New York Museum Opens National Center for the History of Electronic Games
New York's Strong National Museum of Play will tomorrow open the National Center for the History of Electronic Games, dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of video games and video game-related materials.
The Rochester-based museum, which bills itself as "the only museum anywhere devoted solely to the study and interpretation of play," has long kept collections of electronic games, but it had not previously maintained a self-contained organization dedicated to them.
The new National Center for the History of Electronic Games houses a 15,000-item collection -- one of the largest in the United States, it claims -- including some 10,000 games as well as every major system released since the Magnavox Odyssey, recognized as the first video game console.
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The Rochester-based museum, which bills itself as "the only museum anywhere devoted solely to the study and interpretation of play," has long kept collections of electronic games, but it had not previously maintained a self-contained organization dedicated to them.
The new National Center for the History of Electronic Games houses a 15,000-item collection -- one of the largest in the United States, it claims -- including some 10,000 games as well as every major system released since the Magnavox Odyssey, recognized as the first video game console.