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located in Rochester, New York</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the museum. For people nicknamed "the Strong", see <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_known_as_the_Strong" title="List of people known as the Strong">List of people known as the Strong</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Strong_museum_logo_-_Sep_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/90/Strong_museum_logo_-_Sep_2010.jpg/150px-Strong_museum_logo_-_Sep_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/90/Strong_museum_logo_-_Sep_2010.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="174" data-file-height="68" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Museum_of_Play_at_night.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Museum_of_Play_at_night.jpg/250px-Museum_of_Play_at_night.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Museum_of_Play_at_night.jpg/375px-Museum_of_Play_at_night.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Museum_of_Play_at_night.jpg/500px-Museum_of_Play_at_night.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data note">1968<span class="noprint">; 56 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1968</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Woodbury_Strong" title="Margaret Woodbury Strong">Margaret Strong</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nonprofit_organization" title="Nonprofit organization">Non-profit</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Purpose</th><td class="infobox-data">Study of <a href="/wiki/Play_(activity)" title="Play (activity)">play</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="locality"><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester, NY</a></span>, <span class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Region served </div></th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>The Strong</b> is an interactive, collections-based <a href="/wiki/Educational_institution" title="Educational institution">educational institution</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester, New York</a>, United States, devoted to the study and exploration of play.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It carries out this mission through six programmatic arms called "Play Partners": </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Strong_National_Museum_of_Play" title="The Strong National Museum of Play">The National Museum of Play</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Toy_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Toy Hall of Fame">National Toy Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Video_Game_Hall_of_Fame" title="World Video Game Hall of Fame">World Video Game Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Center_for_the_History_of_Electronic_Games" title="International Center for the History of Electronic Games">International Center for the History of Electronic Games</a></li> <li>The Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/American_Journal_of_Play" title="American Journal of Play">American Journal of Play</a></i></li> <li>The Woodbury School</li></ul> <p>Independent and not-for-profit, The Strong houses hundreds of thousands of historical materials related to <a href="/wiki/Play_(activity)" title="Play (activity)">play</a>. These enable a multifaceted array of research, exhibition, and other interpretive activities that serve a diverse audience of adults, families, children, students, teachers, scholars, collectors, and others around the globe. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strong&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Strong was founded by <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Woodbury_Strong" title="Margaret Woodbury Strong">Margaret Woodbury Strong</a> in 1968 as the "Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum of Fascination."<sup id="cite_ref-history_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On her death the next year, the museum inherited her estate and collection of dolls, toys, and other everyday objects. It moved to a new building in downtown Rochester in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-history_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Market research in the 1990s led it to pivot toward more family-oriented programming, and in 2002 it acquired the <a href="/wiki/National_Toy_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Toy Hall of Fame">National Toy Hall of Fame</a>, which it renamed the Strong National Museum of Play on 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-history_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The institution rebranded itself The Strong in 2010, housing <a href="/wiki/The_National_Museum_of_Play" class="mw-redirect" title="The National Museum of Play">The National Museum of Play</a> and four additional Play Partners.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Strong collects and preserves <a href="/wiki/Artifact_(archaeology)" title="Artifact (archaeology)">artifacts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Documents" class="mw-redirect" title="Documents">documents</a>, and other materials that illuminate the meaning and importance of play. The hundreds of thousands of objects in The Strong’s collections comprise the world’s most comprehensive assemblage of <a href="/wiki/Toys" class="mw-redirect" title="Toys">toys</a>, <a href="/wiki/Game" title="Game">games</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doll" title="Doll">dolls</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electronic_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic games">electronic games</a>, and other items related to play, many of which are on display in approximately 100,000 square feet (26,200m2) of exhibition space. