Corning Museum of Glass

Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York.

Founded in 1951 by Corning Glass Works (now Corning Incorporated) as a gift to the nation for the company’s 100th anniversary, The Corning Museum of Glass is a not-for-profit museum dedicated to telling the story of a single material: glass.

The Corning Museum of Glass cares for and displays the world’s best collection of art and historical glass. A visit will reveal more than 3,500 years of history displayed in the Glass Collection Galleries, from the glass portrait of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh to contemporary sculpture made in glass.

The Museum is a centre for glass scholarship. It boasts the Rakow Research Library, the world’s foremost archive and reference collection on the history of glassmaking. The Museum also regularly publishes journals, educational videos, and scholarly publications – many of which you can access on this website.

There is also the Frederick Carder Gallery featuring an extensive collection of glass designed by Frederick Carder (1863–1963), the gifted Stevens & Williams designer who managed Steuben Glass Works from its founding in 1903 until 1932.

Acknowledgement

It is with great appreciation that the Corning Museum of Glass and the Rakow Reserach Library have kindly given me permission to use photographs, video and other archive materials on this site.

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