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Strong Museum

adamdewitz — 2007-05-01T14:55:11Z

redirect to Strong National Museum of Play

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- This museum is a Smithsonian affiliated museum. It was founded in 1982 to display the amazing collections of Margaret Strong. (dolls, furniture, stamps, etc.) and mainly focused on Victorian life, heavy on the toys. Around 1987, the mission changed somewhat, to focus on children, and to document the history of play in United States. It now houses the [http://www.strongmuseum.org/NTHoF/NTHoF.html National Toy Hall of Fame], tons of amazing hands-on exhibits for little kids, and also some wonderful "pop-culture" exhibits, and exhibits about Rochester, for all ages. - - \|\|<bgcolor='#E0FFE0'>'''Handicap accessible'''\|\| - - * [http://www.strongmuseum.org/ Official site] - * [http://www.strongmuseum.org/newpress/releaseexpansionoverview.htm Details of their current (2006) $33 million dollar expansion] ([http://www.rochester-citynews.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A4469 Here's] an article from ["City Newspaper"] about the expansion.) - * [http://www.visitrochester.com/phototour/phototour/index.cfm?action=cover&tourID=27 Photo Tour] via [http://www.visitrochester.com visitrochester.com] - - See also: ["Margaret Woodbury Strong"], founder of the Strong Museum and Rochester native.	+ #redirect Strong National Museum of Play

peteb — 2006-07-28T23:29:50Z

Added accessibility

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peteb — 2006-06-28T01:18:59Z

Linked National Toy Hall of Fame

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- This museum is a Smithsonian affiliated museum. It was founded in 1982 to display the amazing collections of Margaret Strong. (dolls, furniture, stamps, etc.) and mainly focused on Victorian life, heavy on the toys. Around 1987, the mission changed somewhat, to focus on children, and to document the history of play in United States. It now houses the "National Toy Hall of Fame", tons of amazing hands-on exhibits for little kids, and also some wonderful "pop-culture" exhibits, and exhibits about Rochester, for all ages.	+ This museum is a Smithsonian affiliated museum. It was founded in 1982 to display the amazing collections of Margaret Strong. (dolls, furniture, stamps, etc.) and mainly focused on Victorian life, heavy on the toys. Around 1987, the mission changed somewhat, to focus on children, and to document the history of play in United States. It now houses the [http://www.strongmuseum.org/NTHoF/NTHoF.html National Toy Hall of Fame], tons of amazing hands-on exhibits for little kids, and also some wonderful "pop-culture" exhibits, and exhibits about Rochester, for all ages.

ChrisYoung — 2006-06-23T15:54:32Z

expanded/corrected museum description a bit, based on info in City & my memory

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- * [http://www.strongmuseum.org/newpress/releaseexpansionoverview.htm Details of their current $33 million dollar expansion]	+ * [http://www.strongmuseum.org/newpress/releaseexpansionoverview.htm Details of their current (2006) $33 million dollar expansion] ([http://www.rochester-citynews.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A4469 Here's] an article from ["City Newspaper"] about the expansion.)

RickUrwin — 2006-06-23T00:42:13Z

added link.

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FarMcKon — 2006-03-17T03:32:57Z

updated intro a bit

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AnthonyRudgick — 2005-05-10T08:24:39Z

added a link to a photo tour

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	+ * [http://www.visitrochester.com/phototour/phototour/index.cfm?action=cover&tourID=27 Photo Tour] via [http://www.visitrochester.com visitrochester.com]

RobertPolyn — 2005-05-10T00:13:58Z

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	+ Smithsonian affiliated museum founded in 1982 to document the history of play in United States culture. + + * [http://www.strongmuseum.org/ Official site] + * [http://www.strongmuseum.org/newpress/releaseexpansionoverview.htm Details of their current $33 million dollar expansion]