Glass heated under intense flames during a glassmaking demonstration in the Amphitheater Hot Shop. Courtesy of Corning Museum of Glass.

Corning Museum of Glass

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The Corning Museum of Glass is an independent, not-for-profit museum dedicated to the exploration and exhibition of glass.

Since its founding in 1951, the museum has grown to steward the world’s most comprehensive and important collection of glass objects, including: contemporary sculptural marvels from artists like Dale Chihuly, Lino Tagliapietra, and Toots Zynsky; groundbreaking scientific innovations like the 200-inch telescope lens casting; and 35 centuries of glass and glassmaking.

The Museum welcomes over 300,000 annual visitors, offering daily live demonstrations and glassmaking experiences for all ages.

The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass uses state-of-the-art glassmaking spaces to advance glassmaking education and support new ideas, forwarding the world of glass art, and the Rakow Research Library maintains and grows a record of glass history while supporting today’s researchers.

The museum strives in all aspects to achieve its mission of inspiring people to see glass in a new light. 

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The Nature Gallery, one of the Contemporary Art + Design Galleries of the Corning Museum of Glass, is home to sculptural glass masterpieces inspired by the natural world. Courtesy of Corning Museum of Glass.Make Your Own Glass experiences offer complete beginners a safe environment to give glassmaking a try. Courtesy of Corning Museum of Glass.The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass offers classes for glass artists to hone their skills across a variety of techniques. Courtesy of Corning Museum of Glass.The Corning Museum of Glass campus, located on the Chemung River in Corning, NY.Photo by Iwan Baan, courtesy of Corning Museum of Glass.