{"id":870,"date":"2021-06-18T10:17:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T16:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strong-wp.cloud.fruitionqa.com\/?page_id=870"},"modified":"2025-02-04T14:29:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T19:29:30","slug":"seniors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/visit\/hours-and-admissions\/seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"Seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"heroInternal__bgImage \" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Seniors.png');\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"heroInternal bgGradient bgGradient__small\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Seniors.png');\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n                <h1>Seniors<\/h1>\n                <svg id=\"animateLink\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 300 11\"><g id=\"Layer_2\" data-name=\"Layer 2\"><g id=\"Layer_1-2\" data-name=\"Layer 1\"><path stroke=\"#ffd204\" fill=\"none\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" stroke-width=\"5\" class=\"cls-1\" d=\"M0,2.5c8.82,0,8.82,6,17.65,6s8.82-6,17.64-6,8.82,6,17.65,6,8.82-6,17.64-6,8.83,6,17.65,6,8.82-6,17.64-6,8.82,6,17.64,6,8.83-6,17.65-6,8.82,6,17.65,6,8.82-6,17.64-6,8.83,6,17.65,6,8.82-6,17.65-6,8.82,6,17.64,6,8.83-6,17.65-6,8.83,6,17.65,6,8.83-6,17.66-6,8.82,6,17.65,6\"><\/path><\/g><\/g><\/svg>\n                                <p>Programs and discounts for individuals age 55 and older.<\/p>\n                                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n            <ul id=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li class=\"item-home\"><a class=\"bread-link bread-home\" href=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\" title=\"Homepage\">Homepage<\/a><\/li><li class=\"separator separator-home\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"breadsep\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/themes\/navigation-pro\/images\/triangle-right.svg\"> <\/li><\/ul>        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container copyFull\" style=\"padding:0px 0px;\">\n    <div class=\"grid\">\n        <div class=\"col-12\">\n           <p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Museum Mondays for Seniors<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Through Museum Mondays for Seniors, individuals age 55 and older can purchase discounted tickets for $17. Tickets include admission to the museum and <em>Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden. <\/em>On select Mondays tickets also include unique, educational presentations in the museum&#8217;s Paychex Theater. See schedule below.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size has-large-font-size is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/store.museumofplay.org\/Webstore\/shop\/ViewItems.aspx?CG=Strong1&amp;C=SAVE2#3661\">Purchase Tickets Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"container copyFull\" style=\"padding:0px 0px;\">\n    <div class=\"grid\">\n        <div class=\"col-12\">\n           <h3 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Presentation Schedule<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Monday, February 24: Amazingly Fun: The Classic Toys in the National Toy Hall of Fame<br \/>\n<\/strong>What does it take for a toy to earn its way into the National Toy Hall of Fame? Why do some toys start as fads and wind up being timeless? Learn the answers to these and other questions in this entertaining, hands-on presentation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chris Bensch, Vice President for Collections and Chief Curator<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Monday, March 31: Margaret Woodbury Strong \u2018s Life and Collections<br \/>\n<\/strong>Learn about the family history and some of the artifacts that inspired the collection of museum founder Margaret Woodbury Strong.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">David Sleasman, Senior Director of Library and Archives<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Monday, April 28: The Games and Puzzles of Rochester&#8217;s Alderman-Fairchild Corporation<br \/>\n<\/strong>Discover the Rochester company that was one of the most prominent game makers throughout the 1920s and 1940s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mirek Stolee, Curator<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Monday, May 19: Basic Butterfly Biology<br \/>\n<\/strong>Learn how butterflies are related to other animals, what the dust on a butterfly wing is, why they are so colorful, what the butterfly life cycle is, and more!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anna Simpson, Manager of Live Collections<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Monday, June 23: Game Shows at Home<br \/>\n<\/strong>Hear about what is lost or gained when TV game shows become board games in this historical discussion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mirek Stolee, Curator<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Monday, July 28: Monopoly X<br \/>\n<\/strong>Learn how top-secret World War II operations used the game of Monopoly to help Allied POWs escape, conceal spies, and send secret codes. The talk is based on the book <em>Monopoly X<\/em>, in bookstores July 2025.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Philip E. Orbanes, dedicated Monopoly researcher and author and longtime game industry executive<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Monday, August 25: Ephemera 101<br \/>\n<\/strong>What is \u201cephemera\u201d? Learn more about what makes these \u201ceveryday documents\u201d important enough to collect in a museum, and what historians can learn from them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Natalie Rudd, Associate Curator<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Monday, September 29: Evolving a Dream: From Margaret Woodbury Strong to The Strong Museum<br \/>\n<\/strong>With her drive, financial assets, and compelling vision, Margaret Strong was one of the notable collectors of the 20th century. Find out more about how her amazing accumulation became the basis for the museum that continues to bear her name.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chris Bensch, Vice President for Collections and Chief Curator<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Monday, October 27:<\/strong> <strong>Monster Toys<br \/>\n<\/strong>It\u2019s spooky just how much some people love Frankenstein and Dracula. This presentation will highlight recently acquired toys inspired by <em>Shock Theater<\/em>, weird science, and some monsters you may have never heard of before!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Michelle Parnett-Dwyer, Curator<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Monday, November 24:<\/strong> <strong>Children\u2019s Literature in the Collections<br \/>\n<\/strong>Children&#8217;s books are central to the museum and the story of toys in the 20th century. Learn about the importance of characters such as Berenstain Bears and Raggedy Ann (and Andy) and how each is represented in largest play collection in the world!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">David Sleasman, Senior Director of Library and Archives<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Monday, December 15:<\/strong> <strong>The History of the Christmas Card<br \/>\n<\/strong>Unlike many holiday traditions whose origin stories are lost to history, historians agree that the holiday card has a definitive birth, in 1843 England. 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