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2020 Glass Club & Resource Directory

International Society of Glass Beadmakers of products can be viewed and compared and hours generally are 10am-4pm, Tue.-Sat.,
(ISGB) where the stories of people and processes come closed Sun. and Mon., March through May;
isgb.org to life. Through exhibits, programming, and then Fri. through Tues., closed Wed.and
Contact: admin@isgb.org special events, the Museum seeks to share the Thurs., June through Sept.; back to Tues.
diverse and rich heritage of glass as a product through Sat. for Oct. and Nov.; then Thurs.,
ISGB is the leading organization for the
promotion, education, and appreciation of and historical object as well as tell of the lives of Fri., Sat., and by appointment Dec. – Feb.
the art of glass beadmaking for wearable, glass workers, their families and communities, The museum is open late on most First Fridays.
sculptural, and functional art. Their mission is and of the tools and machines they used. National Cambridge Collectors, Inc.
to preserve the rich and diverse traditions of Open to the public Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-5pm,
the art of glass beadmaking and glassworking Sundays 1-5pm. Admission is free. cambridgeglass.org
membership@cambridgeglass.org
techniques; promote education and professional Museum of Connecticut Glass
development; and encourage innovative use of glassmuseum.org The National Cambridge Collectors, Inc.,
complementary mediums among artists and founded in 1973, seeks to preserve the
craftspeople. The Glass, Beads & Jewelry Contact: Andrea.Palmer@glassmuseum.org bountiful handmade glassware of the
Bazaar takes place April 4, 2020 at the South This developing museum is dedicated to Cambridge Glass Company and to educate
Point Hotel Casino & Spa in Las Vegas. exhibiting, preserving, researching and and inspire present and future collectors. The
providing education about historical glass Collectors have established and continue to
Just Glass made in the numerous glassworks of maintain the National Museum of Cambridge
justglass.com Connecticut including Pitkin Glassworks, the Glass in Cambridge, OH for the display,
Contact: Rosemary Trietsch John Mather Glass Works, Coventry study, and preservation of Cambridge Glass.
Glassworks, the West Willington Glassworks, Part of its mission is to accumulate and
Just Glass premiered January 1st, 1998 as an
online community created for glass enthusiasts. New London Glassworks, Westford Glass publish information related to the Cambridge
Proclaimed, “The Largest Glass Information Works, the Meriden Flint Glass Company, Glass Company. The National Cambridge
Portal on the Web” by USA Today, Just Glass the Glastenbury Glass Factory Company, and Collectors 2020 Annual Convention will be
provides a comprehensive listing of upcoming lesser-known companies from Wallingford, held June 26-27, concurrent with their 2020
glass shows, national and local collectors clubs New Haven, Woodbury, and Hartford. Glass Show and Sale. Check website for
location and additional information.
and organizations, and glass museums National American Glass Club (NAGC)
throughout the United States.
glassclub.org National Depression Glass Association
National Glass Museum
Little Rhody Bottle Club Contact: membership@glassclub.org
littlerhodybottleclub.org Founded in 1933, the National American ndga.net
Contact: sierramadre@comcast.net Glass Club (NAGC) established as a non- 620-326-6400
profit educational organization for people The NDGA National Glass Museum opened
A club for antique bottle collectors and bottle
diggers in Rhode Island. Swap meets, club interested in the study and appreciation of in 2012 and features American made
meetings, club digs, and enjoying shared glass, regardless of type or period. The Club glassware from the Victorian Era through
interests. The club sponsors an annual antique publishes the Glass Club Bulletin and Glass Mid-Century Modern. On view are Early
bottle show each year in January that is held in Shards for its members, and holds annual American Pattern Glass, Depression Era, and
Taunton, MA. seminars across the country. Sharing glass Elegant. No admission charged, but donations
knowledge and new friendships are added gratefully accepted. The Museum is open

Marble Collectors Society of America benefits of membership. Thurs-Sat 11am-4pm or by appointment.
marblecollecting.com National Association of Closed January-March.
Contact: marbles@blocksite.com
Milk Bottle Collectors National Depression Glass Association
The Marble Collectors Society of America milkbottlecollectors.com ndga.net
(MCSA) was founded in 1975. Its mission is The National Association of Milk Bottle Contact: Membership@NDGA.net
to educate the public about marble collecting
and promote the hobby of marble collecting. Collectors (NAMBC) provides research, The National Depression Glass Association,
educational opportunities, and information founded in 1974, is a 501C (3) non-profit

Mt. Washington/Pairpoint Glass Society about milk bottles, milk bottle collecting, and organization dedicated to the preservation of
(MWPGS) dairy memorabilia to its members, museums, all American-made glassware, and the history
mwpgs.net and the general public. The NAMBC publishes of the companies who manufactured it, with
12 yearly issues of its newsletter the Milk
Contact: marionfrost@mwpgs.net emphasis on that manufactured in the three
Route. The 39th Annual Milk Bottle decades centered on the “Great Depression.”
The Mt. Washington/Pairpoint Glass Society Collectors Convention will be held May 1 and NDGA 2020 Convention will be held July
focuses on Mt. Washington Glassworks and 2 in Sturbridge, MA. 11-12 in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.
its successors, the Pairpoint Companies,
who began manufacturing fine art glass in the National Bottle Museum National Duncan Glass Society
mid-19th century. The Society promotes nationalbottlemuseum.org duncan-miller.org
connoisseurship, study, research, history and Ballston Spa, New York Contact: docent@duncan-miller.org
preservation of the beautiful art glass wares The National Bottle Museum is dedicated to
made by Mt. Washington and Pairpoint. Glass produced by the George Duncan &
preserving the history of our nation’s first Sons, George Duncan Sons, and the Duncan
Museum of American Glass major industry: Bottle Making. Visitors to the & Miller Glass Companies covering the
magwv.com museum can learn about early bottle making period 1874 to 1955. Duncan’s many types of
methods and view the surviving hand tools, a
Weston, West Virginia glass include Early American Pattern Glass,
miniature model of a typical 1800s glass Elegant Glass of the Depression Era and Mid-
The Museum of American Glass, home to the furnace, and exhibits of handmade bottles Century Modern in the Twentieth Century.
National Marble Museum, is a museum often overlooked as legitimate artifacts. The The Society publishes a full color journal
dedicated to the region and nation’s rich glass museum also showcases over 2,000 bottles of four times a year. Duncan glass and reprints of
heritage; a place where examples of thousands many colors, shapes, and forms. Museum original Duncan catalogs are available for

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