Al menos parte de la obra del autor se preserva en el museo.
El año pasado, celebrando el centenario del nacimiento de Sid Sackson, hablamos de cómo en 2007 la familia Sackson cedió al museo The Strong National Museum of Play en Rochester (New York), más de 300 prototipos y diarios personales del autor, que se incorporaron a su exposición permanente dedicada a la historia del juego en todas sus facetas. Es mucho material, pero solo una porción de la colección de Sid que fue maltratada tras su fallecimiento en 2002.
Ahora el muso neoyorkino ha abierto un portal dedicado a Sid Sackson: The Sid Sackson Portal.
The Sid Sackson collection, held in the Brian Sutton-Smith Library & Archives of Play at The Strong, is a compilation of diaries, correspondence, notes, game descriptions, and publications created or used by Sid Sackson during his lengthy career in the toy and game industry. Sackson meticulously documented his daily activities related to game design, development, and collecting in his diaries; he recorded details about the games he played and designed, people with whom he spoke or corresponded in the game industry, and the articles and books he read. Sackson also indexed many of the diaries, creating a high level of access rarely found in personal papers. These handwritten diaries represent a comprehensive picture of the American board game industry in the latter half of the 20th century.
The Sid Sackson Portal allows game enthusiasts and researchers alike to dive into 35 years of diaries created by legendary game designer Sid Sackson. Perhaps best known for the popular hotel chain game Acquire, Sackson designed more than 500 games during his lifetime—about 50 of which went into production and into the homes of millions of gamers around the world. In addition to these diaries are photographs of game prototypes and published games created by Sid Sackson, which are housed in the artifact collections at The Strong National Museum of Play.
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