Rochester, N.Y. — A piece of game show history now calls downtown Rochester home.
The puzzle board used on “Wheel of Fortune” arrived Monday at The Strong National Museum of Play, following a six-day trip across the country.
Vanna White used the board until 1997, hand-turning the letters before the show switched to digital screens.
Strong said the board is so big, part of the museum wall needed to be opened to get it inside.
The board will be housed in the upcoming Beyond the Buzzer exhibit, which will explore the history and impact of American game shows.
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“It has been a fixture of so many families’ evenings, sitting around, yelling the answers at the contestants,” said Christopher Bensch, the museum’s vice president for collections. “It is going to be the centerpiece of our 2028 exhibit about game show history, and we could not be more thrilled to have it here in Rochester.”