice […]
Build, create, and design different games out of cardboard! From marble runs, to corn hole, use your skills to create games of your very own!
Create a wintery decoration! Led by local artist Sarah Haehn, participants will learn how to make origami creations into beautiful ornaments. Everyone will take home two completed […]
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 […]
The History of the Christmas Card Unlike many holiday traditions whose origin stories are lost to history, historians agree that the holiday card has a […]
Explore the Woodbury School’s classrooms, meet staff, and have your questions answered at the December 17 open house from 5–7 p.m. No registration required. Families […]
Chill Out with Dairy! American Dairy Association North East’s winter farm pop-up returns to The Strong, offering hands-on farm play and dairy-powered nutrition education. Children […]
Chill Out with Dairy! American Dairy Association North East’s winter farm pop-up returns to The Strong, offering hands-on farm play and dairy-powered nutrition education. Children […]
Make a building, landscape, or structure and add it to the ever-growing Holiday village! Come back throughout break week to see how the village grows!
Chill Out with Dairy! American Dairy Association North East’s winter farm pop-up returns to The Strong, offering hands-on farm play and dairy-powered nutrition education. Children […]
Make a building, landscape, or structure and add it to the ever-growing Holiday village! Come back throughout break week to see how the village grows!
Chill Out with Dairy! American Dairy Association North East’s winter farm pop-up returns to The Strong, offering hands-on farm play and dairy-powered nutrition education. Children […]
Make a building, landscape, or structure and add it to the ever-growing Holiday village! Come back throughout break week to see how the village grows!
Chill Out with Dairy! American Dairy Association North East’s winter farm pop-up returns to The Strong, offering hands-on farm play and dairy-powered nutrition education. Children […]
Make a building, landscape, or structure and add it to the ever-growing Holiday village! Come back throughout break week to see how the village grows!
Chill Out with Dairy! American Dairy Association North East’s winter farm pop-up returns to The Strong, offering hands-on farm play and dairy-powered nutrition education. Children […]
Make a building, landscape, or structure and add it to the ever-growing Holiday village! Come back throughout break week to see how the village grows!
Chill Out with Dairy! American Dairy Association North East’s winter farm pop-up returns to The Strong, offering hands-on farm play and dairy-powered nutrition education. Children […]
Make a building, landscape, or structure and add it to the ever-growing Holiday village! Come back throughout break week to see how the village grows!
Chill Out with Dairy! American Dairy Association North East’s winter farm pop-up returns to The Strong, offering hands-on farm play and dairy-powered nutrition education. Children […]
Make a building, landscape, or structure and add it to the ever-growing Holiday village! Come back throughout break week to see how the village grows!
Chill Out with Dairy! American Dairy Association North East’s winter farm pop-up returns to The Strong, offering hands-on farm play and dairy-powered nutrition education. Children […]
Make a building, landscape, or structure and add it to the ever-growing Holiday village! Come back throughout break week to see how the village grows!
Chill Out with Dairy! American Dairy Association North East’s winter farm pop-up returns to The Strong, offering hands-on farm play and dairy-powered nutrition education. Children […]
Make a building, landscape, or structure and add it to the ever-growing Holiday village! Come back throughout break week to see how the village grows!
Chill Out with Dairy! American Dairy Association North East’s winter farm pop-up returns to The Strong, offering hands-on farm play and dairy-powered nutrition education. Children […]
Make a building, landscape, or structure and add it to the ever-growing Holiday village! Come back throughout break week to see how the village grows!
Chill Out with Dairy! American Dairy Association North East’s winter farm pop-up returns to The Strong, offering hands-on farm play and dairy-powered nutrition education. Children […]
Make a building, landscape, or structure and add it to the ever-growing Holiday village! Come back throughout break week to see how the village grows!
Chill Out with Dairy! American Dairy Association North East’s winter farm pop-up returns to The Strong, offering hands-on farm play and dairy-powered nutrition education. Children […]
Make a building, landscape, or structure and add it to the ever-growing Holiday village! Come back throughout break week to see how the village grows!
Chill Out with Dairy! American Dairy Association North East’s winter farm pop-up returns to The Strong, offering hands-on farm play and dairy-powered nutrition education. Children […]
Join The Strong on Thursday, December 11, for the adults-only Happiest Hour sponsored in part by Advantage Federal Credit Union. The night includes: Cash bar […]
Enjoy The Strong’s first floor before it opens to the general public and explore the special holiday display in Dollhouses Unveiled. Meet the Royal Ice […]
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.
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 rescue helicopter, construction site, rocket ship, and theater.
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
The Strong's National Toy Hall of Fame inducts Battleship, Slime, and Trivial Pursuit.
Museum News
The Strong launches an online exhibit in partnership with Google Arts & Culture, Insert Coin to Start: A History of Arcade Video Games in the 1970s.
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.
Memberships to The Strong Museum make great gifts! Purchase a museum membership this holiday season and give the gift of play for an entire year.
