Strong Museum

Mission Statement

Strong Museum is a museum of American cultural history, an educational institution, that explores and interprets everyday life in the United States after 1820 in order to help people in and beyond Greater Rochester better understand themselves and each other, individually and collectively. The museum accomplishes this through exhibitions, programs, publications, and other activities that engage, entertain, and enlighten the people of its diverse community, particularly families and children. To support these activities, the museum collects, preserves, and researches historic artifacts, manuscripts, and other materials that reflect and document the consequences of progress, the effects of the rise of the middle class, and expressions of identity in the Northeast and Great Lakes regions.