Clik here to view.
A flood, a fire, and the case of the missing Blaschka models
In 2007, The Corning Museum of Glass received a letter from Tufts University in Boston, asking for the return of 10 Blaschka models from Tufts marine invertebrate collection. This request raised many...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The glass pumpkin is in season
As summer comes to a close and the colors of fall begin to spread across the forested canopy of Upstate New York, so too does The Corning Museum of Glass (CMoG) shift its focus from one season to the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Behind the scenes in the Museum Shops: Getting ready for the...
On the day after Thanksgiving, The Corning Museum of Glass opens its doors a little earlier than normal. Before the sun has come up, before the morning’s frost has melted away, an eager crowd of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A glass migration: Finland comes to Corning
Eastern Bluebird, part of the Birds by Toikka collection Did you know that the state bird of New York is the Eastern Bluebird? Magnified through the binocular lens of a birdwatcher, this small thrush...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This little bowl and I have something in common
Sitting on the fourth shelf, third row in on the right, of the Jerome & Lucille Strauss Study Gallery at The Corning Museum of Glass (CMoG), sits a little blue bowl. At only 8 centimeters high...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Glass Review(ed): Memories from 4 decades (part 1)
Kait Rhodes, Kusha, featured in New Glass Review 32 (2011). For almost 40 years, The Corning Museum of Glass has published the highly-regarded periodical New Glass Review (NGR), a showcase of 100...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Glass Review(ed): Memories from 4 decades (part 2)
Tali Grinshpan, Promises, featured in New Glass Review 39 (2018). For almost 40 years, The Corning Museum of Glass has published the highly-regarded periodical New Glass Review (NGR), a showcase of 100...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bon voyage! Celebrating a decade at sea
There are many unforgettable sights in the world. Looking up at glaciers in Alaska and the icy fjords of the Inside Passage, while the bow of your cruise ship gently ripples the calm, crystal-blue...
View ArticleClik here to view.
(Making waves:) The truth about light
It’s not unusual for a piece of art to be controversial. Historically, some of the greatest artworks of all time have been. What makes Olafur Eliasson’s piece space resonates regardless of our presence...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Red Vase, part 1
As exemplified in Glass of the Architects: Vienna, 1900–1937, a cooperation of the MAK and LE STANZE DEL VETRO, Austrian glass from 1900 to 1937 emerged from a confluence of ideas, individuals, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Red Vase, part 2
This is the second in a two-part series. Read The Red Vase, part 1. Vase (detail), K. & K. Fachschulefuer Glasindustrie Haida (Designer),Karl Meltzer & Co. (Manufacturer),Bohemia, Novy Bor...
View Article
