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2024 Glass Club & Resource Directory

Dorflinger Glass Museum Hudson Valley Depression Glass Club tive of the creative atmosphere of WheatonArts
Honesdale, PA www.facebook.com/hvdepressionglassclub/ as a whole while continuing our commitment to
www.dorflinger.org/dorflinger-glass-museum Contact: 845-702-4770 preserving Southern New Jersey’s glassmaking
Contact: 570-253-1185 A group of enthusiasts and collectors preserving heritage and its relationship to the history of
The Museum opens for the season on May 1, our American glass heritage! Meets monthly on glass made in America.
2024. One of the nation’s largest collections of the first Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. to share knowl-
American Brilliant-Cut Dorflinger Glass is edge and to enjoy the fellowship and beauty that Museum of Connecticut Glass
displayed in the home of the founder, Christian this glass imparts. Coventry, CT
Dorflinger. For more than half a century the www.glassmuseum.org
Dorflinger Glass Works produced exquisite cut National Heisey Glass Museum Contact: Andrea.Palmer@glassmuseum.org
lead crystal that graced many of America’s finest The Musuem's mission is to exhibit, preserve,
tables, including those of several White House Newark, OH research and educate about historic glass and
administrations. The Museum houses more www.Heiseymuseum.org glassmaking in the numerous glassworks of
than 1,000 pieces of cut, engraved, etched, Contact: info@heiseymuseum.org Connecticut.including Pitkin Glassworks, John
gilded, and enameled crystal. The Heisey Collectors of America, Inc. (HCA) Mather Glass Works, Coventry Glassworks,
opened the National Heisey Glass Museum in West Willington Glassworks, New London
Newark, OH in 1974 to establish a permanent
Duncan & Miller Glass Museum Glassworks, Westford Glass Works, Meriden
place for the display and study of glassware man-
Washington, PA ufactured by A. H. Heisey & Company in Flint Glass Company, Glastonbury Glass
www.duncan-miller.org/museum Newark between 1896 and 1957. An extensive Factory Company, and lesser-known companies
Contact: docent@duncan-miller.org collection of glassware and related materials pro- from Wallingford, New Haven, Woodbury,
The Duncan & Miller Glass Museum, main- vides visitors and collectors with knowledge and and Hartford.
tained by the National Duncan Glass Society, insight into the company’s rich history through
opened in the Spring of 2019 to preserve and educational and informational displays, exhibits, National Bottle Museum
share the heritage of George Duncan & Sons of and programs. Ballston Spa, NY
Pittsburgh and the Duncan & Miller Glass www.nationalbottlemuseum.org
Company of Washington, PA, showcasing International Society of Glass Beadmakers Contact: info@nationalbottlemuseum.org
examples of Duncan & Miller Glass. The National Bottle Museum is dedicated to
www.isgb.org
Contact: admin@isgb.org preserving the history of our nation’s first major
Erlacher Collection & Steuben Glass Shop industry: Bottle Making. Visitors can learn
International Society of Beadmakers (ISGB) has
Corning, NY a dedicated educational site offering a selection about early bottle-making methods and view
www.erlacherglass.com of new and on-demand workshops for all flame- surviving hand tools, a model of a typical 1800s
glass furnace, and exhibits of handmade bottles
Contact: kittyerlacher@yahoo.com workers presented in a pre-recorded format. often overlooked as legitimate artifacts. The
The Erlacher collection features the largest selec- This is an ideal learning environment for museum showcases over 2,000 bottles of many
tion of original Steuben Glass including the students worldwide and offers unlimited access colors, shapes, and forms.
works of James Houston, Eric Hilton, David to all purchased content with the ability to
Bowler, and more. Bowls, vases, animals, hand interact directly with the instructor within the National Museum of Cambridge Glass
coolers, stemware, and many one-of-a-kind cop- workshop. ISGB membership also provides
per wheel engraved glass treasures, including discounts and exclusive content. Cambridge, OH
those designed and produced by Max R. www.cambridgeglass.org
Erlacher, a long-time instructor at Steuben Just Glass Contact: membership@cambridgeglass.org
Glass. www.justglass.com The National Cambridge Collectors, Inc.,
Contact: Rosemary Trietsch founded in 1973 (celebrating 50 years!), seeks to
FOHBC Virtual Museum Just Glass premiered on January 1st, 1998 as an preserve the bountiful handmade glassware of
https://fohbcvirtualmuseum.org online community created for glass enthusiasts, the Cambridge Glass Company and to educate
and inspire current and future collectors. The
The FOHBC Virtual Museum has been estab- providing a comprehensive listing of upcoming Collectors have established and continue to
lished to display, inform, educate, and enhance glass shows, national and local collectors clubs maintain the National Museum of Cambridge
the enjoyment of historical bottle and glass col- and organizations, and glass museums through- Glass in Cambridge, OH for the display, study,
lecting by providing an online virtual museum out the U.S. and preservation of Cambridge Glass.
experience for significant historical bottles and
other items related to early glass. Museum of American Glass National Duncan Glass Museum
@ Wheaton Arts
Washington, PA
Glass Museum On Line Glass Links Millville, NJ www.duncan-miller.org
www.theglassmuseum.com www.wheatonarts.org Contact: docent@duncan-miller.org
The Glass Museum aims to bring you in-depth The Museum of American Glass, celebrating the The National Duncan Glass Museum was
articles about a wide range of glass, links to the creativity and craftsmanship of American glass, founded by members of the National Duncan
articles, and research resources for almost any is at the core of WheatonArts. One of only 9 Glass Society to study and preserve the heritage
glass collector. Topics cover everything from museums in the state of New Jersey to be of George Duncan & Sons of Pittsburgh, the
Goofus Glass to Orrefors Swedish Glass to accredited by the American Alliance of Duncan & Miller Glass Company of
Carnival Glass. Click on “Links to useful and Museums, it offers over 18,000 square feet of Washington, PA, and the design, manufacture,
interesting glass sites” and go further into the exhibition space, a collection of over 20,000 and marketing of its products and the men and
labyrinth of glass information. pieces strong, as well as a research library and women who made it possible.
archives. Changes are intended to keep the
museum relevant to our community and reflec-

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