Handling the Curve: COVID-19 and Major League Baseball

Current Exhibition

2020 was a season unlike any in baseball history. "Handling the Curve: COVID-19 and Major League Baseball" leverages our national pastime, and specifically the 2020 baseball season, to explore individual stories and our collective social experience from a year that powerfully impacted us all.

"Handling the Curve" includes artifacts and photographs from Major League teams, oral histories, 3D models and cutting edge data visualizations presented in mixed reality to investigate Covid’s impact on the game during the 2020 season, as well as public health consequences of the pandemic for the communities surrounding the stadiums where baseball is played.

Immersive & Engaging Field Trips

For more information contact Education Director Jenny Pollack.

The Museum offers interactive, sports-based education experiences that explore topics in STEM, history and language arts. 

Learn More About Our Education Programs

At-Home Learning Through Baseball

Boy with tablet and notebook
Collage of images from the Museum's at-home lesson plans

Free, multimedia lesson plans explore important topics of Race, Immigration, Gender & Financial Literacy through the lens of baseball. Virtual learning has never been more accessible or fun. 

Exciting readings, off-screen activities, thought-provoking questions and multimedia tools create an engaging, accessible learning experience for middle and high school students. And our plans meet NJ State and Common Core National Standards, so they're the perfect supplement to classroom curriculum.

Visit Our Online Lesson Plans Page

Discover Greatness is Available Virtually

Poster for the Discovering Greatness exhibition
Discover Greatness: An Illustrated History of Negro Leagues BaseballVisit virtually 24/7

2020 marked the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues. In honor of this milestone, DISCOVER GREATNESS showcases 90 photographs and Negro Leagues artifacts illustrating the rich history of Black baseball from the late 1800s–1960s.

Announcements

A Glimpse of the Museum

1 of 4: 100-year-old WWII Veteran Alger Stone awarded the NJ Distinguished Service Medal on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 2024

2 of 4: Yogi honored with his own Forever Stamp: June 24, 2021

3 of 4: PITCH! is open for play

4 of 4: The 2024 Best Teammate Award Winners

Exhibit Spotlight

3D Model of Yankee Stadium

Part of our new exhibition, Handling the Curve: Covid-19 and Major League Baseball, this model of Yankee Stadium has been 3D printed with meticulous details, even including a mini Monument Park. The jumbo screen features a Yankees vs. Mets game that was played during the 2020 season, when fans were not allowed in the stands out of precaution.