Peter Rabbit’s Garden Party
Wave hello and snap a photo with Peter Rabbit from the Beatrix Potter classic at 11:30 a.m., 12:30, 1:30, and 2:30 p.m. Enjoy story readings […]
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Loading view.View Event DetailsSensory Friendly Sunday
View Event DetailsEnjoy The Strong during exclusive hours designed for children with special sensory, developmental, or physical needs. Explore the museum in a comfortable and accepting environment […]
Peter Rabbit’s Garden Party
View Event DetailsWave hello and snap a photo with Peter Rabbit from the Beatrix Potter classic at 11:30 a.m., 12:30, 1:30, and 2:30 p.m. Enjoy story readings […]
Spirograph School Break Week
View Event DetailsThe Spirograph®️ brand is celebrating 57 years of creativity by partnering with The Strong for April Break Week. All week long, create endless unique designs […]
Spirograph School Break Week
View Event DetailsThe Spirograph®️ brand is celebrating 57 years of creativity by partnering with The Strong for April Break Week. All week long, create endless unique designs […]
Spirograph School Break Week
View Event DetailsThe Spirograph®️ brand is celebrating 57 years of creativity by partnering with The Strong for April Break Week. All week long, create endless unique designs […]
Spirograph School Break Week
View Event DetailsThe Spirograph®️ brand is celebrating 57 years of creativity by partnering with The Strong for April Break Week. All week long, create endless unique designs […]
Spirograph School Break Week
View Event DetailsThe Spirograph®️ brand is celebrating 57 years of creativity by partnering with The Strong for April Break Week. All week long, create endless unique designs […]
Spirograph School Break Week
View Event DetailsThe Spirograph®️ brand is celebrating 57 years of creativity by partnering with The Strong for April Break Week. All week long, create endless unique designs […]
Spirograph School Break Week
View Event DetailsThe Spirograph®️ brand is celebrating 57 years of creativity by partnering with The Strong for April Break Week. All week long, create endless unique designs […]
Spirograph School Break Week
View Event DetailsThe Spirograph®️ brand is celebrating 57 years of creativity by partnering with The Strong for April Break Week. All week long, create endless unique designs […]
Unhappily Ever After Preview Performances
View Event DetailsEnjoy special preview performances of Unhappily Ever After by local educational theater program MT Ed (Musical Theater Education) at 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. in the […]
Spirograph School Break Week
View Event DetailsThe Spirograph®️ brand is celebrating 57 years of creativity by partnering with The Strong for April Break Week. All week long, create endless unique designs […]
Spirograph School Break Week
View Event DetailsThe Spirograph®️ brand is celebrating 57 years of creativity by partnering with The Strong for April Break Week. All week long, create endless unique designs […]
Carol D. Simmons Storytime Club
View Event DetailsCelebrate the joy of reading! Hear children’s stories read aloud on selected Mondays and be whisked away on literary adventures as part of the Carol […]
World Video Game Hall of Fame Induction (Virtual)
View Event DetailsWhich games will make it into the prestigious World Video Game Hall of Fame this year? Check out a special, virtual induction ceremony at 10:30 […]
World Video Game Hall of Fame Celebration
View Event DetailsCelebrate the latest inductees to the World Video Game Hall of Fame (announced digitally on May 5) and past inductees. Pose with cosplayers dressed as […]
Painting Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures, Ages 8+
View Event DetailsJoin Just Games for a Painting Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures workshop at The Strong’s Play Lab. Many Dungeons & Dragons players like to use miniatures […]
Carol D. Simmons Storytime Club
View Event DetailsCelebrate the joy of reading! Hear children’s stories read aloud on selected Mondays and be whisked away on literary adventures as part of the Carol […]
PAW Patrol: Adventure Play Opening
View Event DetailsMember early opening at 9 a.m. each day of opening weekend! Save the day with the heroic PAW Patrol pups at the all-new PAW Patrol: […]
PAW Patrol: Adventure Play Opening
View Event DetailsMember early opening at 9 a.m. each day of opening weekend! Save the day with the heroic PAW Patrol pups at the all-new PAW Patrol: […]
Carol D. Simmons Storytime Club
View Event DetailsCelebrate the joy of reading! Hear children’s stories read aloud on selected Mondays and be whisked away on literary adventures as part of the Carol […]
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Special Presentat ...
View Event DetailsEnjoy presentations by local organization Children’s Learning and Discovery of Rochester (ChildROC) in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. View live Chinese calligraphy demonstrations, […]
Kids Race at the Rochester Criterium
View Event DetailsJoin The Strong at the MVP Health Care Rochester Twilight Festival for a Kids Race with Big Wheels! The free, outdoor event is part of […]
Soil Painting with 4-H
View Event DetailsExplore a new medium and form of art in our new Play Lab. Join the Monroe County 4-H for a community soil creation, and take […]
Read the Rainbow
View Event DetailsCelebrate Pride Month with stories from LGBTGIA+ authors, illustrators, and storytellers, such as Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak and the Frog and […]
Read the Rainbow
View Event DetailsCelebrate Pride Month with stories from LGBTGIA+ authors, illustrators, and storytellers, such as Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak and the Frog and […]
Carol D. Simmons Storytime Club
View Event DetailsCelebrate the joy of reading! Hear children’s stories read aloud on selected Mondays and be whisked away on literary adventures as part of the Carol […]
Family Dungeons & Dragons, Ages 8+
View Event DetailsJoin Just Games for Family Dungeons and Dragons at The Strong. Discover the magical world of Dungeons and Dragons—a National Toy Hall of Fame inductee—in […]
Juneteenth Celebration
View Event DetailsIn partnership with the Rochester Area Community Foundation and Greater Rochester Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, The Strong is pleased to offer free admission and […]
Fairy Magic
View Event DetailsVisit the Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden and be transported to a magical world during Fairy Magic! Listen to spritely music as you walk among butterflies, […]
Garth Fagan Dance Performance
View Event DetailsEnjoy an intimate, hour-long performance of select works from the repertoire of the world-renowned Garth Fagan Dance in The Strong’s Paychex Theater. Throughout the performance, […]
Fairy Magic
View Event DetailsVisit the Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden and be transported to a magical world during Fairy Magic! Listen to spritely music as you walk among butterflies, […]
A Moving Experience Dance Performance
View Event DetailsDance along with a performance by A Moving Experience, the Arc of Monroe’s modern dance troupe! A Moving Experience seeks to spread a message of […]
Make Marble Fireworks!
