D&D General New Dungeons & Dragons 50th Anniversary Exhibit at National Museum of Play

The Strong National Museum of Play announced the new exhibit Dungeons & Dragons: 50 Years of Storytelling opening on September 21, 2024. The exhibit will be located on the first floor of the museum and feature a timeline of the game’s development, early artifacts from D&D’s design, and a look at the influence D&D has had on game design and video games. From the announcement:

Celebrate the 50-year history and influence of the iconic roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons at a new, original exhibit opening September 21 on the museum’s first floor. Learn about the game’s creation and its influence on other games; see rare artifacts and prototypes; and create your own characters, monsters, and more. Begin your adventure by rolling the game’s 20-sided die and then journey through 20 corresponding sections.

• View a timeline of the game’s development and see rare artifacts, including a first-edition Dungeons & Dragons and the first Dragon magazine sent to co-creator Gary Gygax.
• Learn about the role of dungeons and monsters and create your own versions to play with.
• Take a character quiz to determine your character class and explore how characters level and gain skills.
• Discover the important role that dice plays in the game and see some handmade, ceramic dice made for legendary video game designer Richard Garriott.
• Explore the influence of Dungeons & Dragons on video games and play classics such as Gauntlet and Legend of Zelda.
• Dive into the storytelling aspects of Dungeons & Dragons and see related clips from popular film, television, and other games.
• Learn about how dungeon masters bring the game’s adventures to life and put your skills to the test with a 5-minute campaign.

The Strong National Museum of Play was founded in 1968 by Margaret Woodbury Strong to “study and explore play to illuminate the American experience in all its rich diversity and the broader human story”.

The Dungeons & Dragons: 50 Years of Storytelling exhibit will run from September 21, 2024, to January 5, 2025.

 

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According to Wikipedia it has been around in one form or another since 1968. Then again, the Wikipedia page redirects to "the Strong", and if I'm not mistaken there is also the Strong Memorial Hospital in the area too, so I'm getting the impression that there may be more than one

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Sorry, no you can disregard that, mistake on my part. Mustve had a quote from another thread I accidentally had left from another day and clicked on that instead of the one I meant to quote.