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Opens Be magically transported to the backyard of six-year-old Dottie “Doc” McStuffins, where she cares for broken toys and stuffed animals. Enter the February 9! backyard clinic, assume the role of a doctor-in-training, and learn lessons about healthy habits, empathy, and nurturing in unique hospital environments: Experience this imaginative, bi-lingual exhibit based on Disney Junior's Peabody Reception Area Nursery Crank a kinetic energy wheel to recharge Squibbles, a dog who Award-winning television series Doc McStuffins. Hear messages of encouragement Be welcomed by the lovable Lambie from Doc and friends Hallie, Stuffy, and take on the role of a caregiver barks and wiggles once he’s and Lambie at the reception area. for baby animals. Give the babies been re-energized. Clean the Then grab a lab coat and join the a bath and change their diapers hospital fish tank by removing old hospital staff to perform check-ups before taking them through a water and adding new, clear water. and diagnose toy patients with naptime routine. Rock them in a Then feed toy fish by working balls ailments such as loose stitching mini-rocking chair, give them a warm of food through a gravity maze. or low batteries. bottle, and turn on a machine that Doc McStuffins: The Exhibit is produced by plays soothing lullabies. After, tuck The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis and Pantone 7499 C Pantone 211 C Emergency and Operating Room the babies intoPantone their cribs and 7464 adjust C presented by Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health. Disney character Give your toys a check-up using the lights. live appearances are not part of the exhibit. a variety of tools, such as a © Disney stethoscope (to listen to hearts) Pet Vet and otoscope (to see in ears, noses, Put your pet toys in a CAT scan and throats). Digitally enter their machine to diagnose their illnesses. diagnosis and track it using the Big Follow the recommended treatment Book of Boo Boos tablet. Wash up to make them better. After, give your in the scrub sink and get ready to pets a pretend bath, put them under surgically repair your toy. Practice the dryer, and then use combs and mending a ripped toy by using a brushes to get them looking their string to close the open seam and best. Find the assigned shelter for puff up a sagging, inflatable toy your pets and place them there with an air pump. to rest.
Produced by The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis Attention Members Doc McStuffins: The Exhibit is open early for Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health members on opening weekend. Show your membership card to gain admission beginning Presented in the Fidelis Care Gallery at 9 a.m. on Saturday, February 9, and 11 a.m. on Sunday, February 10. 2 P L AY Time • Winter 2019 Local media support from www.museumofplay.org 3 4
Y AY L P NEW EXHIBIT Time series created by Purple Moon, series createdbyPurpleMoon, Gaiser. ViewtheRockettvideogame the company’sformerCEOMegan Her Interactiveandspearheadedby the NancyDrewseriescreatedby female-led companies.Learnabout marketed togirlsandcreatedby Explore examplesofvideogames Company Executives Ms. Pac-Mangame. Try yourhandattheclassic the yearsinaninteractivetalk-back. and discussherevolutionthrough Examine life-sizedLaraCroftstatues of femaleprotagonistsingames. damsel indistress.Viewatimeline character isshownasaheroineor video gamesanddecideifapopular various wayswomenareportrayedin themes betweencharacters.Seethe characters andexplorecommon Take alookaticonicfemalegame Game Characters Dona Bailey. of and Roberta Williams’King’sQuest display in theWomen exhibit. in Games Halo.to These are just afew oftheartifacts on roles inthecreation ofgamesfrom Candy Land Pictured lower right: Women have played key been founded and ledby women. titles from Nancy DrewCentipede, to have Moon, andThe Learning Company whichcreated Sierra Entertainment, HerInteractive, Purple Pictured companies upperright: Gaming suchas Shaw’s game pioneers,includingCarol View designdocumentsfromvideo Game DesignersandProgrammers game industry: in diverseareasofthevideo and discovertheiraccomplishments Learn abouttrailblazingwomen •
Winter 2019 Centipede, . Play a round Phantasmagoria. Playaround and Polo andRiverRaid co-designed by co-designed by
and EllenMcLaininPortal. Mass Effect,JenTaylorinHalo, games, includingJenniferHalein actresses featuredinpopularvideo Splatoon. Listentoclipsofvoice music createdbyShihoFujifor View artifactssuchassheet Kingdom Heartsand by composerYokoShimomurafor Remix musicfromsongscreated the uniquesoundsofavideogame. Discover thewomenwhocreate Video GameMusicandAudio digital easel. as artworkcomestolifeona Hedgehog andPhantasy.Watch art byRiekoKodamaforSonicthe Soul Caliber,and by MariShimazakiforBayonetta, popular videogames.Viewartwork graphics createdbywomenfor old-fashioned typewriter.See Create yourowngameplotonan for Uncharted, Hennig forSoulReaverand industry. ViewscriptsbyAmy have madetothevideogame contributions femalescriptwriters Learn abouttheimportant Game WritingandArt Bonnie RossandKikiWolfkill. franchise at343Industries,including about thewomenbehindHalo founded byBrendaLaurel.Learn Mirror’s EdgeandTombRaider. and Rhianna Pratchett and RhiannaPratchett Examine Okami. Examine Street FighterII.