View Event DetailsCreate a firework display with marbles and paint to celebrate the Fourth of July in the Play Lab!
Make Marble Fireworks!
View Event DetailsCreate a firework display with marbles and paint to celebrate the Fourth of July in the Play Lab!
Make Marble Fireworks!
View Event DetailsCreate a firework display with marbles and paint to celebrate the Fourth of July in the Play Lab!
Fairy Magic
View Event DetailsVisit the Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden and be transported to a magical world during Fairy Magic! Listen to spritely music as you walk among butterflies, […]
Make Marble Fireworks!
View Event DetailsCreate a firework display with marbles and paint to celebrate the Fourth of July in the Play Lab!
All Elite Wrestling Meet-and-Greet
View Event DetailsJoin us in the Paychex Theater for meet-and-greets with wrestlers from All Elite Wrestling. Snap a photo with Ethan Page, Brodie Lee Jr., Thunder Rosa, […]
Adult Dungeons & Dragons, Ages 18+
View Event DetailsJoin Just Games for Adult Dungeons and Dragons at The Strong. Discover the magical world of Dungeons and Dragons—a National Toy Hall of Fame inductee—in […]
Fairy Magic
View Event DetailsVisit the Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden and be transported to a magical world during Fairy Magic! Listen to spritely music as you walk among butterflies, […]
Storybook Summer: Pete the Cat
View Event DetailsBring your rockin’ reader to meet the coolest cat around, Pete the Cat from Eric Litwin and James Dean’s Pete the Cat series! Listen to […]
Storybook Summer: Pete the Cat
View Event DetailsBring your rockin’ reader to meet the coolest cat around, Pete the Cat from Eric Litwin and James Dean’s Pete the Cat series! Listen to […]
Storybook Summer: Pete the Cat
View Event DetailsBring your rockin’ reader to meet the coolest cat around, Pete the Cat from Eric Litwin and James Dean’s Pete the Cat series! Listen to […]
Storybook Summer: Pete the Cat
View Event DetailsBring your rockin’ reader to meet the coolest cat around, Pete the Cat from Eric Litwin and James Dean’s Pete the Cat series! Listen to […]
Storybook Summer: Pete the Cat
View Event DetailsBring your rockin’ reader to meet the coolest cat around, Pete the Cat from Eric Litwin and James Dean’s Pete the Cat series! Listen to […]
Sensory Friendly Sunday
View Event DetailsEnjoy The Strong during exclusive hours designed for children with special sensory, developmental, or physical needs. Explore the museum in a comfortable and accepting environment […]
Fairy Magic
View Event DetailsVisit the Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden and be transported to a magical world during Fairy Magic! Listen to spritely music as you walk among butterflies, […]
Storybook Summer: Pancake Pig
View Event DetailsThis week, say hello to Pig from Laura Numeroff’s, “If you Give a Pig a Pancake.” Listen to story readings, craft your own pancake stack, […]
Storybook Summer: Pancake Pig
View Event DetailsThis week, say hello to Pig from Laura Numeroff’s, “If you Give a Pig a Pancake.” Listen to story readings, craft your own pancake stack, […]
Museum Secrets
View Event DetailsThe Strong’s Museum Secrets events are exclusive, behind-the-scenes opportunities for Presidential, Sustaining, and Leading level museum members—as well as special guests—to tour spaces or view […]
Storybook Summer: Pancake Pig
View Event DetailsThis week, say hello to Pig from Laura Numeroff’s, “If you Give a Pig a Pancake.” Listen to story readings, craft your own pancake stack, […]
Storybook Summer: Pancake Pig
View Event DetailsThis week, say hello to Pig from Laura Numeroff’s, “If you Give a Pig a Pancake.” Listen to story readings, craft your own pancake stack, […]
Storybook Summer: Pancake Pig
View Event DetailsThis week, say hello to Pig from Laura Numeroff’s, “If you Give a Pig a Pancake.” Listen to story readings, craft your own pancake stack, […]
Storybook Summer: Curious George Goes to the Fair
View Event DetailsLet’s explore this week with none other than Curious George from H.A. Rey and Margret Rey’s Curious George book series! Jump around with everyone’s favorite […]
Fairy Magic
View Event DetailsVisit the Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden and be transported to a magical world during Fairy Magic! Listen to spritely music as you walk among butterflies, […]
Storybook Summer: Curious George Goes to the Fair
View Event DetailsLet’s explore this week with none other than Curious George from H.A. Rey and Margret Rey’s Curious George book series! Jump around with everyone’s favorite […]
Storybook Summer: Curious George Goes to the Fair
View Event DetailsLet’s explore this week with none other than Curious George from H.A. Rey and Margret Rey’s Curious George book series! Jump around with everyone’s favorite […]
Storybook Summer: Curious George Goes to the Fair
View Event DetailsLet’s explore this week with none other than Curious George from H.A. Rey and Margret Rey’s Curious George book series! Jump around with everyone’s favorite […]
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