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Screenshot of Instagram user hellicty_merriman post, 2022, courtesy of the author.
  • Culture and Society

What Do American Girl Dolls Say About Us?

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on August 8, 2022

I’m always on the lookout for play in everyday social media trends and breaking news…

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  • Culture and Society

Heroines Just as Interesting as Heroes

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on May 19, 2022May 20, 2022

The video game company Her Interactive adopted the slogan “For Girls Who Aren’t Afraid of…

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Joe L. Frost, Play and Playscapes, 1992.
  • Culture and Society

Remembering Play Scholar and Advocate Joe L. Frost

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on April 28, 2022April 28, 2022

Joe L. Frost, the renowned scholar and educator who advocated for the importance of free…

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The Gorey Pig, by Edward Gorey, 1979. The Strong, Rochester, New York.
  • Culture and Society

From the Page to the Playroom

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on April 15, 2022April 15, 2022

In 1976, scholar Barbara Bader defined a picture book as “text, illustrations, total design; an…

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Interior of the Play Lab at The Strong, Rochester, New York.
  • Announcement

Making Space for Play

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on April 7, 2022April 7, 2022

This month we opened our new maker space, Play Lab. It’s a bright, busy place,…

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Play Pals exhibit, Dollhouse case, The Strong, Rochester, New York
  • Barbie

Play Pals: Dolls, Action Figures, and More

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on March 31, 2022

For as long as play has existed, humans have been making dolls in some form…

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder, “The Battle Between Carnival and Lent,” 1559.
  • Culture and Society

Everybody Plays a Fool

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on March 3, 2022March 3, 2022

On a recent morning, I was out early at our local Wegmans supermarket. Because the…

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Ladies’ Guide to Football (cover), 1966, The Strong, Rochester, New York, USA.
  • Culture and Society

Ditch the “Ladies’ Guide to Football” and Get in the Game

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on February 3, 2022February 3, 2022

A recent addition to The Strong museum’s collection got me thinking about how gender intersects…

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Romance lunch bags, 2021, courtesy of the author.
  • Culture and Society

What’s in a Bag?

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on December 9, 2021December 9, 2021

One of my favorite recent museum acquisitions is a package of 1990s Pink Panther lunch…

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Skyline Climb. The Strong, Rochester, New York.
  • Announcement

The Benefits of Risky Play

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on November 23, 2021November 23, 2021

We’ve recently opened Skyline Climb, a high adventure ropes course that soars high in our…

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American Girl Holiday 2021 Catalog, Courtesy of Creative Commons Attribution.
  • Announcement

American Girl Dolls Inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on November 4, 2021November 4, 2021

Following a visit to historic Williamsburg, Virginia, and a Christmas shopping trip for her nieces,…

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  • Culture and Society

A Gamut of Games: The Sid Sackson Portal

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on October 20, 2021October 20, 2021

Have you ever wondered how some of your favorite board games were developed? Did the…

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Clank-A-Deck-Building-Adventure-board-game-Renegade-Game-Studios-2016-The-Strong-Rochester-New-York.-Gift-of-Paul-Dennen.
  • Guest Blogger

Board Game Prototypes and a Gift of Clank!

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on September 23, 2021September 28, 2021

We receive lots of donations every year at The Strong, from single items to accumulations…

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  • Culture and Society

Chaos Orb—Magic: The Gathering’s Wild Card

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on July 22, 2021July 22, 2021

“Charming,” “whimsical,” “masterpiece,” “pretty funny” are just a few of the words used to describe…

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  • Culture and Society

Jerry Lawson, Video Soft, and the History of the First Black-Owned Video Game Development Company

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on June 24, 2021June 24, 2021

By 1980, Jerry Lawson was ready for a change. The 40-year-old electrical engineer had spent…

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