Wegmans Super Kids Market at Strong museum to close temporarily for renovations

Kayla Canne, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
The Wegmans Super Kids Market exhibit at The Strong National Museum of Play allows kids to play as grown ups at a Rochester institution. There, young visitors can shop for replicas of their favorite foods and act as cashiers at working check-out counters.
The Wegmans Super Kids Market exhibit at The Strong National Museum of Play allows kids to play as grown ups at a Rochester institution. There, young visitors can shop for replicas of their favorite foods and act as cashiers at working check-out counters.

A kid-sized Wegmans grocery store inside The Strong National Museum of Play is getting a "full refresh" this month. The Wegmans Super Kids Market exhibit will be closed April 29 to May 22 for renovations, according to museum spokesman Shane Rhinewald.

The exhibit will get fresh carpeting, paint, shopping carts and play products. New additions will include a cake decorating space in the bakery section and an updated manager's stand with a working intercom system.

The Strong also plans to add three artifact cases exploring the history of "food play."

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The Wegmans exhibit is a fan favorite, Rhinewald said, where young visitors get to run one of Rochester's most notable institutions ― as shoppers picking out their favorite foods or as cashiers scanning those goodies at working check-out counters. The exhibit first opened in the late 1990s and has undergone updates several times since.

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Renovations to the Wegmans Super Kids Market exhibit at The Strong National Museum of Play will include a fresh coat of paint, new carpets and shopping carts, and updated activity areas.
Renovations to the Wegmans Super Kids Market exhibit at The Strong National Museum of Play will include a fresh coat of paint, new carpets and shopping carts, and updated activity areas.

The museum completed a $75 million, 90,000-square-foot expansion last July. The expansion included a colorful, outdoor play area known as Hasbro Game Park, a 20-foot-high Donkey Kong arcade game, and an interactive video game exhibit.

— Kayla Canne reports on community justice and safety efforts for the Democrat and Chronicle. Follow her on Twitter @kaylacanne and @bykaylacanne on Instagram. Get in touch at kcanne@gannett.com.

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