Birthday Parties
Celebrate your child’s birthday amid the spectacular, hands-on exhibits at Strong National Museum of Play®.
Birthday party experts will set up the event, provide the food, and even supply goody bags for your guests.
The museum offers a wide-range of party packages and add-on options for children up to age 10.
Create treasured memories for years to come. For reservations or more information, please call 585-263-2700.
Birthday Themes
Classic
- Use of a private decorated party room for 1½ hours
- Museum birthday experts to facilitate the party
- A museum souvenir for the birthday child
- A goody bag with premium favors for each child party guest
- A train or carousel ride for each guest during the party
- Games and activities in the party room
- A variety of food and cake and ice cream package options
- Free, full-day general museum admission for the birthday child, 9 child party guests, and 11 accompanying adults so your guests can enjoy the museum before and after the party
- Set-up and clean-up
$295 for members, $345 for nonmembers
All Aboard
- Use of a private decorated party room for 2 hours
- Train-themed decorations
- Museum birthday experts to facilitate the party
- Train-themed games and activities in the party room, plus play time in One History Place
- A museum souvenir for the birthday child
- A goody bag with premium favors for each child party guest
- A train and carousel ride for each guest during the party
- A variety of food and cake and ice cream package options
- Free, full-day general museum admission for the birthday child, 9 child party guests, and 11 accompanying adults so your guests can enjoy the museum before and after the party
- Set-up and clean-up
$350 for members, $400 for nonmembers
A Birthday in Bear Country
- Use of a private decorated party room for 2 hours
- Berenstain Bears-themed decorations
- Museum birthday experts to facilitate the party
- A craft for each child guest created at the beginning of the party
- Berenstain Bears-themed games and activities in the party room, plus play time in The Berenstain Bears: Down a Sunny Dirt Road exhibit
- A museum souvenir for the birthday child
- A goody bag with premium favors for each child party guest
- A train and carousel ride for each guest during the party
- A variety of food and cake and ice cream package options
- Free, full-day general museum admission for the birthday child, 9 child party guests, and 11 accompanying adults so your guests can enjoy the museum before and after the party
- Set-up and clean-up
$350 for members, $400 for nonmembers
Beach Fun
- Use of a private decorated party room for 1½ hours
- Beach-themed decorations
- Museum birthday experts to facilitate the party
- Beach-themed games and activities in the party room
- A museum souvenir for the birthday child
- A goody bag with premium favors for each child party guest
- A train or carousel ride for each guest during the party
- A variety of food and cake and ice cream package options
- Free, full-day general museum admission for the birthday child, 9 child party guests, and 11 accompanying adults so your guests can enjoy the museum before and after the party
- Set-up and clean-up
$295 for members, $345 for nonmembers
Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden®
- Use of a private decorated party room for 2 hours
- Butterfly-themed decorations
- Museum birthday experts to facilitate the party
- A craft for each child guest created at the beginning of the party
- Butterfly-themed games and activities in the party room, plus time in Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden
- A museum souvenir for the birthday child
- A goody bag with premium favors for each child party guest
- A train and carousel ride for each guest during the party
- A variety of food and cake and ice cream package options
- Free, full-day general museum admission for the birthday child, 9 child party guests, and 11 accompanying adults so your guests can enjoy the museum before and after the party
- Set-up and clean-up
$425 for members, $475 for nonmembers
Fairy Tale
- Use of a private decorated party room for 2 hours
- Princess-themed decorations
- Museum birthday experts to facilitate the party
- Princess-themed games and activities in the party room, plus play time in Reading Adventureland's Fairy Tale Forest
- A museum souvenir for the birthday child
- A goody bag with premium favors for each child party guest
- A train and carousel ride for each guest during the party
- A variety of food and cake and ice cream package options
- Free, full-day general museum admission for the birthday child, 9 child party guests, and 11 accompanying adults so your guests can enjoy the museum before and after the party
- Set-up and clean-up
$350 for members, $400 for nonmembers
Superheroes
- Use of a private decorated party room for 2 hours
- Superhero-themed decorations
- Museum birthday experts to facilitate the party
- A craft for each child guest created at the beginning of the party
- Superhero-themed games and activities in the party room, plus play time in the American Comic Book Heroes exhibit
- A museum souvenir for the birthday child
- A goody bag with premium favors for each child party guest
- A train and carousel ride for each guest during the party
- A variety of food and cake and ice cream package options
- Free, full-day general museum admission for the birthday child, 9 child party guests, and 11 accompanying adults so your guests can enjoy the museum before and after the party
- Set-up and clean-up
$350 for members, $400 for nonmembers
Party add-on options
Additional guests
Invite additional guests for $15 per child and $10 per adult
Costumed characters
Enjoy a visit from a Berenstain Bear—either Mama, Papa, Brother, or Sister—for 20 minutes for $49
Face painting
Include face painting at your party for $25, plus $2.50 per child for parties with more than 10 child party guests.
General information
- Become a museum member at the family level or above and enjoy reduced party pricing
plus unlimited free general museum admission all year long
- Birthday parties may be scheduled to begin:
Monday through Friday, between 4 and 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m., 1:30 p.m., or 5 p.m.
- Birthday party reservations may be made up to 6 months in advance, but must be made at least 2 weeks before the day of the party
- All parties require a 50% non-refundable deposit to be paid within one week of booking, with the balance payable the day of the party
