Originally known as the “Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum” and later simply as the “Strong Museum”, it became the “Strong National Museum of Play” in 2006, after completing renovations and an expansion that nearly doubled its size to 282,000 square feet (26,200 m2)
The National Museum of Play is the only collections-based museum anywhere devoted solely to the study of play, and although it is a history museum, it has the interactive characteristics of a children’s museum, making it the second largest museum of that type in the United States. The museum includes exhibits that interpret the key elements of play, as well as allow guests to explore the worlds of Sesame Street, The Berenstain Bears, Reading Adventureland, and the Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden.
