The Strong National Museum of Play, also called The Strong Museum or simply the Strong, is located in Rochester, New York, United States. It was founded in 1969 and originally based on the personal collection of Margaret Woodbury Strong, a native of Rochester. The museum opened to the public in 1982 after several years of planning, organizing, and preparing for its new building in downtown Rochester.
The Computer History Museum (CHM) is a museum located in Mountain View, California. It shows stories and objects from Silicon Valley and the Information Age. The museum also looks at how the development of computers changed the world and affected people’s lives.
The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment, also known as The MADE, is a museum in Oakland, California. It focuses on digital art and gaming, with exhibits that visitors can play. Its goal is to encourage future digital creators by preserving and sharing playable games.
The Video Game History Foundation is a nonprofit organization started by Frank Cifaldi. Its main goal is to collect, protect, and share videos, games, and other materials from the past that are related to video games.
Free play is when children play without adult guidance and decide on their own how to play, what games to choose, and create rules as they go. This type of play is very important for children’s growth and helps them develop social skills, emotional well-being, the ability to handle challenges, teamwork, self-confidence, thinking abilities, and brain development. When children have less free play, it can lead to problems during childhood, adolescence, and even later in life.
Pinball Expo is an event that happens every year in the Chicago area, where many pinball machines were made. The event brings together people who work in the pinball industry, pinball players, collectors, and fans from around the world. Robert “Rob” Berk from Warren, Ohio, started the event.
The Portland Retro Gaming Expo (PRGE) is an annual event where people gather to celebrate gaming and video games as a part of popular culture. This includes events related to current video games, retro gaming, arcade games, pinball, board games, collectible card games, and sessions where experts and famous people from the video game industry answer questions and discuss topics.
The Classic Gaming Expo was a gaming convention focused on people, systems, and games from earlier times, with a special interest in old video games. The Expo was started in 1999 by John Hardie, Sean Kelly, and Keita Iida. In 2000, Joe Santulli took Iida’s place as a co-organizer of the event.
The Pinball Hall of Fame is a nonprofit museum in Las Vegas, Nevada, where visitors can play pinball machines. It opened in 2006 and was created by the Las Vegas Pinball Collectors Club. The museum includes pinball machines, arcade games, and other novelty machines from different time periods.
Jersey Jack Pinball, Inc. is an American company that makes pinball machines. It was started in 2011.