exhibit now open. exhibit nowopen. in theWomenGames the videogameindustry stories ofwomenin Discover theuntold for theHistoryofElectronicGames. The Strong’sInternationalCenter The exhibitisproducedby visit poweredbyplaycampaign.org. information abouttheproject, expansion iscomplete.Formore into newgalleryspacesoncethe in scopeandsizeasitmoves game industrywillincrease female contributionstothevideo historical materialshighlighting collection ofuniqueartifactsand planned expansionproject.This grow alongwithTheStrong’s The WomeninGamesexhibitwill Land; andLeslieScott’sJenga. Monopoly; EleanorAbbott’sCandy Landlords Game,apredecessorto The of ElizabethMagiePhillips’s women. Seeafirst-editionversion Explore boardgamesdesignedby Non-electronic Games
of hiswife. of Harvey D. Simmonsinloving memory possible through the generous support Carol D. Simmons Storytime Clubmade tongue twisters and sillyrhymes. Silly Stories: enjoy booksfeaturing Mondays, March 4,11,18&25 about diversity. each personspecialwithstories Just OneYou: celebrate what makes Mondays, February 4,11&25 about indoorplaces to visit. the cold weather blueswithtales Fun intheNeighborhood:getover Mondays, January7, 14&28 television series. anniversary oftheSesameStreet special activitiesto celebrate 50th first Monday ofthemonth,enjoy receive afree children’s book.Every each visit.Collect five punchesand Club passport punchedonce during and 11:30a.m.Have your Storytime stories onselectMondays at 10:30 Celebrate thejoy ofreading. Hear Storytime Club Carol D. Simmons continue through December 31,2019. The 20for 20BookChallengewill to themuseum’s shop. quarterly drawing for a$20giftcard Library deskandbeentered ina the completed sheetat theGelser returning them,guests cansubmit After checkingout20booksand checked-out from themuseum. use itto record thetitleofbooks The Strong's GelserLibrary deskand Pick upabookmarktallysheetat read 20,000 booksduring theyear. challenging guests to checkoutand 20th anniversary, themuseumis In honoroftheGelserLibrary’s Join the20for 20BookChallenge! Book Challenge The 20for 20 Media support from
Castle Play foam ballsat adragon to save the day. Visit themuseum’s doors, windows, andflags.Act outanadventure using puppetsandcatapult cardboard Archiquest blocks.Create apapercastle andpersonalize itwith Explore themajesty ofcastles andbuildagiantfortress usingBuilderBlox or Saturday & Sunday, January26&27 treasure, make araft to seeifitfloats, andmore. the plank,create aseacaptainhat, diginkineticsandfor buried Guild ofWestern New York. Visit thepirate play area andwalk book series.Checkoutmodelshipsfrom theModelShipwright with thePout-Pout Fishfrom Deborah Diesen’s illustrated and 2p.m. onSaturday and2p.m. onSunday. Shake fins Pirates for interactive musicalperformances at 11:30a.m. for aweekend ofpirate-themed activities.JointheHappy Land ahoy! Bringyour crew ofbuccaneers to themuseum Saturday &Sunday, January12&13 Pirates andPals Club, addyour handprintto the“Colors ofUs”community wall, andmore. Dance Troupe. MeetmembersoftheNazareth College BlackStudent Union En Rochester, McMahonSchoolofIrishDance, andtheYMCA’s Hip-Hop Experience populardances from different cultures by GrupoCultural Latinos shared for centuries by word ofmouth. and theartofinteractive storytelling withtraditional stories that were Watch African Folktales at 1p.m. andlearnaboutworld cultures, literature, performances celebrating blackhistory presented by BrightStar Theatre. Honor thelegacy ofDr. MartinLutherKing,Jr. andenjoy special Monday, January21 Celebrating Diversity exhibit to create soaringtowers withking-size blocks.
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Y AY L P UPCOMING PROGRAMS & EVENTS Time sunday toregister. calendar/sensory-friendly- required. Visit museumofplay.org/ $11 formembers.Registrationis are $16fornon-membersand limited to250guests.Tickets Sensory-Friendly Sundayis guests withspecialneeds. Autism Uptolearnhowhelp Staff atTheStrongtrainwith comfortable andinclusive.” in anenvironmentthatis to giveguestsachanceplay “We launchedtheseSundays Osier, humanresourcesassistant. visit themuseum,”saidNicole for thefamiliesandchildrenthat improve anddothebestwecan “We arealwayslookingto recurring program. Sensory-Friendly Sundaysa museum isdelightedtomake support fortheseevents,the of theoverwhelmingguest Sunday pilotprograms.Because successful Sensory-Friendly In 2018,TheStrongheldthree or physicalneeds. special sensory,developmental, experience forchildrenwith museum createsaninclusive the numberofguests, sound stimulation,andlimiting opening early,reducinglightand Sensory-Friendly Sunday.By morning atTheStrongduring Enjoy aquietandplay-filled 9 a.m.–noon Sunday, January27 Sunday Sensory-Friendly •
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weekend. Seepage3for details. the museum’s “toy doctor.” Memberscanvisitthemuseumearlyonopening toys ingoodcondition from The Strong’s director ofconservation whoactsas Ned’s HeadandLittleOrgan Annie. Learn aboutkeeping of BooBoos.” Play agameofWhat’s in own doctor bagand“BigBook Opening weekend only, make your and more. procedures intheOperating Room, McStuffins Toy Hospital,perform patients, treat theminthemagical perform check-ups anddiagnosetoy toys andstuffed animals.HelpDoc McStuffins, where shecares for broken of six-year-old Dottie “Doc” Be transported to thebackyard February 9&10 Saturday &Sunday Celebration Opening The Exhibit Doc McStuffins: book series©NormanBridwell. Allrightsreserved and/or registered trademarks ofNormanBridwell. BasedontheClifford DOG, CLIFFORD’S PUPPY DAYS andassociated logosare trademarks trademarks ofScholastic Inc.CLIFFORD, CLIFFORD THEBIGRED SCHOLASTIC andassociated logosare trademarks and/or registered Cupid’s arrow andmove your feet at thevalentine hop. create awork ofartfor aloved one. Practice your aimwith Clifford’s Valentine’s Day. Play avalentine matching gameand the BigRed Dog.Enjoy story readings ofsweet tales,including Bring your sweetheart to themuseumandmeetClifford Saturday, February 2 Clifford’s Valentine Fun Nursery, andmore. groom toy petsat thePet Vet, feed baby toys inthe problems, such asloosestitching andlow batteries, Help DocMcStuffins diagnose hertoy patients andfix Then useyour new skillsinDocMcStuffins: The Exhibit. GUND Teddy BearCheck-Up area. the vitalsignsofyour favorite stuffed animalsinthe Visit thePlay Pals exhibit andmeasure, weigh, andtest jumps andlunges,designaHealthy Hero badge. healthy habits,tryyour handat exercises suchasfrog Take atest to seehow muchyou know about Learn how to behealthy just like DocMcStuffins! Saturday, February 16–Sunday, February 24 Break Doc McStuffins School
with theSnow Princess. with Cinderella anduseitto sing your own magicalmicrophone Beauty’s forest friends.Create Rapunzel, andplay with Sleeping Princess, build a tower with aim at dragons withtheScottish Frog Princess create recipes. Take a tea partywithBelle, andhelpthe crown withtheLatina Princess, enjoy princesses! Create apersonalized Have aplay date withyour favorite Saturday &Sunday, March 9&10 Princess Palooza from theRochester Americans. the Rochester Red Wings, andMoose Rochester Razorsharks, Spikes from the Tooth Fairy, Finley from the from Wegmans. Take pictures with Market anddiscover healthy foods the flavors oftheRochester Public recreation department.Check out and play from theCityofRochester Adventures. Learn where to skate, ski, pickleball withRochester Accessible Iceplex andjoininagameof with staff from BillGray’s Regional hockey skillsinagameofsauce toss your bodywithyoga. Test your with agameofarchery andstretch hip-hop dance. Practice your aim demonstrations ofmartialartsand summer campofferings andenjoy Rochester to learnabouttheir Join staff from theYMCAofGreater for activitiesthat keep you moving. Slide, run,orskipinto themuseum Saturday, March 2 Fit KidsDay your favoritesuperhero! crime-fighting accessoriessuchasmasksandcuffstotransforminto conventions suchasFlowerCityComicConandRocCon.Andcreate Meet professionalcomicbookartistsandlearnaboutlocal 1940s radioscripts,andearlycomicbooks. of comicbooksviaradioandtelevisionbroadcasts,videogames,original around objectsonanaerialrescuemission.Journeythroughthegoldenage super strength,andmaneuver absorb “gammarays”for exhibit! Scaleabuilding, American ComicBookHeroes Training Campinthe superhero skillsatHero costume andtestoutyour All weekendlong,comein event whilesupplieslast.* Adams Atriumthedayof a freeticketinthemuseum’s designated timebypickingup Panther orSpider-Manata Pose forapicturewithBlack noon to4p.m. swings byonSundayfrom 4 p.m.andSpider-Man Saturday from10a.m.to Black Pantherleapsinon Comic’s officialsuperheroes— weekend! MeettwoofMarvel Soar intoTheStrongforahero-filled March 23&24 Saturday &Sunday Weekend Superheroes ©2019 MARVEL. imed tickets for superhero meet and *
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Y AY L P MUSEUM NEWS Time received by February 28,2019. made at worldvideogamehalloffame.org andsubmissions for 2019 must be nominate theirfavorite gamesfor inductionthisMay. Nominations may be Video HallofFame? Game Video gamefans everywhere are encouraged to Do you have afavorite videogamethat shouldbeenshrinedintheWorld Games Video FavoriteYour Nominate versions, includingElvis,Disney, and by Mattel, hasinspired countless rights to it.The game, now owned before amanufacturer boughtthe pitched itacross theUnited States produced 5,000 decksofUnoand to enjoy. Robbins andhisfamily children andvaried enoughfor adults to besimpleenoughfor young seek to emptytheirhand—proved like crazy eights,where players The new game—asheddinggame while playing cards withhisfamily. Merle Robbins dreamed upUno An Ohiobarbershopowner named Uno ‘Outlook isGood’for Magic8Ball!” popular toys ofthe20th-century. The surveys, it’s oneofthetop 20most popularity. According to some quirky nature have helpeditmaintain decades, anditswideappeal a Magic8Ballinthelast seven “Millions ofpeoplehave purchased Curator MichelleParnett-Dwyer, as FriendsandThe Simpsons.Says showing uplater onhitseriessuch Van Dyke Show inthe1960s,and television appearance ontheDick of popularculture, makingitsfirst simply, “no.” The toy becameanicon and“signs pointtolater” yes,” to of theball—ranging from “ask again float to thesurface at thebottom then read one of20answers that pose questions, shake theball,and harmlessly withfortune-telling. Users the Magic8Ballallows usersto flirt Introduced in1946by AbeBookman, Magic 8Ball the class of2018. game Unoandfast-paced pinballin of Fame. Itjoinedthepopularcard inducted into theNational Toy Hall mystical Magic8Ballhasbeen named afinalist seven times, the Signs pointto yes! After being National Toy HallofFame New Toys Inducted into the •
Winter 2019 other publicplaces. ChiefCurator restaurants, family funcenters, and in bars,amusementparks,arcades, of Thrones) andbecome common Star Wars, IndianaJones,andGame incorporated top brands (such as Over thelast century, pinballhas of gambling)to agameofskill. (and malignedby someasaform the gamefrom oneofchance two decades.Flipperstransitioned added new features over thenext originated in1931, andmanufacturers coin-operated pinballmachines game calledbagatelle. Modern, 18th-century French parlortable Pinball traces itsroots to the Pinball hard to beat Uno.” to family friendlyfun,it’s appeal. Whenitcomes pacing, anditswideage variability ofplay, fast it owes itssuccess to its a top-selling game, and “Uno continues to be Curator Nicolas Ricketts, Hello Kittyvarieties. Says
visit toyhalloffame.org. past inductees, please floor. For more information about exhibit onthemuseum’s second on view intheToy Hallsof Fame November 8,2018. Examples are ceremony at The Strong on entered thehallat aspecial Magic 8Ball,Uno, andpinball friendly versions.” has alsotaken onnew life inmobile learn buttough to master. Pinball kinetic gameplay that’s easy to natives discovers thefast-paced, of late asanew generation ofdigital been enjoying arenewed interest as Christopher Benschsays, “Pinballhas
See page4for details. The gameisondisplay inThe Strong’s spark oftheMonopolyphenomenon whichcontinues inpresent times. downplayed Monopoly’s real origin story, MagiePhillips’s gamewas the popular proprietary board gameinhistory. AlthoughParker Brothers long by Parker Brothers. Itwent on to bethebest-selling andperhapsthe most Darrow triedto market thegamehimselfanditwas eventually purchased recorded except inMagiePhillipsfew publishedversions. asked to write down thegame’s instructions, whichuntilthenwere not A friendofDarrow taughthim thegameinearly1930s, andDarrow who played thegamecreated theirown, folk versions. would demonstrate orperhapsteach George’s philosophies,andmany inspired many followers ofthetime. MagiePhillipshopedhergame idea grew outofthegreat wealth inequalitiesofthelate 19thcentury, and he what they produced, but theearthbelongedto everyone. Hisbeliefs George, aneconomist andauthorwhobelieved that peoplecould own Magie Phillipswas anearly, independentfeminist andfollower ofHenry on the1904patent ofitscreator, ElizabethMagiePhillips.” Nic Ricketts. “This board was thefirst andonlypublishedversion based and perhapsthree copies like thisoneare known to exist,” says Curator “In many ways, The Landlord’s was Game thedirect ancestor ofMonopoly, in 1998.) (Monopoly was inducted into The Strong’s National Toy HallofFame pre-Monopoly collection, whichisthemost comprehensive intheworld. The gameboard addsto themuseum’s already deepMonopolyand which directly influenced thedesignofCharlesDarrow’s Monopolygame. The Strong recently acquired agameboard for The Landlord’s Game, AddedGame to Collection Rare Pre-Monopoly
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Game Time!exhibitinMay2019. featured inaspecialdisplaythe Examples ofthegameswillbe Grandma’s GameofMincedPie. such asSirHinckleFunny-Dusterand include examplesofhumorousgames Rare ParkerGamesinthecollection game (anearlyprecursortopinball). Besieged, andaFrenchbagatelle the GermanstrategygameFortress Hammer (alsoknownasSchimmell), German gamblinggameBelland The collectionincludestherare precursors toAmericangames.” story aboutimportantEuropean museum’s collectionandhelptellthe “The gameshelptofillingapsthe rare games,”saysCuratorNicRicketts. “This collectionincludesanumberof game collection. The Strong’sworld-classboard of thegamesandrest gift tohelpwiththepreservation also gavethemuseuma$100,000 games alongwiththeirfamily.Liman playing andcollectingearlyboard Arthur Liman.Thetwoenjoyed gift inmemoryofherlatehusband, collector EllenLiman,whogavethe puzzles andboardgamesfrom donation ofnearly7519th-century The Strongrecentlyreceiveda Games of EarlyBoard Receives Collection The Strong www.museumofplay.org
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Y AY L P MUSEUM NEWS Time Working Program. of theirVideo Workshop Games “Exhibitions andNew Media”aspart Museum ofAmericanHistory’s Smithsonian Institution’s National Washington, DC,to speakat the president for exhibits, traveled to In November, Jon-Paul Dyson, vice Woodbury Strong.” Fascinations: APortrait ofMargaret Novakovic’s story “Lifelong Rochester History journalpublished lecture series.Last September the Library aspartoftheirRichHistory Strong at Rochester’s Central founder Margaret Woodbury presented ahistory ofmuseum Also inNovember, Novakovic Association. Section for theNew York Library the Academic &SpecialLibrary Lathrop was namedPresident of November. At that sameconference, conference inRochester in the New York Library Association Endangered MediaFormats” at presented “Surveying andAssessing curator, Andrew Borman,digitalgames than adozen localinstitutions. Archives Fair inOctober for more organized the2018 Rochester and Archivist JuliaNovakovic Director ofLibraries BethLathrop National MuseumofDenmark. researcher Yvonne Shashouaofthe plastics inOctober taughtby senior day course ontheconservation of in New York Cityto attend afour- was selected by thePratt Institute Hillary Ellis,director ofconservation, event inBaltimore, MD, inOctober. Engagement Through MobileApps the InclusivityThrough Accessibility: media services, spoke onapanelat Allison McGrath, director ofdigital writers. in New York Cityto meetwithtravel the ILove NYFall MediaMarketplace director ofpublicrelations, attended In October, ShaneRhinewald, senior of Rochester’s Warner School. graduate students from University classrooms for international The Strong onplay inAmerican McCoy facilitated aworkshop at President for Education Debbie In September, Assistant Vice Out andAbout •
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Sharing Program funds which are administered by theRochester Regional Library Council. Project issupported by Regional Bibliographic Databases and Interlibrary Resources conservators in theRochester region. findings and recommendations to fellow librarians, archivists, and project, staff from thearchives andconservation team willpresent their using asamplesetofthe U-matic tapesinthearchives. At theendof acquisition andconverts andpreserves thecontent to ensure future access, the region that identifies andassesses endangered media at thepointof This project willestablish anefficient,scalable, and cost-effective modelfor The Last Express. game designerJordan Mechner, creator of documents, business records, and otherunpublishedmaterials from video The Strong alsocontain several tapesalongwithpersonalpapers,design information for arcade operators, andmore. The Jordan Mechnerpapersat arcade gamecommercials, gamedemonstrations, company event footage, related to Atari’s coin-operated games.These U-matic tapeslikely contain comprehensive assemblage ofarchival records andotherdocumentaryitems the Atari Coin-Op Divisioncorporate records, theworld’s largest andmost and early1970s. NearlyallofThe Strong’s U-matic tapesare housedwithin format developed inthe late 1960s is ananalogrecording videocassette around theheaddrumofcassette, shape ofthetapepath whenthreaded The U-matic, namedafter theletter U Library Council’s Technology Grant program. Project” through theRochester Regional EndangeredMedia: U-matic Tape Pilot $12,462 grant for the“Preservation of Archives ofPlay was awarded a The BrianSutton-Smith Library and EndangeredTapesU-matic Strong Receives Grant to Preserve of Trade Catalog Collection Museum Awarded Grant for Preservation Project madepossible inpartby first halfofthe20thcentury. smaller toy firmsthat constituted amajorityoftheindustry through the those familiar brand names,thecatalogs alsodocumentthehundreds of Hasbro, Ideal,Kenner, Mattel, Milton-Bradley, andParker Brothers. Beyond well-known andinfluentialmakers oftoys, dolls,puzzles,andgamessuchas 30,000 mostly Americancatalogs produced duringthepast 150years from comprehensive ofitskindintheUnited States andincludesmore than The Strong’s collection oftoy trade catalogs isthelargest andmost and useoftoys, games, and otherplaythings inAmerica. collections; andprovide auniqueoverview oftheproduction, marketing, history; heighten interest in,access to, andscholarlyuseofthemuseum’s The Strong’s mission ofexploring play andtheways itilluminates cultural online aselectionof2,500highprioritycatalogs. The project willadvance the toy, doll,puzzle, andgameindustries andwillscanmake accessible and catalog agroup of5,000 rare andephemeral toy trade catalogs from Library andArchives ofPlay. Through thisproject, The Strong willrehouse only to students andscholarsonsite at The Strong’s BrianSutton-Smith two-thirds ofitispresently uncatalogued andallofitiscurrently available and most comprehensive assemblage ofsuchmaterials anywhere, but collection oftoy trade catalogs. This uniquehistorical resource isthelargest enhance thedocumentation, preservation, andaccessibility ofthemuseum’s (IMLS) fundingto supportaCollections Stewardship project designedto The Strong was awarded $135,763 inInstitute ofMuseumandLibrary Services Karateka, Prince of Persia, and preservation at The Strong. Boxes ofmagnetic tapesawaiting
The Strong’s AmericanJournalof Play, involve work? The newest issue of Can work beconsidered play? Canplay Work and Play Journal Issue Explores to submitaproposal to facilitate aworkshop at theevent. education/e-newsletter for updates onthesymposium andto learnhow Sign upfor themuseum'seducator e-newsletter at museumofplay.org/ We are sograteful for theirguidance andpartnership.” right here inourcommunity at The Strong National MuseumofPlay. themselves thejoy ofpurposefulplay. We have suchanobvious asset colleagues access new ideas, to learnfrom eachother, andexperience as educators from seven counties inWestern New York, to helpingour full ofchoice, wonder, anddelight,” says Dobbertin.“We are committed, “All learners,butparticularlyyoung learners,needschoolexperiences President for Education DebbieMcCoy. leading theplanningcommittee, alongwithThe Strong’s Assistant Vice Cheryl Dobbertin,director ofschoolimprovement at Monroe 1BOCES,is in play-based learning. thought-provoking workshops presented by area teachers withexperience Symposium onJune27, 2019. The unique, peer-learningevent willinclude The Strong andMonroe BOCEShave partnered to offer thefirst-ever Play Play Symposium Coming inJune long-time supporter ofThe Strong’s collections andscholarship activities. Valentine, leadoftheMaryC.Valentine andAndrew Cosman Trust, is a 2006–2018. after more than40years ofservice. Sheserved aspresident andCEOfrom Rosario Escherrecently retired from theIbero-American Action League Mary Valentine to itsBoard ofTrustees. The Strong Trustees ispleasedto announce theelectionofHildaRosario Escherand New Two Welcomes Strong The available for free onlineat journalofplay.org. emotional work offamily negotiations indigital play spaces. The issue is and play, thesocialfight for shorter work hoursand more free play, andthe Additional articles intheissue explore the Marxianperspective ofwork lines between the two andhighlightsthetransformative nature ofplay. even careers. Sheargues that this convergence of play andwork blursthe entertainment, which often turnstheirhobby into lucrative side-jobsor Taylor discusses how they convert theirprivate play into public broadcast theirvideogameplay onsocialmediaplatforms like Twitch. Technology, examines thework of onlinegamestreamers—players that professor at theMassachusetts Institute of and theWork ofPlay,” authorT. L.Taylor, In thearticleandbookexcerpt, “Twitch the two experiences. exploring theinterrelationship between challenges thework andplay binary, Embrick oftheUniversity ofConnecticut, Loyola University ChicagoandDavid G. guest edited by J. Talmadge Wright of
Distinguished Guests characters. creator ofMiss Piggy andotherMuppets last October. Ericksonisalsoknown asthe Bensch (right)at themuseum’s Play Ball and BonnieEricksonwithThe Strong’s Chris Phillie Phanatic creators Wayde Harrison Hall ofFame inductioninNovember. Pinball, visitsThe Strong at theNational Toy Stern,Gary founder andCEOofStern Women exhibit. inGames kicked offtheopeningofmuseum’s their career experiences. The specialevent November to offer apanelpresentation on game industry gathered at The Strong in Nine women whoare leaders inthevideo benchmarking tour. for Education DebbieMcCoy duringa with The Strong’s Assistant Vice President the FinnishToy MuseumHevosenkenkä Johanna Rassi andTuuli Uusikukka from The Strong Hosts
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Y AY L P SUPPORT Time Special thanksto theBirnbaumFamily andPlay Ball2018’s leading sponsors: institutional advancement. and educational opportunities,” says LisaFeinstein, vice president for that difference soThe Strong cancontinue to deliver unique programming from thePlay Ball—aswell asgiftsfrom generous donors—helpto make up covers less thanathird ofthemuseum’s annualoperating costs. Proceeds “Many peopledon’trealize that revenue from membership andadmission successful Play Ballto date. educational mission andoutreach programs, makingthisyear themost Play Ball2018 raised more than$370,000 insupportofThe Strong’s the Play Ball,we canhelpmake that areality.” resources available to everyone inourcommunity and,withfundraisers like The Strong’s Board ofTrustees. "Ourwishisto seeThe Strong’s playful and ameansofconnection,” says Bernard Birnbaum, amemberof “Our family embraces play asaphysical outlet,amulti-generational pursuit, Family for thePlay Ball—Rochester’s most playful gala. Success a Last October nearly700 guests joinedhonorary co-chairs theBirnbaum Ball Play Making for You Thank is completed insummer2021. parking garage to accommodate thegrowing numberofguests themuseum expects to visiteachyear after theproject area, isslated to begininearlyspring.Currently, construction crews are laying thegroundwork for anew 1,000-car Preliminary work onthemuseumexpansion, whichwillalsofeature astate-of-the-art welcome atrium andadmissions Women exhibit, inGames andotherICHEGgalleryspaces. campaign isthedrivingforce behindthemuseum’s expansion, whichwillhousetheWorld Video HallofFame, Game Newman isco-chair ofthesteering committee for Powered by Play: ACampaignfor The Strong. The $60-million appreciation for theimpactofvideogamesonculture andhumandevelopment. the museum’s educational mission andhelpsabroad audience ofguests, researchers, andscholarsgainan Newman ICHEGAcquisitions Fundat The Strong, hefurtherfosters andpromotes supporter ofthemuseumfor many years. Inestablishing The Aaron CloudCheckr, Newman hasbeenagenerous andcommitted A visionaryentrepreneur whofounded andleads and society. the history ofvideogamesandtheirimpact onculture in theworld for thepreservation andinterpretation of enhance ICHEG’s abilityto serve asthepremier repository acquire, catalog, andcare for key collections that will Electronic (ICHEG).The Games donation willhelpICHEG the museum’s International Center for theHistory of of Trustees since 2012, hasgiven $100,000 to furthergrow Aaron Newman, whohasserved onThe Strong’s Board Contribution Campaign Critical A Acquisitions Fundat TheStrong: The Aaron Newman ICHEG •
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[email protected]. Hillary Bobys at 585-410-6302 or for your employees, pleasecontact The Strong and receive benefits can make adifference at To learnhow your organization children andfamilies eachyear. bring thepower ofplay to more broaden The Strong’s reach and provides importantresources to museum sponsors.Their support becoming corporate partnersand are investing inThe Strong by Across ourcommunity, organizations Make aDifference Corporate Partners Sponsors and
tickets andfor more details aboutThe Happiest Hour. of two tickets perperson).Visit museumofplay.org/happiesthour to purchase Museum membersreceive a$3discount onHappiest Hourtickets (maximum the museum. The evening willfeature adance party, craft tables,andgameplay throughout of Roc Brewing Co. whileexploring two floorsofhands-on,interactive exhibits. Guests willenjoy asamplingofsnacksandcashbarfeaturing thelocalbeers community outreach programs. educational mission and support The Strong’s overall The Happiest Hourhelpto age 21andolder. Proceeds from museum experience for “big kids” after-hours fundraiser and The Happiest Hourisaticketed, April 11,from 5:30to 9:30p.m. Happiest HouronThursday, The Strong willhost thenext Returns inApril The Happiest Hour and learning.“ visitors ofallageswiththemuseum’s mission whilefostering joy, connection, support, themuseumisableto offer unique publicprograms that engage says HillaryBobys, director ofcorporate andstrategic relations. “With Delta’s “We are grateful DeltaAirLineshascontinued apartnershipwithThe Strong,” for themuseum’s ongoingpublicprogramming andPlay Ballfundraising gala. The partnershipwithDeltaAirLinesalsoprovides generous financialsupport collections andplayful, interactive exhibits. the museum’s one-of-a-kind around theworld—experience visitors—from all50states and The Strong’s 550,000 annual New York, DeltaAirLineshelps As thelargest aircarrierin this year. Delta AirLinesonce again announce apartnershipwith The Strong ishonored to for The Strong Delta AirLinesRenews Support
Learn more at poweredbyplaycampaign.org A Campaign for The Strong. to make a donation to Powered by Play: Use theenvelope inthisPlay Time issue The Strong isexpanding and you canhelp. The Strong isGrowing!
and vegetables. where students willgrow herbs to anew Woodbury garden features, anddirect proximity and educators, enhanced security observation windows for parents and othermaterials, one-way express theircreativity withpaints an artstudio where students can class discussions andactive play, natural light,openareas to allow and includelarge windows for 50 percent increase inenrollment classroom spaces willallow for a more than70 students. The new founded in2005,currently serves The Strong’s Woodbury School, attending Woodbury School.” financial need,canbenefitfrom community, includingthosewith that sothat more children inour space andextend itsreach so The Strong expand itslearning of play. We’re proud to help and shares theeducational power of many students inourregion the museumimpactslives “Through itsWoodbury School, and SheilaKonar Foundation. Konar, atrustee oftheWilliam in ourcommunity,” says Howard “The Strong plays acriticalrole enrichment programs. additional space for outdoor to serve students andprovide will increase theschool’s capacity kindergarten programs. The grant which offers preschool andearly the museum’s Woodbury School, art classrooms andagarden for construction oftwo state-of-the- Foundation to assist withthe from theWilliam andSheilaKonar announce agrant of$500,000 The Strong ispleasedto Classrooms Woodbury School Grant for Museum Receives www.museumofplay.org
SUPPORT 13 CALENDAR OF EVENTS January 2019 February 2019 March 2019
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Programs underwritten in part by official airline of The Strong. 31 BOO BOOS EMMIE LAMBIE BROKEN FIX MAYA Book Nook CHILLY HALLIE STETHOSCOPE JANUARY Librarians’ picks from the DEV HEAL STUFFY Grada Hopeman Gelser Library Now Open: Women in Games Mondays, January 7, 14 & 28 Monday, January 21 DOCTOR HELP VETERINARIAN Discover the untold stories of women in the Carol D. Simmons Storytime Club Celebrating Diversity DOTTIE HOSPITAL video game industry. Fun in the Neighborhood: get over the cold Celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther Doll-E 1.0 weather blues with tales about indoor places King, Jr. Watch African Folktales and learn to visit. about world cultures, literature, dance, and KIDS PAGE KIDS by Shanda McCloskey The 20 for 20 Book Challenge the art of storytelling. (for the youngest readers) Help the museum reach 20,000 checked out 10:30 & 11:30 a.m. T V D V F O E Z J R H M S V D books this year. Pick up a tally sheet at the Charlotte loves to tinker with Gelser Library desk, check out 20 books, and Saturday & Sunday, January 12 & 13 Saturday & Sunday, January 26 & 27 electronics and can help her parents L A M B I E I V L P H A T H X be entered in a quarterly drawing. Pirates and Pals Castle Play out with any technology they don't Build a giant castle, act out an adventure, Join the Happy Pirates for performances, understand. But she’s stumped when catapult foam balls at a giant dragon, Y F F U T S T B R H Y Y E K F Wednesdays, January 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 shake fins with the Pout-Pout Fish, check out her mom gives her a present that and more! Animal Encounters model ships from The Strong’s collections, doesn’t come with an instruction H X I K I J T M H E U A T A O Get up close to animals during special create a raft, and more. manual—a doll. What in the world is presentations in Dancing Wings Butterfly Sunday, January 27 she supposed to do with that? G M K J E W O V P A G P H H W Garden. Garden fees apply. Sensory-Friendly Sunday Noon Enjoy a quiet and play-filled morning for Located in Doc McStuffins: children with special sensory, developmental, The Exhibit. A X S T Y O D Q L L X Z O T G or physical needs. Tickets required. V E T E R I N A R I A N S E J 9 a.m.–noon Little Leaders: D R O N H H A L L I E Q C Q M Bold Women in FEBRUARY Black History V V R S G M I K U H S Z O X Q Saturday, February 2 Mondays, February 4, 11 & 25 Saturday, February 16– by Vashti Harrison B C N B B O D X Z Q L I P S V Clifford’s Valentine Fun Carol D. Simmons Storytime Club Sunday, February 24 (for older readers) Meet Clifford the Big Red Dog, sit down Just One You: celebrate what makes each Doc McStuffins School Break Accessible biographies and A L D N M W U B L H U H E L Q for love-themed story readings, and enjoy person special with stories about diversity. Discover healthy habits, learn exercises valentine-inspired crafts and activities. cherubic illustrations will guide 10:30 & 11:30 a.m. such as frog jumps, visit Doc McStuffins: readers through the remarkable lives Y H U J Y C Z R F X F N S O T The Exhibit, and more. of 40 inspiring figures, from activists Wednesdays, February 6, 13 & 27 Saturday & Sunday, February 9 & 10 like Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, K O I A D O C T O R I S B X M Animal Encounters Doc McStuffins: The Exhibit and Rosa Parks to luminaries from Get up close to animals during special Opening Celebration the fields of science and medicine presentations in Dancing Wings Butterfly K S V G T Y J P C X W Y C T T Make your own doctor bag, play a game Garden. Garden fees apply. such as Rebecca Lee Crumpler, of What’s in Ned’s Head and Little Organ Alice Ball, Katherine Johnson, B P L C S L B O V U L E V L E Noon Annie, meet a museum “toy doctor,” and Dr. Mae Jemison. and more.
Located in One History Place. P I E V W F K A T L F Q B X F M T G K V P X I I N L F H J A Be the Vet MARCH by Dr. Ed Blesy and Marcy Blesy I A T Q F W S H N D D H J Q H (for older readers) N L K S K O C C E O P R M X E Saturday, March 2 Saturday & Sunday, March 9 & 10 Saturday & Sunday, March 23 & 24 Each story in this entertaining book Fit Kids Day Princess Palooza Superheroes Weekend Enjoy demonstrations of martial arts and hip- Enjoy a tea party, create recipes, battle Meet Black Panther on Saturday and presents a medical mystery and X T S Q O D E E K W Z K N W L places the reader in the position to hop dance, practice your aim with a game of dragons, build a tower, and more with Spider-Man on Sunday! All weekend archery, stretch your body with yoga, test your beloved princesses. long, test out your superhero skills solve it. Why has your dog stopped T Y Y B L E T A O P P N L E P hockey skills, and so much more. at Hero Training Camp and meet eating? Why can’t your cat stop professional comic book artists. itching? Make your diagnosis and recommend a treatment—then check I U O J M D F S R O O O R A J Mondays, March 4, 11, 18 & 25 in with the veterinarian to see if you Carol D. Simmons Storytime Club got it right! These seven stories are Y O F M P Q I A B R D L E F A Silly Stories: enjoy books featuring tongue perfect for someone who dreams twisters and silly rhymes. of being a real vet detective. B S I M A C X L B Q H E Z V R 10:30 & 11:30 a.m.
Located in Doc McStuffins: L E W L G M X O U Z I C V I K The Exhibit. For full event descriptions, please see the online calendar on museumofplay.org. Unless otherwise noted, events typically end by 4 p.m. and are free to members. 14 P L AY Time • Winter 2019 www.museumofplay.org 15 Nonprofit Organization US Postage PAID One Manhattan Square Rochester, NY Rochester, NY 14607 Permit No. 4144
The Strong® is a highly interactive, collections-based museum devoted to the history and exploration of play. As a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization, The Strong is funded in part by contributions MUSEUM ADMISSION and grants from individuals, corporations, foundations, and state and federal entities. It is home to the General Admission (does not include admission to International Center for the History of Electronic Games, the National Toy Hall of Fame, the World Video Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden®): age 2 and older Game Hall of Fame, the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play, the Woodbury School, and the $16, under age 2 free, museum members free. American Journal of Play and houses the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of historical Admission to Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden: materials related to play. $4 per person for members, general admission fee BOARD OF TRUSTEES plus $5 for nonmembers; children under age 2 free. Tickets may be purchased at the museum’s Karthik Bala Hilda Rosario Escher William W. Napier Jeff Valentine admissions desk. Bernard Birnbaum, CPM Kelly Gagan Aaron Newman Mary Valentine David Burns Kenneth Glazer Joy Ryen Plotnik, Esq. Dawn Williams-Fuller Admission rates and Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden Michael J. Cicero Cecilia Griffin Golden, PhD Stanley Purdie, CPA Mee F. Wing fees subject to change. Chris Czarnecki Nan Hildebrandt Bruce Raiffe Zeke Duda Martin Jarzebowski, CFA William D. Rice Steve M. Dubnik, PARKING Erika Duthiers, Esq. Laura Saxby Lynch Donald Riley President and CEO Limited free parking is available for guests during regular Carla Engelbrecht, EdD Reena Mehta Fred Smith, PhD museum hours on a first-come, first-served basis. On high visitation days, the museum lot may reach capacity early in the day. If space is not available on site at the time of your visit, you will find additional The Strong is supported with public funds from the Institute of parking (fees apply) at neighboring municipal garages. Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), a State agency. The Strong is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), and is an institutional MUSEUM HOURS member of AAM, the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM), and the Monday–Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Museum Association of New York (MANY). Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. The Strong is a United Way donor designation agency (ID#2556) The museum will open at noon on January 1, 2019
DINING The museum offers a variety of dining options including Pizza Hut Express, Taco Bell Express, Subway, Louie’s Sweet Shoppe, and Bill Gray’s Museum Garners Local Acclaim Restaurant. Visit museumofplay.org for hours and information. Readers of the Democrat and Chronicle named The Strong the INFORMATION gold standard for indoor amusement in Rochester, and City Newspaper 585-263-2700 readers again recognized the museumofplay.org museum as Rochester’s best family-friendly attraction. PLAY TIME KidsOutandAbout.com also named Editor: Kelly Murphy Lucyszyn The Strong the Top Place to Take Contributing Writers and Photographers: Kids in the Rochester area for the Victoria Gray, Noelle McElrath-Hart, Allison McGrath, 14th year. Beth Lathrop, Kelly Murphy Lucyszyn, Shane Readers of the Rochester Business Rhinewald, Felicia Swartzenberg, Kate Whitman Journal and Daily Record named Art Director: Niki Kruger, Zimmet Group The Strong the best cultural attraction and best museum in Rochester. Additionally, Messenger Post Media honored the museum with the Best of the Finger Lakes award in the museum category. Oyster. com also recognized The Strong as the best children’s museum in the world.
The Strong is honored to be a recipient of these “best of” accolades. Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .ai Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .ai