Museum News
October 10, 2019
The Strong features nearly a dozen women from the video game industry during its second annual Women in Games event.
September 26, 2019
The Strong receives rare "Chairman's Special Award" from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support the creation of a major exhibit as part of its expansion project.
September 11, 2019
The Strong’s National Toy Hall of Fame names the 12 finalists for 2019: Care Bears, coloring book, Fisher-Price Corn Popper, Jenga, Magic the Gathering, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox Cars, My Little Pony, Nerf Blaster, Risk, smartphone, and top.
September 6, 2019
The Strong welcomes fellowship recipient Cristina Di Maio from Macerata University in Torino, Italy.
September 5, 2019
The Strong and partners welcome the first class of students as part of the Strong Employment and Lifelong Foundations (SELF) program.
August 27, 2019
Fellowship recipient Sonia Tiwari from Penn State visits The Strong to study the evolution of Maker Toys over the last 50 to 60 years.
July 25, 2019
Game designer Scott Adams (right), creator of the first text-based adventure game made specifically for a home computer, helps to reveal a new display at The Strong that celebrates his trailblazing work in the video game industry.
July 24, 2019
The Original Mobile Games, a minigame collection developed jointly by The Strong museum, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), and Second Avenue Learning, is now available on the Nintendo Switch platform.
July 19, 2019
Don Bookman and Gail Berwald, son and daughter of Abe Bookman, the creator of the Magic 8 Ball, visit The Strong's National Toy Hall of Fame. The hall inducted the Magic 8 Ball in 2018.
July 10, 2019
The Strong welcomes guests from the American Council of the Blind for guided tours of the museum.
June 25, 2019
Mark Lesser, programmer and designer of Mattel's Auto Race and Football 1 handheld games, and Dr. Mary Ellin Logue, professor emerita at the University of Maine, visit The Strong. Pictured here with the museum's Jeremy Saucier (left).
June 25, 2019
The Strong, Arc of Monroe, AutismUp, and Monroe One BOCES launch SELF (Strong Employement and Life Foundation) internship program.