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It was built by Corning Glass Works [3] (renamed Corning Incorporated in 1989 [4]) upon the company's 100th anniversary. [5] Thomas S. Buechner, who would later become director of the Brooklyn Museum, was the founding director of the glass museum, serving in the post from 1951 to 1960 and again from 1973 to 1980. [6]
Kids Rockwell Art Lab, 36 E. Market St. Enjoy 25% off regular priced items in the museum store and online. Vitrix Hot Glass Studio, 77 W. Market St., is offering a free ornament with every $100 ...
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 Museum is a center for glass scholarship.
In his corner office at Corning Inc.’s towering steel-and-glass headquarters in Corning, N.Y., CEO Wendell Weeks keeps a small, yellowed piece of paper in a dark wood frame behind his desk ...
Corning Museum of Glass: a not-for-profit museum dedicated to the art, history, science, and craft of glass. [23] The Gaffer District is the historic heart of Corning, featuring restored buildings, shopping, dining, and events through the year. [24] Market Street is Corning's historic main street, lined with restaurants and shopping. [24]
The Corning Museum of Glass was designed by Gunnar Birkerts & Associates. Corning's first new museum building since 1951, it opened in 1980 with the galleries well above the flood plain.
Corning Museum of Glass (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Glass museums and galleries in the United States" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
A racing-themed glass demonstration at the Corning Museum of Glass, with the help of Watkins Glen International, drew hundreds of NASCAR fans to the museum for "Winning Wednesday."