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Sidewalk Surfing: The Gnarly History of Skateboarding Part II (1973 to 1991)

In my last blog post we learned that the first big wave of skateboarding took place from 1959 to 1965, and then skateboarding went mainly “underground” from about 1966 to 1972.

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S-T-R-O-N-G: Investigating the History of the Ouija Board at The Strong Museum

The Ouija board as we know it today was patented in Baltimore in the year 1890. Its development and success were closely tied to the rise of the American Spiritualist movement

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2025 Speakers

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Ernie’s Alphabet

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With a Song in my Heart: A Brief History of American Sheet Music; or, How to Search The Strong’s Database

As I write this, Katy Perry’s “E.T.” featuring Kanye West ranks as the number one pop song. Country’s top pick is “Heart Like Mine” by Miranda Lambert, while R&B’s current number

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A Research Library atop The Strong Museum—Powered by Donations

The Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play sits quietly on the third floor of The Strong above the excitement and joy of our museum guests. Most guests don’t realize that

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Intern Experience: Processing Dime Store and Action Figures

For three months during the summer of 2021, I had the privilege to work as an intern for the Collections team at The Strong museum. My primary project focused on researching and

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The Small World of Miniature Books

Recently while working on reorganizing some of the Brian Sutton-Smith’s Library and Archives collection, I began looking through our collection of miniature books. It was while

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I’d Like to Thank All the Little People®

My earliest (and fondest) memories of play involve none other than the Fisher-Price Little People®. Countless hours of my preschool years were spent sprawled on the living room

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Out of this World: A Brief History of the Yo-Yo

I remember my first yo-yo: a blue Duncan Imperial. I was 7 years old and had saved up enough of my allowance to buy it. The drive to the store felt like an eternity. When I finally

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Muhammad Ali, Champion of Play

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee…. There was something particularly playful about Muhammad Ali, the boxer who rivaled Pele as the most famous worldwide sports

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American Girl Dolls Inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame

Following a visit to historic Williamsburg, Virginia, and a Christmas shopping trip for her nieces, educator and newscaster Pleasant Rowland pondered, “Here I am, in a generation

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