Museum News

September 18, 2024

The Strong announces 12 finalists for the 2024 National Toy Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place in November.

July 16, 2024

The Strong’s President, Steve Dubnik and Mary Wilson announce the museum’s high-adventure ropes course is being named the Ralph Wilson Skyline Climb in honor of Ralph Wilson’s legacy.

June 25, 2024

Spin Master Summer of Play will be held in The Strong’s Play Lab throughout July and August.

May 9, 2024

The Strong welcomes Asteroids, Myst, Resident Evil, SimCity, and Ultima into the World Video Game Hall of Fame.

April 4, 2024

New in 2024! The Strong offers Summer Camps for children entering grades 1 through 3.

March 14, 2024

The Strong announces the 2024 World Video Game Hall of Fame finalists.

February 26, 2024

USA Today readers named The Strong one of the Top 3 Pop Culture Museums in the United States.

February 7, 2024

The Strong launches new online exhibit, Re-Play: The First Fifty Years of Hip-Hop Fun in partnership with Google Arts & Culture.

November 10, 2023

The Strong’s National Toy Hall of Fame inducted baseball cards, Cabbage Patch Kids, Fisher Price Corn-Popper, and NERF. The Fisher-Price Corn Popper is the special, fourth inductee in honor of the hall’s 25th anniversary.

September 13, 2023

The Strong announces 12 finalists for the 2023 National Toy Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place Thursday, November 9, 2023.

August 22, 2023

Generation Two (G2) is an educational program with The Strong museum that fosters 1:1 intergenerational friendships between kindergarten to second grade students and volunteers using child-directed play. Please consider becoming a volunteer!

June 30, 2023

Museum President & CEO Steve Dubnik, Governor Kathy Hochul, and museum trustees officially open The Strong’s 90,000 sq. ft. expansion.