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_exhibits">Current exhibits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strong&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Current exhibits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li>Play Lab</li> <li>Skyline Climb</li> <li>Toy Halls of Fame</li> <li>Material Girl</li> <li>Millennial Madness: The Toys That Shaped a Generation</li> <li>Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden</li> <li>Wegmans Super Kids Market</li> <li>Reading Adventureland</li> <li>Play Pals</li> <li>Pinball Playfields</li> <li>Peanuts and Play Display</li> <li>One History Place</li> <li>Imagination Destination</li> <li>Game Time!</li> <li>Field of Play</li> <li>eGameRevolution</li> <li>DanceLab</li> <li>Elaine Wilson Carousel</li> <li>Strong Express Train</li> <li>Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street?</li> <li>Build, Drive, Go</li> <li>The Berenstain Bears: Down a Sunny Dirt Road</li> <li>Aquariums at Rainbow Reef</li> <li>American Comic Book Heroes</li> <li>America at Play</li> <li>Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences</li> <li>Raceway Arcade</li> <li>ESL Digital Worlds: Level Up</li> <li>ESL Digital Worlds: High Score</li> <li>Hasbro Board Game Place</li> <li>Re-Play: 50 Years of Hip-Hop Fun</li> <li>Play Happened Here</li> <li>Pixel Landing</li> <li>Age of Empires</li> <li>Jigsaw Puzzles: Order from Chaos</li> <li>Hasbro Game Park</li> <li>100 Years of Madame Alexander</li> <li>Black Dolls</li> <li>Barbie: You Can Be Anything Experience</li> <li>Console Central</li> <li>Dungeons & Dragons: 50 Years of Storytelling</li> <li>Infinity Arcade</li> <li>Capturing Play</li> <li>Hasbro Board Game Place</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Former_exhibits">Former exhibits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strong&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Former exhibits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li>Kid to Kid</li> <li>UnEARTHling</li> <li>Between 2 Worlds</li> <li>Richard Scarry's Busytown</li> <li>Psychology: It's More Than You Think!</li> <li>Contraptions A to Z</li> <li>Arthur's World</li> <li>The Crayola FACTORY presents Journey to the Red Planet</li> <li>Pop-Up Culture: Reflections on the Electric Toaster</li> <li>Say Aah!</li> <li>TimeLab</li> <li>Altered States</li> <li>Memory and Mourning</li> <li>Earth 2U: Exploring Geography</li> <li>Kaleidoscope</li> <li>Toys from Mars</li> <li>Kid Stuff</li> <li>The Rochester Business Hall of Fame</li> <li>Making Radio Waves</li> <li>Geo-Zoooom!</li> <li>Face to Face: Dealing with Prejudice and Discrimination</li> <li>The Nobel Prize: Celebrating 100 Years of Creativity and Innovation</li> <li>Global Shoes</li> <li>Not Sold in Stores</li> <li>Sweet Shoppe</li> <li>Louie's</li> <li>Alice's Wonderland: A Most Curious Adventure</li> <li>Making Things Happen</li> <li>Lady Liberty</li> <li>The Berenstain Bears: The Art of Stan and Jan Berenstain</li> <li>Adventures with Clifford the Big Red Dog</li> <li>Enchanted Museum: Exploring the Science of Art</li> <li>Mister Rogers' Neighborhood</li> <li>Think Tank</li> <li>Discovery Garden</li> <li>Things for Play</li> <li>Art of the Garden</li> <li>Cyberchase</li> <li>Bob the Builder: Project: Build It!</li> <li>Grossology</li> <li>Curious George: Let's Get Curious!</li> <li>Make It & Take It</li> <li>Name the Newcomer Contest</li> <li>Child's Play</li> <li>Mr. Potato Head</li> <li>Videotopia</li> <li>America's Favorite Doll</li> <li>Mindbender Mansion</li> <li>Toys and More</li> <li>National Geographic MAPS</li> <li>Five Friends from Japan</li> <li>Football: The Exhibit</li> <li>Monopoly</li> <li>The Wizard of Oz</li> <li>Design Zone</li> <li>Doodle 4 Google</li> <li>Dora & Diego: Let's Explore</li> <li>LEGO Travel Adventure</li> <li>Boardwalk Arcade</li> <li>Atari Design</li> <li>Little Builders</li> <li>Animation</li> <li>LEGO Castle Adventure</li> <li>Play Pals</li> <li>Trivial Pursuit: A 50-State Adventure</li> <li>Cats Versus Dogs</li> <li>Joey & Johnny, the Ninjas</li> <li>Racers: The Thrill of Driving Game</li> <li>Go Greyhound Display</li> <li>Sid the Science Kid: The Super-Duper Exhibit</li> <li>Playing with Power</li> <li>Making Magic</li> <li>Perfectly Pez</li> <li>Hot Wheels: Race to Win</li> <li>Thomas & Friends: Explore the Rails</li> <li>Muppets, Fraggles, and Beyond: The Jim Henson Collection</li> <li>Rockets, Robots, and Ray Guns</li> <li>The Force at Play</li> <li>Dinosaurs: The Land of Fire and Ice</li> <li>Playing with Politics</li> <li>Big, Scary, and Extinct</li> <li>Hands-On-Harley-Davidson</li> <li>Paw Patrol</li> <li>Women in Games</li> <li>100 Years of Madame Alexander</li> <li>War Toys: Ukraine</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Short-term_exhibits">Short-term exhibits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strong&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Short-term exhibits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Photovoz: Picturing Play</li> <li>Capturing Play</li> <li>Black Doll Designers</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Woodbury_School">Woodbury School</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strong&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Woodbury School"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Woodbury School at The Strong offers a preschool program for three- and four-year-old children and an early kindergarten program for four- and five-year-old children. Both programs are <a href="/wiki/Reggio_Emilia_approach" title="Reggio Emilia approach">Reggio Emilia</a>-inspired, and therefore responsive to the children's interests. This curriculum approach encourages teachers and students to work together to plan curriculum and create projects. Guided by teachers who facilitate their explorations, children delve deeply into topics that fascinate them and stimulate their learning.