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	+ ==Dining and Shopping + * Food Court + * Puppy's Game Café + * Bill Gray's Skyliner Diner + * Playhouse Museum Shop +

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- ==Exhibits== - - ===Field of Play=== - Field of Play is in the Museum of Play right next to Play Lab and it is across Sesame Street. It also has a bounce house. - - ===Imagination Destination=== - The Strong’s original, permanent Imagination Destination exhibit lets kids role-play in inspiring spaces with physical challenges, such as a rescue helicopter, construction site, rocket ship, and theater. Kids can pilot a spaceship and helicopter, build a house, use costumes, dance, and explore a rocket ship. - See more info here: [https://www.museumofplay.org/exhibit/imagination-destination/] - - ===Reading Adventureland=== - The Strong has an old exhibit called Reading Adventureland. Reading Adventureland is located next to American Comic Book Heroes, across Pinball Playfields, next to The Berenstain Bears, and The [Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden] is to it's northeast. You can play in the Sand Pit. You can go explore Adventure Island and more. - - ====Adventure Island==== - Adventure Island is a part of Reading Adventureland and it is somewhere in the middle. It is across 123 Fairy Tale Lane. - - ===Pinball Playfields=== - Pinball Playfields is an exhibit next to the ["Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden"] and The Berenstain Bears. It is across from Reading Adventureland. It has some games like ["The Simpsons Pinball Game"] and more. - - - ===Library=== - The Museum also contains the [http://www.museumofplay.org/see-do/gelser-library Grada Hopeman Gelser Library], a branch of the ["Rochester Public Library"] system. This is a regular circulating library that specializes in children's books for all ages and reading levels. - - ===Food=== - The Strong Museum features a food court with a ["Pizza Hut"], ["Taco Bell"], ["Subway"], ["Bill Gray's"] and a ["Louie’s Sweet Shoppe"], all accessible to the general public without paying the museum's admission fee. This is a great option for downtown visitors and workers who are looking for that fast food fix (that many do not even know exist) within the inner loop. A pedestrian entrance is located on Manhattan Square Drive, directly across from the ice skating rink at ["Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park"].	+ ==Current Exhibits== + * Play Lab + * Skyline Climb + * Toy Halls of Fame + * Material Girl + * Millennial Madness: The Toys That Shaped a Generation + * Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden + * Wegmans Super Kids Market + * Reading Adventureland + * Play Pals + * Pinball Playfields + * Peanuts and Play Display + * One History Place + * Imagination Destination + * Game Time! + * Field of Play + * eGameRevolution + * DanceLab + * Elaine Wilson Carousel + * Strong Express Train + * Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? + * Build, Drive, Go + * The Berenstain Bears: Down a Sunny Dirt Road + * Aquariums at Rainbow Reef + * American Comic Book Heroes + * America at Play + * Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences + * Raceway Arcade + * ESL Digital Worlds: Level Up + * ESL Digital Worlds: High Score + * Hasbro Board Game Place + * Re-Play: 50 Years of Hip-Hop Fun + * Play Happened Here + * Pixel Landing + * Age of Empires + * Hasbro Game Park + * 100 Years of Madame Alexander + * Black Dolls + * Barbie: You Can Be Anything Experience + * Console Central + * War Toys: Ukraine

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- The Strong National Museum of Play Wiki is a wiki on Fandom. It has over 200 pages. It is a large wiki what looks like Sheraton Niagara Falls, but it has a purple color to it. To see more of the website, see ["http://the-strong-national-museum-of-play.fandom.com/f"]	+ The Strong National Museum of Play Wiki is a wiki on Fandom. It has over 200 pages. It is a large wiki what looks like Sheraton Niagara Falls, but it has a purple color to it. To see more of the website, see [https://the-strong-national-museum-of-play.fandom.com/f]

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	+ + ===Pinball Playfields=== + Pinball Playfields is an exhibit next to the ["Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden"] and The Berenstain Bears. It is across from Reading Adventureland. It has some games like ["The Simpsons Pinball Game"] and more. + +

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AlgernonKelleyJr — 2022-04-07T01:45:16Z

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- The Strong has an old exhibit called Reading Adventureland. Reading Adventureland is located next to American Comic Book Heroes, across Pinball Playfields, next to The Berenstain Bears, and The [[Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden]] is to it's northeast. You can play in the Sand Pit. You can go explore Adventure Island and more.	+ The Strong has an old exhibit called Reading Adventureland. Reading Adventureland is located next to American Comic Book Heroes, across Pinball Playfields, next to The Berenstain Bears, and The [Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden] is to it's northeast. You can play in the Sand Pit. You can go explore Adventure Island and more.

