April 4, 2023For Immediate ReleaseContact: Shane Rhinewald, srhinewald@museumofplay.org,585-410-6365 ROCHESTER, NY—The Strong National Museum of Play…
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Toy steam locomotive, Bing Ltd., Nuremberg, Germany, 1910-1920. The Strong, Rochester, New York. Many people…
I’m always on the lookout for play in everyday social media trends and breaking news…
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…
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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,…
For as long as play has existed, humans have been making dolls in some form…