Museum News
May 14, 2020
The Strong launches Beyond The Oregon Trail: Six PC Franchises that Helped Us Learn online exhibit in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture.
May 7, 2020
The Strong receives prototypes from the late Ralph Baer, creator of the first home video game system.
April 30, 2020
The Strong launches Ten Iconic Balls that Made Play Shake, Bounce, and Roll online exhibit in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture.
April 20, 2020
The Strong launches an online exhibit, Five Board Games that Changed Play, in partnership with Google Arts & Culture.
March 19, 2020
The Strong’s World Video Game Hall of Fame names the 12 finalists for 2020.
February 28, 2020
USA Today 10Best names The Strong a top 10 children's museum in North America in its Readers' Choice Awards.
February 27, 2020
Barbie fashion designer and author Carol Spencer visits The Strong’s world-class collection of dolls and toys.
February 12, 2020
The Strong's scholar-in-residence and Rochester Institute of Technology professor Stephen Jacobs (left) visits Stern Pinball in Chicago. (RIT offers a pinball history and design class in partnership with The Strong.)
February 6, 2020
The Strong publishes Play: A Basic Pathway to the Self by noted play scholar Thomas Henricks, professor emeritus at Elon University.
January 23, 2020
Museum trustee and long-time supporter Mary Valentine pledges a gift of $1 million to Powered by Play: A Campaign for The Strong.
December 18, 2019
The Louis S. and Molly B. Wolk Foundation pledge $500,000 to Powered by Play: A Campaign for The Strong and will name the admission area in The Strong's expansion.
December 18, 2019
The Strong launches Making Monopoly online exhibit in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture.