CH-20912-02 | Challenge Programs: Challenge Grants | Strong Museum | Going Strong and Growing Stronger Expansion Project. | 12/1/2000 - 7/31/2005 | $500,000.00 | G. Rollie | | Adams | | | | Strong Museum | Rochester | NY | 14607-3998 | USA | 2001 | Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Challenge Grants | Challenge Programs | 0 | 500000 | 0 | 500000 | Renovation and expansion of exhibit and collections storage space. |
CH-51221-15 | Challenge Programs: Challenge Grants | Strong Museum | Gallery renovation project integral to a strategic initiative on the role of toys and play in learning and human development | 12/1/2012 - 7/31/2019 | $500,000.00 | Christopher | | Bensch | | | | Strong Museum | Rochester | NY | 14607-3998 | USA | 2014 | U.S. History | Challenge Grants | Challenge Programs | 0 | 500000 | 0 | 500000 | Renovation of a large central gallery for new exhibitions that explore humanities themes in the museum’s collection of toys, dolls, and games.
The Strong will renovate a 5,000-sf central gallery (including buying and installing equipment and lighting) and prepare it for a subsequently mounted interactive exhibit on how play represented in the toys, dolls, and games of The Strong's National Toy Hall of Fame facilitates learning, creativity,and discovery and how those artifacts and the human stories represented in the Toy Industry Association's Toy Industry Hall of Fame reflect and illuminate American cultural history. This will enable the Strong to: bring together the nation’s two most prestigious programs for recognizing the impact of toys on learning and human development; make interpretive information about the history of toys and play increasingly visible to a wide audience; broaden the museum’s base of financial support among individuals and organizations in the toy industry; and make additional contacts through which to continue growing efforts to collect and preserve the artifactual and documentary history of toys and play. |
FB-27351-90 | Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Katherine C. Grier | Regarding Animals: Popular Thought about Animals in the 19th-Century American Household | 3/1/1990 - 2/28/1991 | $27,500.00 | Katherine | C. | Grier | | | | Strong Museum | Rochester | NY | 14607-3998 | USA | 1990 | American Studies | Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Research Programs | 27500 | 0 | 27250 | 0 | No project description available |
GE-259298-18 | Public Programs: Exhibitions: Planning | Strong Museum | The History and Cultural Impact of Video Games: A New Gallery at The Strong | 4/1/2018 - 3/31/2019 | $75,000.00 | Jon-Paul | | Dyson | | | | Strong Museum | Rochester | NY | 14607-3998 | USA | 2018 | Cultural History | Exhibitions: Planning | Public Programs | 75000 | 0 | 75000 | 0 | Planning
of a permanent gallery exploring the history and impact of video games on
popular culture, learning, and American leisure.
Through the planning and script development for a permanent, long-term gallery, The Strong National Museum of Play endeavors to explore and share the history, influence, and experience of video games as they relate to culture, human development, and the evolution of play. The planned gallery, the centerpiece of an overall museum expansion, will include complementary and cohesive interactive exhibit spaces that showcase the history of video games through: (1) display of rare and unique artifacts; (2) use of multiple media formats that allow guests to discover the history of video games and their impact on society and culture; and (3) inclusion of one-of-a-kind interactive experiences that bring the history, art, and narrative structures of video games to life. When planning is complete, The Strong will be positioned to create a first-of-its-kind installation that engages audiences with humanities-rich content illustrating the enduring impact of video games. |
GI-266338-19 | Public Programs: Exhibitions: Implementation | Strong Museum | Digital Worlds: History and Cultural Impact | 9/1/2019 - 8/31/2023 | $700,000.00 | Jon-Paul | | Dyson | | | | Strong Museum | Rochester | NY | 14607-3998 | USA | 2019 | Cultural History | Exhibitions: Implementation | Public Programs | 700000 | 0 | 700000 | 0 | Implementation of a permanent exhibition, on-line
content, educational materials, and public programs exploring the history and cultural
impact of video games.
Through the design, fabrication, and implementation of a 24,000-sq. ft. permanent, long-term gallery—tentatively entitled Digital Worlds—The Strong National Museum of Play will explore and share the history, influence, and experience of video games as they relate to culture, storytelling, human development, and the broader evolution of play. This gallery, the centerpiece of a transformational museum expansion, will include complementary and cohesive interactive exhibit spaces that showcase the history of video games through: (1) display of rare and unique historical artifacts; (2) use of multiple media formats that allow guests to discover the history of video games and their impact on society and culture; and (3) inclusion of one-of-a-kind interactive experiences that bring the history, art, and narrative structures of video games to life. |
GM-21584-83 | Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Strong Museum | Childhood and Childrearing in 19th Century America (Implementation) | 7/1/1983 - 6/30/1984 | $102,308.00 | Harvey | | Green | | | | Strong Museum | Rochester | NY | 14607-3998 | USA | 1983 | American Studies | Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Public Programs | 102308 | 0 | 102308 | 0 | To support implementation of a major permanent exhibition, catalogue, and public symposium, which will examine childhood and child rearing in America between 1825 and 1915. |
GM-21759-84 | Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Strong Museum | The History of Physical Culture in America, 1830-1940 (Planning) | 1/1/1984 - 6/30/1984 | $13,553.00 | Harvey | | Green | | | | Strong Museum | Rochester | NY | 14607-3998 | USA | 1983 | U.S. History | Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Public Programs | 13553 | 0 | 13553 | 0 | To support planning a traveling exhibit, catalogue and lecture series which will examine the physical culture, health, and physical fitness movements in the United States between 1830 and 1940. The resulting exhibit will travel after being on view at the Strong Museum for one year. |
GM-22620-85 | Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Strong Museum | Health, Fitness, and Sport in the United States, 1830-1940 | 7/1/1985 - 6/30/1989 | $125,000.00 | G. Rollie | | Adams | | | | Strong Museum | Rochester | NY | 14607-3998 | USA | 1985 | U.S. History | Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Public Programs | 125000 | 0 | 125000 | 0 | To support implementation of a traveling exhibition examining the ways Americans thought about their health and how they behaved to preserve, alter, or regain it between 1830 and 1940. |
GM-22717-85 | Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Strong Museum | Video Disc Access to Archival Collection of Documentary and Advertising Material | 7/1/1985 - 12/31/1985 | $4,845.00 | Lynne | F. | Poirier-Wilson | | | | Strong Museum | Rochester | NY | 14607-3998 | USA | 1985 | U.S. History | Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Public Programs | 4845 | 0 | 4845 | 0 | To support planning to enter the museum's collection of documentary and advertising material on paper into a videodisc; to explore the use of the collection by scholars and the public; and to determine an appropriate method of organizing the collection. |
GM-22897-86 | Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Strong Museum | Household Textile Furnishings in America, 1830-1930 | 1/1/1986 - 11/30/1986 | $15,017.00 | Harvey | | Green | | | | Strong Museum | Rochester | NY | 14607-3998 | USA | 1985 | U.S. History | Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Public Programs | 15017 | 0 | 15017 | 0 | To support planning for an exhibition, educational programs, a publication, anda symposium linking the appearance, production, and consumption of household textile furnishings to cultural issues in Victorian America. |
GM-23242-87 | Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Strong Museum | The American Cultural Hero from George Washington to George Herman "Babe" Ruth | 1/1/1987 - 12/31/1987 | $28,624.00 | Harvey | | Green | | | | Strong Museum | Rochester | NY | 14607-3998 | USA | 1986 | U.S. History | Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Public Programs | 28624 | 0 | 24077 | 0 | To support planning for a temporary exhibition examining the development of the popular American hero. |
GM-23522-88 | Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Strong Museum | An Interdisciplinary Examination of Victorian Domestic Interiors | 1/1/1988 - 3/31/1989 | $171,338.00 | Harvey | | Green | | | | Strong Museum | Rochester | NY | 14607-3998 | USA | 1987 | U.S. History | Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Public Programs | 171338 | 0 | 171338 | 0 | To support an exhibition, publication, and educational programs linking the appearance, production, and consumption of household textile furnishings to cultural issues in Victorian America. |
GM-23569-88 | Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Strong Museum | The Origins of American Advertising | 1/1/1988 - 12/31/1988 | $13,329.00 | G. Rollie | | Adams | | | | Strong Museum | Rochester | NY | 14607-3998 | USA | 1988 | U.S. History | Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Public Programs | 13329 | 0 | 12013 | 0 | To support planning for an exhibition, publication, and public programming examining the origins of modern American advertising. |
GM-23681-88 | Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Strong Museum | The Economic History of the American Family, 1860-1940 | 7/1/1988 - 5/31/1989 | $19,198.00 | G. Rollie | | Adams | | | | Strong Museum | Rochester | NY | 14607-3998 | USA | 1988 | U.S. History | Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Public Programs | 19198 | 0 | 19198 | 0 | To support planning for an exhibition and catalogue examining the economics of American family life from 1860 to 1940. |
GM-24202-90 | Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Strong Museum | Selling the Goods: Origins of American Advertising 1840-1940 | 6/1/1990 - 12/31/1991 | $100,000.00 | Scott | | Eberle | | | | Strong Museum | Rochester | NY | 14607-3998 | USA | 1990 | U.S. History | Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Public Programs | 100000 | 0 | 100000 | 0 | To support implementation of an exhibition, symposium, and educational programsthat examine the history of American advertising from 1840 to 1940. |
GM-25269-94 | Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Strong Museum | Environmental History and American Ideas about Nature | 7/1/1994 - 4/30/1995 | $49,960.00 | Scott | | Eberle | | | | Strong Museum | Rochester | NY | 14607-3998 | USA | 1994 | U.S. History | Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Public Programs | 49960 | 0 | 49960 | 0 | To support planning for an exhibition and accompanying catalog on the environmental history of the United States and American ideas about nature. |
GM-25580-96 | Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Strong Museum | Using Up America?: Environmental History from 1850 to the Present | 1/1/1996 - 12/31/1996 | $100,000.00 | Scott | | Eberle | | | | Strong Museum | Rochester | NY | 14607-3998 | USA | 1996 | U.S. History | Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Public Programs | 100000 | 0 | 100000 | 0 | To support an exhibition and educational programs on environmental history. |
PH-20557-92 | Preservation and Access: National Heritage Preservation Projects | Strong Museum | Documentation of Miniatures Collection | 8/1/1992 - 11/30/1993 | $50,000.00 | Lynne | F. | Poirier-Wilson | | | | Strong Museum | Rochester | NY | 14607-3998 | USA | 1992 | U.S. History | National Heritage Preservation Projects | Preservation and Access | 50000 | 0 | 50000 | 0 | To support computerized documentation of the museum's collection of 30,000 miniature objects. |
PH-20987-02 | Preservation and Access: National Heritage Preservation Projects | Strong Museum | Purchasing Storage Furniture and Rehousing the Museum's Material Culture Collections | 1/1/2003 - 12/31/2007 | $700,000.00 | Christopher | | Bensch | | | | Strong Museum | Rochester | NY | 14607-3998 | USA | 2002 | Museum Studies or Historical Preservation | National Heritage Preservation Projects | Preservation and Access | 700000 | 0 | 700000 | 0 | The purchase of storage furniture and the rehousing of 480,000 objects that depict American life and the national consumer culture of the 19th and 20th centuries. |
ZPA-283372-22 | Agency-wide Projects: ARP-Organizations (Preservation-related) | Strong Museum | Sustaining Critical Humanities Positions at The Strong National Museum of Play | 11/1/2021 - 10/31/2023 | $300,300.00 | Christopher | | Bensch | | | | Strong Museum | Rochester | NY | 14607-3998 | USA | 2021 | Cultural History | ARP-Organizations (Preservation-related) | Agency-wide Projects | 300300 | 0 | 300300 | 0 | The reinstatement of two positions eliminated during the pandemic and the creation of two new positions: an artifact photographer and a Research Specialist in Black Play and Culture.
The Strong seeks NEH support to fill four key positions essential to the museum’s ability to execute humanities-focused objectives, fulfill its mission, and serve a growing and diverse audience of children, adults, scholars, and researchers who depend on The Strong as the world’s leading resource on play. This project will also enable the museum to further its strategic focus on social equity and access. |