cherica duncan with the enviable report. >> reporter: whether popping bubbles on an interactive screen sketch to take a picture plenty to do and see at the national museum of play. curator chris bench. >> what what ever your age, you are sent back in time. your own childhood and grandparents and great to discover the ways that toys, dolls, games, connect all of us. >> there are more than 15,000 toys on display. childhood favorites like barbie, monopoly and silly putty. it was going to be a rubber replacement in world war ii when there was a shortage of raw materials. >> reporter: toys are treated like national artifacts because of their unique contributions to american history. at today's 19th actual toy hall of fame, the swing, yes, like the one your kids see every day at the playground role playing dungeons and dragons and fisher price little people made the cut. >> little people f their way in after being a finalist 7 times and the spokeswoman for fisher price called them the susan lucci of the toy world. >> if you are not a soap opera watcher you might not know how many times susan