Galleries

Look What I Got!
100 Years of Timeless Toys

Thompson Gallery

Extended through May 11
Kids, parents, and grandparents rediscover the joy of favorite childhood pastimes in a colorful exhibition of classic games and toys from the last 100 years. Come play with Etch-a-Sketch, Hot Wheels and Spirograph from the 1960s, or Lionel Trains, Madame Alexander dolls and Radio Flyers introduced earlier in the century. Do you know how Tonka Trucks got their name, where Barbie went to high school, and why teddy bears were created? The stories behind many of this century's most popular toys are as much fun as the toys themselves. Consider the characteristics that raise these toys into icons of play. Will the video games of today be considered the classic toys of tomorrow? National Toy Hall of Fame is a registered trademark of the Strong Museum.

Cold Cash Crop

Egbert Gallery: February 12

Queen Victoria would only use ice from Wenham Lake. Come learn how this unique agricultural product was harvested and shipped around the world.