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	+ ===Reading Adventureland=== + The Strong has an old exhibit called Reading Adventureland. Reading Adventureland is located next to American Comic Book Heroes, across Pinball Playfields, next to The Berenstain Bears, and The [[Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden]] is to it's northeast. You can play in the Sand Pit. You can go explore Adventure Island and more. + + ====Adventure Island==== + Adventure Island is a part of Reading Adventureland and it is somewhere in the middle. It is across 123 Fairy Tale Lane.

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DottieHoffmann — 2022-03-01T10:45:46Z

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	+ ===Imagination Destination=== + The Strong’s original, permanent Imagination Destination exhibit lets kids role-play in inspiring spaces with physical challenges, such as a rescue helicopter, construction site, rocket ship, and theater. Kids can pilot a spaceship and helicopter, build a house, use costumes, dance, and explore a rocket ship. + See more info here: [https://www.museumofplay.org/exhibit/imagination-destination/] +

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	+ ===Food=== + The Strong Museum features a food court with a ["Pizza Hut"], ["Taco Bell"], ["Subway"], ["Bill Gray's"] and a ["Louie’s Sweet Shoppe"], all accessible to the general public without paying the museum's admission fee. This is a great option for downtown visitors and workers who are looking for that fast food fix (that many do not even know exist) within the inner loop. A pedestrian entrance is located on Manhattan Square Drive, directly across from the ice skating rink at ["Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park"]. +

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EileenF — 2014-06-01T15:32:15Z

Manhattan Square Park Playground

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- '''Awards''' - * Voted "Best Kids Entertainment" in ["City Newspaper"]'s 'Best Of' Awards in 2008 and 2009.[[Footnote([http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/entertainment/guides/2008/11/BEST-OF-ROCHESTER-2008-Readers-choice/ 2008 City Newspaper Award])]][[Footnote(http://rochestercitynewspaper.com/entertainment/guides/2009/11/BEST-OF-09-Arts-Entertainment/)]]	+ ===Photos=== + [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandellb/3339408139/in/set-72157614873489133/ See Flat Stanley's Visit in March 2009] - Flickr photo album by ["Users/BradMandell"].
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- '''Photos''' - * [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandellb/3339408139/in/set-72157614873489133/ See Flat Stanley's Visit in March 2009] - Flickr photo album by ["Users/BradMandell"].	+ ===See Also=== + * ["Manhattan Square Park Neighborhood"] + * ["Manhattan Square Park Playground"] + * ["Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park"] +

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EileenF — 2013-08-31T19:53:23Z

Rochester Public Library

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	+ ------ + ''2013-01-13 09:38:12'' [[nbsp]] Love it, the kids have a great time there. Great even for toddlers that are between crawling and walking. --["Users/lan99"]

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jgerek — 2012-06-15T16:23:00Z

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- "''Established in ["1969"] and based initially on the personal collection of ["Margaret Woodbury Strong"], the ["Museums" museum] opened to the public in ["1982"]. Since then it has refined and increased its collections, which number more than 500,000 items, and expanded twice, in 1997 and 2006. The museum is part of The Strong which is also h ome to the National Toy Hall of Fame, the International Center for the History of Electronic Games, and the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play and produces the ''American Journal of Play.''	+ "''Established in ["1969"] and based initially on the personal collection of ["Margaret Woodbury Strong"], the ["Museums" museum] opened to the public in ["1982"]. Since then it has refined and increased its collections, which number more than 500,000 items, and expanded twice, in 1997 and 2006. The museum is part of The Strong which is also home to the National Toy Hall of Fame, the International Center for the History of Electronic Games, and the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play and produces the ''American Journal of Play.''
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- Known originally 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. It became the National Museum of Play in 2010. It is the only collections-based museum anywhere devoted solely to the study of play.''" [[Footnote(Wikipedia Article)]]	+ Known originally 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. It became the National Museum of Play in 2010. It is the only collections-based museum anywhere devoted solely to the study of play.[[Footnote(Wikipedia Article)]]''"
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- Although it is a history museum, the National Museum of Play is a well-developed ["Life with Kids" 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 allowing kids to explore the worlds of [http://www.sesamestreet.org/ Sesame Street], the [http://www.berenstainbears.com/ Berenstain Bears], Reading Adventureland, and the ["Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden"] The museum is home to the Rainbow Reef salt water aquarium. The final stop before leaving is usually the Elaine Wilson Carousel, built by [wiki:wikipedia:The_Allan_Herschell_Company Allan-Herschel Company] of Tonawanda, NY in 1918.	+ Although at its heart it is a history museum, the National Museum of Play is a well-developed ["Life with Kids" 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 allowing kids to explore the worlds of [http://www.sesamestreet.org/ Sesame Street], the [http://www.berenstainbears.com/ Berenstain Bears], Reading Adventureland, and the ["Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden"] The museum is home to the Rainbow Reef salt water aquarium. The final stop before leaving is usually the Elaine Wilson Carousel, built by [wiki:wikipedia:The_Allan_Herschell_Company Allan-Herschel Company] of Tonawanda, NY in 1918.
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- '''Notes and References''' - * [http://www.strongmuseum.org/newpress/releaseexpansionoverview.htm Details of 2006, $33M expansion] - * [http://www.rochester-citynews.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A4469 Expansion News Article] from ["City Newspaper"] - * [http://www.visitrochester.com/phototour/phototour/index.cfm?action=cover&tourID=27 Photo Tour] via [http://www.visitrochester.com visitrochester.com] -