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_Center_for_the_History_of_Electronic_Games">International Center for the History of Electronic Games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strong&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: International Center for the History of Electronic Games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/International_Center_for_the_History_of_Electronic_Games" title="International Center for the History of Electronic Games">International Center for the History of Electronic Games</a></div> <p>The International Center for the History of Electronic Games collects, studies, and interprets <a href="/wiki/Video_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Video games">video games</a>, other electronic games, and related materials and the ways in which electronic games are changing how people play, learn, and connect with each other, including across boundaries of <a href="/wiki/Geography" title="Geography">geography</a> and <a href="/wiki/Culture" title="Culture">culture</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_Toy_Hall_of_Fame">National Toy Hall of Fame</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strong&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: National Toy Hall of Fame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Toy_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Toy Hall of Fame">National Toy Hall of Fame</a></div> <p>The National Toy Hall of Fame recognizes toys that have demonstrated popularity over multiple generations and thereby gained national significance in the world of play and imagination. Each year it inducts honorees and showcases both new and historic versions of the classic objects of play. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_Video_Game_Hall_of_Fame">World Video Game Hall of Fame</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strong&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: World Video Game Hall of Fame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/World_Video_Game_Hall_of_Fame" title="World Video Game Hall of Fame">World Video Game Hall of Fame</a></div> <p>On June 4, 2015, The Strong opened the doors to its World Video Game Hall of Fame. Its curator is Jon-Paul C. Dyson, who is The Strong's Vice President for Exhibit Research and Development<sup id="cite_ref-news-a-rama_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news-a-rama-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Director of the International Center for the History of Electronic Games.<sup id="cite_ref-ICHEG_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ICHEG-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The First Class of the World Video Game Hall of Fame consists of six games: <i><a href="/wiki/Tetris" title="Tetris">Tetris</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros." title="Super Mario Bros.">Super Mario Bros.</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Pac-Man" title="Pac-Man">Pac-Man</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Doom_(1993_video_game)" title="Doom (1993 video game)">Doom</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/World_of_Warcraft" title="World of Warcraft">World of Warcraft</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Pong" title="Pong">Pong</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Second Class consists of an additional six games: <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Invaders" title="Space Invaders">Space Invaders</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_III" title="Grand Theft Auto III">Grand Theft Auto III</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Oregon_Trail_(1971_video_game)" title="The Oregon Trail (1971 video game)">The Oregon Trail</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(1991_video_game)" title="Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)">Sonic the Hedgehog</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda_(video_game)" title="The Legend of Zelda (video game)">The Legend of Zelda</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sims_(video_game)" title="The Sims (video game)">The Sims</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Third Class includes <i><a href="/wiki/Donkey_Kong_(arcade_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Donkey Kong (arcade game)">Donkey Kong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Halo:_Combat_Evolved" title="Halo: Combat Evolved">Halo: Combat Evolved</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Red_and_Blue" class="mw-redirect" title="Pokémon Red and Blue">Pokémon Red</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Red_and_Blue" class="mw-redirect" title="Pokémon Red and Blue">and <i>Green</i></a> <i>and <a href="/wiki/Street_Fighter_II:_Champion_Edition" title="Street Fighter II: Champion Edition">Street Fighter II</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Fourth Class includes <i><a href="/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VII" title="Final Fantasy VII">Final Fantasy VII</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Madden_NFL" title="Madden NFL">John Madden Football</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Spacewar!" title="Spacewar!">Spacewar!</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Tomb_Raider" title="Tomb Raider">Tomb Raider</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Games become eligible for the World Video Game Hall of Fame by meeting four basic criteria. They must be iconic, have longevity, reach across international boundaries, and exert influence on the design and development of other games, other forms of entertainment, or popular culture and society.