Museum Mondays for Seniors at the Strong
*The event has already taken place on this date: Mon, 08/25/2025
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May 19
Basic Butterfly Biology
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!
Anna Simpson, Manager of Live Collections
June 23
Game Shows at Home
Hear about what is lost or gained when TV game shows become board games in this historical discussion.
Mirek Stolee, Curator
July 28
Monopoly X
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 Monopoly X, in bookstores July 2025.
Philip E. Orbanes, dedicated Monopoly researcher and author and longtime game industry executive
August 25
Ephemera 101
What is “ephemera”? Learn more about what makes these “everyday documents” important enough to collect in a museum, and what historians can learn from them.
Natalie Rudd, Associate Curator
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