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The Strong National Museum of Play (also known as just The Strong Museum or simply the Strong) is part of The Strong in Rochester, New York, United States.Established in 1969 and initially based on the personal collection of Rochester native Margaret Woodbury Strong, the museum opened to the public in 1982, after several years of planning, cataloguing, and exhibition development for the museum ...
The Strong is an interactive, collections-based educational institution in Rochester, New York, United States, devoted to the study and exploration of play. [1] It carries out this mission through six programmatic arms called "Play Partners": The National Museum of Play; National Toy Hall of Fame; World Video Game Hall of Fame
George Rollie Adams (born September 11, 1941), is an American educator, historian, author, and museum professional. [1] As president and CEO of The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, from 1987 through 2016, Adams led the development of the world's first collections-based history museum devoted solely to the study of play and its critical role in learning and human ...
With dad Chris Mascaro, Rochester, looking on, young Jasper Mascaro, 2, is hands-on as he looks over the giant Kugel Ball fountain outside the Strong National Museum of Play in the new ...
The National Toy Hall of Fame, located inside The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester was established in 1998. Meet this year's inductees.
The Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York. The Strong Museum of Play chronicles how toys and games have evolved through the years, and museum staff will continue that mission with ...
Strong was an avid collector, especially of toys and her large collection formed the basis for the Strong National Museum of Play. [1] Margaret was the second and last child of John Charles Woodbury (1859 in Rochester, NY – 1937) and the former Alice Motley (the first sibling died at childbirth).
The first quiz show launched on radio in 1923; now, nearly 100 years later, the National Archives of Game Show History has launched at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, N.Y. Veteran ...