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When the film adaptation of Kevin Kwan’s hit book Crazy Rich Asians came out in…
As appealing as Matchbox toy cars may be on their own, this 1981 service center…
A less than enthusiastic student during my grade school career, there were very few days…
The Strong is home to thousands of video game related objects. Among them is a…
Throughout the year, a number of holidays and celebrations include noisemaking traditions. Firecrackers on the…
When The Strong created the International Center for the History of electronic Games (ICHEG) in…
The Strong recently acquired a few anthropomorphized fashion dolls. A dog with a human-like body…
The video game company Her Interactive adopted the slogan “For Girls Who Aren’t Afraid of…
As a child, I used to frequent The Strong museum and its many exhibits. I…
We welcomed four new inductees into the World Video Game Hall of Fame class of…
Joe L. Frost, the renowned scholar and educator who advocated for the importance of free…
Back in earliest months of the U.S. COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, you may have missed…
In 1976, scholar Barbara Bader defined a picture book as “text, illustrations, total design; an…
This month we opened our new maker space, Play Lab. It’s a bright, busy place,…