<sup id="cite_ref-THOMPSON_FirstClass_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THOMPSON_FirstClass-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Brian_Sutton-Smith_Library_and_Archives_of_Play">Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strong&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play is a multidisciplinary research repository devoted to the intellectual, social, and cultural history of play. In addition to housing the personal library and papers of eminent play scholar <a href="/wiki/Brian_Sutton-Smith" title="Brian Sutton-Smith">Brian Sutton-Smith</a>, it holds a spectrum of primary and secondary resources, including scholarly works, popular and children’s books, professional journals, other periodicals, trade catalogs, comics, manuscripts, game design materials, personal papers, and business records. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="American_Journal_of_Play"><i>American Journal of Play</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strong&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: American Journal of Play"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/American_Journal_of_Play" title="American Journal of Play">American Journal of Play</a></div> <p>The <i>American Journal of Play</i> is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary <a href="/wiki/Periodical" class="mw-redirect" title="Periodical">periodical</a> for the discussion of the history, science and culture of play. 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people from Rochester, New York">Other notable residents</a> - <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Rochester,_New_York" title="List of mayors of Rochester, New York">List of mayors</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transportation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rochester-Genesee_Regional_Transportation_Authority" title="Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority">Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Rochester_International_Airport" title="Greater Rochester International Airport">Greater Rochester International Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_M._Slaughter_Rochester_Station" title="Louise M. 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Anthony House">Susan B. Anthony House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rundel_Memorial_Library" title="Rundel Memorial Library">Rundel Memorial Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester_City_Hall_(New_York)" title="Rochester City Hall (New York)">Federal Building/City Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powers_Building" title="Powers Building">Powers Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Cross_Arena" title="Blue Cross Arena">Blue Cross Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Innovative_Field" title="Innovative Field">Innovative Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marina_Auto_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Marina Auto Stadium">Capelli Sport Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sibley%27s,_Lindsay_and_Curr_Building" title="Sibley's, Lindsay and Curr Building">Sibley's, Lindsay and Curr Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Federal_Plaza" title="First Federal Plaza">First Federal Plaza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legacy_Tower_(Rochester,_New_York)" title="Legacy Tower (Rochester, New York)">Legacy Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodak_Tower" title="Kodak Tower">Kodak Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Times_Square_Building_(Rochester)" title="Times Square Building (Rochester)">Times Square Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five_Star_Bank_Plaza" title="Five Star Bank Plaza">Five Star Bank Plaza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xerox_Tower" class="mw-redirect" title="Xerox Tower">Innovation Square (Xerox Tower)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tower_280" title="Tower 280">Tower 280 (Midtown Tower)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Metropolitan_(Rochester)" title="The Metropolitan (Rochester)">The Metropolitan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Entertainment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Contemporary_Art_Center" title="Rochester Contemporary Art Center">Contemporary Art Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastman_Theatre" title="Eastman Theatre">Eastman Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geva_Theatre_Center" title="Geva Theatre Center">Geva Theatre Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Falls_Film_Festival" title="High Falls Film Festival">High Falls Film Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester_International_Film_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Rochester International Film Festival">International Film Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester_International_Jazz_Festival" title="Rochester International Jazz Festival">International Jazz Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Lilac_Festival" title="Rochester Lilac Festival">Lilac Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Theatre_(Rochester,_New_York)" title="Little Theatre (Rochester, New York)">Little Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Art_Gallery" title="Memorial Art Gallery">Memorial Art Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Museum_and_Science_Center" title="Rochester Museum and 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