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2023 Glass Club & Resource Directory

Museum of American Glass National Duncan Glass Museum Ohio Glass Museum
@ Wheaton Arts Washington, PA Lancaster, OH
Weston, WV www.duncan-miller.org www.ohioglassmuseum.org
www.magwv.com Contact: docent@duncan-miller.org The Museum was established to reflect the
The Museum of American Glass, also home to The National Duncan Glass Museum was importance of the glassmaking industry in the
the National Marble Museum, is a museum founded by members of the National Duncan history of Lancaster and Fairfield County,
dedicated to regional and national glass heritage Glass Society to study and preserve the heritage Ohio. Fairfield County has been home to
– a place where examples of thousands of of George Duncan & Sons of Pittsburgh and numerous glass companies over the years. In
products can be viewed and compared and the Duncan & Miller Glass Company of 2003, the Ohio legislature designated Lancaster
where the stories of people and processes come Washington, PA including the design, manu- as the “Pressed Glass Capital of Ohio.”
to life through exhibits, programming, and facture, and marketing of its products. It cele- Currently on exhibit: Earth, Hand, and Fire
special events. brates the men and women who made it possi- featuring the collection of Dana Shouldis and
ble. The Society maintains a museum dedicated curated by Anne Kiphen through August 31,
Museum of Connecticut Glass to this goal. 2023.
Coventry, CT
www.glassmuseum.org National Liberty Museum Perfume Passage Foundation
Contact: Andrea.Palmer@glassmuseum.org Philadelphia, PA Barrington, IL
www.libertymuseum.org www.perfumepassage.org
This developing museum is dedicated to Contact: liberty@libertymuseum.org
exhibiting, preserving, researching, and Established in 2019, Perfume Passage provides
providing education about historical glass made The National Liberty Museum (NLM) features perfume and compact enthusiasts and collectors
in the numerous glassworks of Connecticut permanent exhibitions that explore the strength a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see very rare
including Pitkin Glassworks, John Mather and fragility of liberty through the inspiring and meaningful artifacts. Visitors can tour the
Glass Works, Coventry Glassworks, West stories of people from around the world who world through the Museum’s international col-
Willington Glassworks, New London have gone to extraordinary lengths to preserve lection, which dates as far back as 2500 BCE,
Glassworks, Westford Glass Works, Meriden liberty. Experience their stories against a back- and its Passageway showcases the Golden Age of
Flint Glass Company, Glastonbury Glass drop of stunning contemporary glass art. It also Perfume with a stroll through the luxurious
Factory Company, and lesser-known compa- presents an exhibit of glass techniques to show shopping arcades of 19th century Paris, and Off
nies from Wallingford, New Haven, visitors the many different ways artists work the Passageway presents a fully-restored original
Woodbury, and Hartford. with the medium of glass. Timed visits to the interior of a 19th century American drugstore
museum are currently available. and soda fountain that will allow visitors to
explore the science of scent and the making of
National Bottle Museum perfumes through interactive experiences.
Ballston Spa, NY NDGA National Glass Museum
www.nationalbottlemuseum.org Wellington, KS Tiffin Glass Museum
Contact: info@nationalbottlemuseum.org www.ndga.net
Contact: 913-636-7825 Tiffin, OH
The National Bottle Museum is dedicated to www.tiffinglass.org
preserving the history of our nation’s first major In 2012, The NDGA National Glass Museum Contact: museum@tiffinglass.org
industry: Bottle Making. Visitors can learn opened to showcase its collection featuring
about early bottle-making methods and view American-made glassware from the Victorian The Tiffin Glass Museum honors the heritage
surviving hand tools, a model of a typical 1800s Era through Mid-Century Modern, including established by the men and women of Tiffin’s
glass furnace, and exhibits of handmade bottles Early American Pattern Glass, Depression Era, “Glass House.” Through preservation and edu-
often overlooked as legitimate artifacts. The and Elegant. cation, the Museum safeguards glassware from
museum showcases over 2,000 bottles of many the factory’s hundred-year+ history. Museum
colors, shapes, and forms. New Bedford Museum of Glass preservation work includes acquiring memora-
New Bedford, MA bilia and historical documents from the facto-
ry’s beginning in 1889 until its closing in 1984.
National Museum of Cambridge Glass www.nbmog.org The Museum exhibits popular lines, stemware,
Cambridge, OH Contact: knelson@nbmog.org lamps, optics, and colors used throughout the
www.cambridgeglass.org The NBMOG collection consists of 7,000 factory’s productive years.
Contact: membership@cambridgeglass.org objects documenting more than 3,000 years of
The National Cambridge Collectors, Inc., glassmaking history. It covers many regions and
founded in 1973 (celebrating 50 years!), seeks to periods, from ancient to contemporary, with
preserve the bountiful handmade glassware of special emphasis on the city of New Bedford,
the Cambridge Glass Company and to educate MA, celebrated in the late 19th century as the
and inspire current and future collectors. The “Art Glass Headquarters of the Country.”
Collectors have established and continue to
maintain the National Museum of Cambridge
Glass in Cambridge, OH for the display, study,
and preservation of Cambridge Glass.

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