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For more information or to be placed on media press list,contact:
Susan Trien
Phone: (585) 410-6359
Fax: (585) 263-2493
E-mail: strien@museumofplay.org

September 2010  

Calling for 3-D Whimsical Art Submissions

August 2010  

Fall 2010 Monday Kicks and Toddler Book Club Series Announced

Celebrate Deaf Awareness Day at Strong September 24

Comic Book Heroes Weekend September 25 & 26

Talk Like a Pirate Weekend September 18 & 19

Making American Music 2010-11 Season Announced

Mindbender Mansion Exhibit Closes September 6

Flower Show at Strong September 14 & 15

Video Game Pioneer Don Daglow Donates Papers to ICHEG

Creative Process Revealed in Don Daglow Papers Donated to ICHEG

July 2010  

Strong Receives IMLS Grant to Digitalize Collections

June 2010 

Rare and Controversial Early Monopoly Game Acquired

Walk the Whimsical Art Trail July 23 - October 24

Summer Family Fun Events

Raggedy Ann  Celebrates Her 95th Birthday at Strong!

A Brief History of Raggedy Ann

Morpho Magic July 9 through Labor Day

ESL Sponsors Passport to Family Fun Program for Financially Challenged Families and Children

RIT Associate Professor Stephen Jacobs Named Visiting Scholar for International Center for the History of Electronic Games

May 2010  

Summer Splash Luau Saturday, June 19

Pioneering Body of Work on Science of Play Spotlighted in Specially-Themed Issue of American Journal of Play

April 2010  

Mindbender Mansion Exhibit Opens May 29

Mindbender Mansion Family Weekend June 5 & 6

Strong Designs RPO Symphony Showhouse Playroom on View May 22 - June 13

Nation's Foremost Play Scholars to Speak at Free "Strong Perspectives" Lectures May 11 & June 7

Spring into Motion Weekend May 15 & 16

Fashion Doll Weekend May 1 & 2

Last Chance LEGO Castle Adventure--Closes May 9!

March 2010  

Build! Build! Build! School-Break Week April 17-25

Toddler Book Club and Monday Kicks Spring Schedules

You're Invited to Attend the Royal Ball April 10 & 11

Performances of The Secret Garden April 2 & 3

International Center for the History of Electronic Games Assumes New Name

February 2010  

Hot Diggity Dogs! Family Weekend March 13 & 14

Kids Performing for Kids Saturday, March 20

The Art of the Brick Extended through March 28

Video-Game Industry Pioneer Don Daglow Signed to Consult for NCHEG at Strong 

Pure Nonsense! Read Across America Weekend February 27 & 28

January 2010  

Fat Brain School-Break Week Feb. 13–21

Winter 2010 Making American Music Concert Series Concerts

Last Chance to Enter Best of Brick contest

LEGO^® Castle Adventure Opens January 23

LEGO^® Opening Weekend Celebration January 23 & 24

December 2009  

Abracadabra! Weekend Magic January 16 & 17

Woodbury Preschool Parent Informaton Nights January 13 & 21

Toddler Book Club and Monday Kicks Winter Schedules

Videotopia Exhibit Closes January 3

November 2009 

Digital Game Preservation White Paper Published in American Journal of Play

Need for Fantasy Play in Kindergarten Ignored by Policymakers According to Interview in American Journal of Play

Happy Holidays! Weekends and Displays

The Art of the Brick Opens December 5

About LEGO^® Artist Nathan Sawaya

Best of the Brick Contest Announced

Ball, Big Wheel^® and Game Boy^® Inducted Into National Toy Hall of Fame^®

October 2009 

Get Ready for The Nutcracker (Nov. 11) and Eastman School Performances (Nov. 13 & Dec. 4)

National Adoption Month Exhibit November 6-30

National Toy Hall of Fame Celebration November 7 & 8

Classic Toys of the National Toy Hall of Fame Illustrated Lecture and Book Signing November 7 & 8