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ShaneD — 2011-06-16T19:40:34Z

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- '''Strong National Museum of Play''' located in ["Rochester"], documents the history of play in American culture and provides an ''exciting, hand-on, welcoming pace to play, learn, and dream; a place to pretend, wonder, and explore, a place to discover the past and imagine the futur; and a place to rekindle memories and make new ones.''[[Footnote([http://www.museumofplay.org/about_us/index.html Website About Us Page])]]	+ '''The National Museum of Play''' located in ["Rochester"] and part of The Strong, documents the history of play in American culture and provides an ''exciting, hand-on, welcoming pace to play, learn, and dream; a place to pretend, wonder, and explore, a place to discover the past and imagine the future; and a place to rekindle memories and make new ones.''[[Footnote([http://www.museumofplay.org/about_us/index.html Website About Us Page])]]
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- Known originally 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. It is the only collections-based museum anywhere devoted solely to the study of play.''" [[Footnote(Wikipedia Article)]]	+ Known originally 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. It became the National Museum of Play in 2010. It is the only collections-based museum anywhere devoted solely to the study of play.''" [[Footnote(Wikipedia Article)]]
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- Although it is a history museum, Strong is a well-developed ["Life with Kids" 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 allowing kids to explore the worlds of [http://www.sesamestreet.org/ Sesame Street], the [http://www.berenstainbears.com/ Berenstain Bears], Reading Adventureland, and the ["Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden"] The museum is home to the Rainbow Reef salt water aquarium. The final stop before leaving is usually the Elaine Wilson Carousel, built by [wiki:wikipedia:The_Allan_Herschell_Company Allan-Herschel Company] of Tonawanda, NY in 1918.	+ Although it is a history museum, the National Museum of Play is a well-developed ["Life with Kids" 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 allowing kids to explore the worlds of [http://www.sesamestreet.org/ Sesame Street], the [http://www.berenstainbears.com/ Berenstain Bears], Reading Adventureland, and the ["Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden"] The museum is home to the Rainbow Reef salt water aquarium. The final stop before leaving is usually the Elaine Wilson Carousel, built by [wiki:wikipedia:The_Allan_Herschell_Company Allan-Herschel Company] of Tonawanda, NY in 1918.
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peteb — 2010-05-06T22:47:41Z

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BradMandell — 2010-03-26T15:29:17Z

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- * Voted "Best Kids Entertainment" in ["City Newspaper"]'s 'Best Of' Awards in 2008.[[Footnote([http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/entertainment/guides/2008/11/BEST-OF-ROCHESTER-2008-Readers-choice/ 2008 City Newspaper Award])]]	+ * Voted "Best Kids Entertainment" in ["City Newspaper"]'s 'Best Of' Awards in 2008 and 2009.[[Footnote([http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/entertainment/guides/2008/11/BEST-OF-ROCHESTER-2008-Readers-choice/ 2008 City Newspaper Award])]][[Footnote(http://rochestercitynewspaper.com/entertainment/guides/2009/11/BEST-OF-09-Arts-Entertainment/)]]

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peteb — 2009-08-22T03:19:09Z

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BradMandell — 2009-03-25T16:05:03Z

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BradMandell — 2009-03-23T14:33:31Z

