Museum News
![Ralph Wilson](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.museumofplay.org/app/uploads/2024/07/Mary-Steve-Skyline-SQ.jpg)
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.
![Spin Master](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.museumofplay.org/app/uploads/2023/06/Spin-Master-Logo.png)
June 25, 2024
Spin Master Summer of Play will be held in The Strong’s Play Lab throughout July and August.
More Information![2024 Inductees](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.museumofplay.org/app/uploads/2024/05/Approved-WVGHOF-Inductees_Group_SQ.jpg)
May 9, 2024
The Strong welcomes Asteroids, Myst, Resident Evil, SimCity, and Ultima into the World Video Game Hall of Fame.
More Information![Summer Camp](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.museumofplay.org/app/uploads/2021/08/Reading-adv-title-sq.jpg)
April 4, 2024
New in 2024! The Strong offers Summer Camps for children entering grades 1 through 3.
More Information![2024 Video Game Finalists](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.museumofplay.org/app/uploads/2024/03/Group-Square-scaled.jpg)
March 14, 2024
The Strong announces the 2024 World Video Game Hall of Fame finalists.
More Information![USA Today](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.museumofplay.org/app/uploads/2023/06/Hasbro-potato-SQ.jpg)
February 26, 2024
USA Today readers named The Strong one of the Top 3 Pop Culture Museums in the United States.
![RePlay Online Exhibit](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.museumofplay.org/app/uploads/2024/02/MC-Hammers-Rap-A-Round-scaled.jpg)
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.
More Information![2023 Toy Hall Inductees](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.museumofplay.org/app/uploads/2023/11/NTHOF2023-inductees-SQ.jpg)
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.
More Information![2023 Toy Hall of Fame Finalists](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.museumofplay.org/app/uploads/2023/09/NTHOF_2023_12-Finalists-group-square-scaled.jpg)
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.
More Information![G2 Seeks Volunteers](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.museumofplay.org/app/uploads/2023/08/TheStrong_G2Logo_SQ.jpg)
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!
More Information![Ribbon Cutting](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.museumofplay.org/app/uploads/2023/06/Ribbon-cutting.jpg)
June 30, 2023
Museum President & CEO Steve Dubnik, Governor Kathy Hochul, and museum trustees officially open The Strong’s 90,000 sq. ft. expansion.
More Information![Indoor Digital Map](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.museumofplay.org/app/uploads/2023/06/Map-social-01.jpg)
June 29, 2023
The Strong launches indoor digital map with “blue dot” location tracking and point to point routing.
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