September 2009 

National Toy Hall of Fame Nominees Announced

Strong Partners with Career Development Services for "Teambulding through Play" Workshop

Family Halloween Parties in October

Zap! Pow! Boom! American Comic Book Heroes: The Battle of Good vs. Evil Opens October 17

Meet Marvel's Spider-Man at American Comic Book Heroes Opening Celebration October 17 & 18

Major Arcade Video Machine Collection Acquired

The Videotopia Collection: Complete List

Strong's Baby Shark Moves to Atlantis Marine World

Trains Weekend September 26 & 27

Monday Kicks Fall 2009 Schedule Announced

August 2009 

Talk Like a Pirate Weekend September 12 & 13

Toddler Book Club Fall 2009 Schedule

2009-2010 Making American Music Series Announced

FREE "Strong Perspectives" Lecture Series Brings Foremost Scholars on Childhood in America to Strong National Museum of Play^®

Raggedy Ann & Andy Museum Closes, Donates Collection to Strong

Benefits of Play for Children with Disabilities Examined in American Journal of Play 

Clowning and Play Help Patients Heal According to Interview in American Journal of Play

July 2009 

NEW! CHEGheads Blog launched by National Center for the History of Electronic Games

Last Chance to Nominate Your Favorite Toys for 2009 National Toy Hall of Fame Induction

June 2009 

Morpho Butterfly Magic through Labor Day

Summer of Furry Friends and Farewell Parades

Celebrating America's Favorite Doll Display Opens June 27

America's Favorite Doll Opening Weekend Celebration

Fascinating Facts About America's Favorite Doll

May 2009

Videotopia, Largest Touring Interactive Arcade Video Exhibit, Opens May 30

Fun Factoids from Videotopia 

New "Story Magic" Game on Web site 

Dive into an Evening of Family Fun at Summer Splash June 6 

April 2009

Social Play Helped Humans to Survive for Millions of Years According to Article in American Journal of Play

Putting Play Back in Schools Will Attract More Students to Careers in Science, Math, and Engineering According to Article in American Journal of Play

FREE Lecture Series Brings Foremost Scholars on Childhood in America to Strong

Saturday Night Family Play Date (May 2) and Wizard of Oz Weekend (May 16 & 17)

Say "Ta-Ta" to MR. POTATO HEAD, On View Only through May 10

March 2009

School-Break Trash Bash April 20-24

Eastman School of Music Performance (April 3) and Saturday Night Family Play Date (April 4)

Toddler Book Club and Monday Kicks Spring 2009 Schedules

National Center for the History of Electronic Games™ Opens at Strong

Frequently Asked Questions about the National Center for the History of Electronic Games

Electronic Games Time-line

“Tater-rific Family Weekend” At Strong National Museum of Play^® March 28 & 29

March Concerts at Strong National Museum of Play^®

Country Hoedown Weekend March 14 & 15

One of the Largest Living Coral Reef Displays Unveiled at Strong National Museum of Play^®

February 2009

Saturday Night Play Dates Series Launched--Museum Now Opened Fridays and Saturdays Until 8 p.m.

Decline of Free Play in Childhood Noted in Sixteen Nations According to Major Study in American Journal of Play

Strenuous Physical Play May Improve Academic Performance
and Reduce Childhood Obesity According to Review in American Journal of Play

Pure Nonsense! Weekend February 28 & March 1

Deaf Actress Linda Bove of Sesame Street Appears at Strong February 10

January 2009

“Stack It Up!” School Break Week February 16 through February 20

You’re Invited to Attend the Royal Ball February 6, 7, and 8

Extended Saturday Hours, New Blog, and Flickr and Facebook Pages

 

Museum Backgrounders:

Expansion Highlights

Reading Adventureland

Field of Play

Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden^®

Architecture

Green Building

Grand Opening Summer Sponsors

 

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