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- '''Strong National Museum of Play''' in ["Rochester"], documents the history of play in American culture. Established in ["1969"] and based initially on the personal collection of ["Margaret Woodbury Strong"], the ["Museums" museum] opened to the public in ["1982"]. Since then it has refined and increased its collections, which number more than 500,000 items, and expanded twice, in 1997 and 2006. The museum is home to the National Toy Hall of Fame, the National Center for the History of Electronic Games, and the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play and produces the ''American Journal of Play.''	+ '''Strong National Museum of Play''' located in ["Rochester"], documents the history of play in American culture and provides an ''exciting, hand-on, welcoming pace to play, learn, and dream; a place to pretend, wonder, and explore, a place to discover the past and imagine the futur; and a place to rekindle memories and make new ones.''[[Footnote([http://www.museumofplay.org/about_us/index.html Website About Us Page])]]
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- Known originally 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. It is the only collections-based museum anywhere devoted solely to the study of play.	+ "''Established in ["1969"] and based initially on the personal collection of ["Margaret Woodbury Strong"], the ["Museums" museum] opened to the public in ["1982"]. Since then it has refined and increased its collections, which number more than 500,000 items, and expanded twice, in 1997 and 2006. The museum is home to the National Toy Hall of Fame, the National Center for the History of Electronic Games, and the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play and produces the ''American Journal of Play.'' + + Known originally 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. It is the only collections-based museum anywhere devoted solely to the study of play.''" [[Footnote(Wikipedia Article)]]
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- Although it is a history museum, Strong is a well-developed ["Life with Kids" 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 allowing kids to explore the worlds of Sesame Street, the Berenstain Bears, Reading Adventureland, and the ["Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden"] The museum is home to the Rainbow Reef salt water aquarium. The final stop before leaving is usually the Elaine Wilson Carousel, built by Allan-Herschel Company of Tonawandam, NY in 1918.	+ Although it is a history museum, Strong is a well-developed ["Life with Kids" 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 allowing kids to explore the worlds of [http://www.sesamestreet.org/ Sesame Street], the [http://www.berenstainbears.com/ Berenstain Bears], Reading Adventureland, and the ["Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden"] The museum is home to the Rainbow Reef salt water aquarium. The final stop before leaving is usually the Elaine Wilson Carousel, built by [wiki:wikipedia:The_Allan_Herschell_Company Allan-Herschel Company] of Tonawanda, NY in 1918.

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BradMandell — 2009-03-23T14:05:34Z

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BradMandell — 2009-03-23T14:05:34Z

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- '''Strong National Museum of Play''' in ["Rochester"], documents the history of play in American culture. Established in 1969 and based initially on the personal collection of ["Margaret Woodbury Strong"], the museum opened to the public in 1982. Since then it has refined and increased its collections, which number more than 500,000 items, and expanded twice, in 1997 and 2006. The museum is home to the National Toy Hall of Fame, the National Center for the History of Electronic Games, and the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play and produces the ''American Journal of Play.''	+ '''Strong National Museum of Play''' in ["Rochester"], documents the history of play in American culture. Established in ["1969"] and based initially on the personal collection of ["Margaret Woodbury Strong"], the ["Museums" museum] opened to the public in ["1982"]. Since then it has refined and increased its collections, which number more than 500,000 items, and expanded twice, in 1997 and 2006. The museum is home to the National Toy Hall of Fame, the National Center for the History of Electronic Games, and the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play and produces the ''American Journal of Play.''
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- Known originally 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. It 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. "]	+ Known originally 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. It is the only collections-based museum anywhere devoted solely to the study of play. + + '''Major Attraction for Kids''' + + Although it is a history museum, Strong is a well-developed ["Life with Kids" 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 allowing kids to explore the worlds of Sesame Street, the Berenstain Bears, Reading Adventureland, and the ["Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden"] The museum is home to the Rainbow Reef salt water aquarium. The final stop before leaving is usually the Elaine Wilson Carousel, built by Allan-Herschel Company of Tonawandam, NY in 1918.
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- '''Strong National Museum of Play''' in ["Rochester"], documents the history of play in American culture. Established in 1969 and based initially on the personal collection of ["Margaret Woodbury Strong"], the museum opened to the public in 1982. Since then it has refined and increased its collections, which number more than 500,000 items, and expanded twice, in 1997 and 2006. The museum is home to the National Toy Hall of Fame, the National Center for the History of Electronic Games, and the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play and produces the American Journal of Play.	+ '''Strong National Museum of Play''' in ["Rochester"], documents the history of play in American culture. Established in 1969 and based initially on the personal collection of ["Margaret Woodbury Strong"], the museum opened to the public in 1982. Since then it has refined and increased its collections, which number more than 500,000 items, and expanded twice, in 1997 and 2006. The museum is home to the National Toy Hall of Fame, the National Center for the History of Electronic Games, and the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play and produces the ''American Journal of Play.''

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