What It Is…

About The Strong (National Museum of Play)

The Strong is a highly interactive, collections-based museum devoted to the history and exploration of play. It is one of the largest history museums in the United States and one of the leading museums serving families. The Strong houses the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of historical materials related to play. The Strong's multifaceted array of research, exhibits, and other interpretive and educational activities serve a diverse audience of adults, families, children, students, teachers, scholars, collectors, and others around the globe.

About The Hall of Fame

The National Toy Hall of Fame is an American hall of fame that recognizes the contributions of toys and games that have sustained their popularity for many years. Criteria for induction include: icon status; longevity; discovery; and innovation.

How It Works…

The public can nominate toys online through the National Toy Hall of Fame website, via email, or by U.S. mail. Each year, an internal museum advisory committee comprised of curators, educators, and historians reviews the submitted nominations and pre-qualifies the twelve (12) toys that best meet the criteria for selection. Final selections are made on the advice of a national selection advisory committee comprised of historians, educators, and other individuals who exemplify learning, creativity, and discovery through their lives and careers.

How to Nominate Breyer…

You can go directly to the nomination form by clicking here. For assistance with the question, “Why does this toy deserve to be in the Hall of Fame?” we have some information below that will help you answer that question.

Selection Criteria

Inducted toys are selected on the basis of the following criteria. In addition, we have given you some ideas of how Breyer meets each criterion that may assist with your nomination. And of course, please use your own words to explain why you think Breyer Horses deserves this special recognition.

• Icon-status: the toy is widely recognized, respected, and remembered.
  • Breyer Horses is known worldwide to deliver the most authentic, beautiful, high-quality, and hand-painted horses for both play and collecting.
• Longevity: the toy is more than a passing fad and has enjoyed popularity over multiple generations.
  • For 70 years, Breyer has been dedicated to creating the most authentic horses in the world, which makes Breyer unique to any other horse brand, and has brought happiness to three generations of fans.
• Discovery: the toy fosters learning, creativity, or discovery through play.
  • Breyer has a large, multi-generation of fan hobbyists who customize and share their horses with each other at BreyerFest and through social media. Breyer is the leader in equestrian knowledge – Breyer knows horses! And girls learn and discover the horse world through these authentic Breyer horses.
• Innovation: the toy profoundly changed play or toy design. A toy may be inducted on the basis of this criterion without necessarily having met all of the first three.
  • Every Breyer horse is hand-sculpted and hand-painted for total authenticity and originality – no two are alike.
  • BreyerFest, the #1 fan fest/convention drawing over 30,000 fans every July from all 50 states and 6 countries.

Thank you for your ongoing support of Breyer Horses over the years – we truly appreciate each and every one of our customers who purchase our products, attend our annual BreyerFest, join our clubs, and attend our special events. We hope that you’ll share in this opportunity to be a part of Breyer history as we ask for your nomination into the National Toy Hall of Fame!