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2024 Glass Club & Resource Directory

National Liberty Museum history of Lancaster and Fairfield County, Ohio. Tiffin Glass Museum
Philadelphia, PA Fairfield County has been home to numerous Tiffin, OH
www.libertymuseum.org glass companies over the years. In 2003, the www.tiffinglass.org,
Contact: liberty@libertymuseum.org Ohio legislature designated Lancaster as the Contact: museum@tiffinglass.org
“Pressed Glass Capital of Ohio.”
The National Liberty Museum (NLM) features The Tiffin Glass Museum honors the heritage
permanent exhibitions that explore the strength established by the men and women of Tiffin’s
and fragility of liberty through the inspiring Sandwich Glass Museum “Glass House.” Through preservation and
stories of people from around the world who Sandwich, MA education, the Museum safeguards glassware
have gone to extraordinary lengths to preserve www.sandwichglassmuseum.org from the factory’s hundred-year+ history.
liberty. Experience stories against a backdrop of The Sandwich Historical Society and its Glass Museum preservation work includes acquiring
stunning contemporary glass art. It also presents Museum collects, preserves, and interprets the memorabilia and historical documents from the
an exhibit of glass techniques to show visitors history of the Town of Sandwich, MA, the old- factory’s beginning in 1889 until its closing in
the many different ways artists work with the est town on Cape Cod. A large part of Sandwich 1984. The Museum exhibits popular lines,
medium of glass. Each fall the Museum holds a history is involved with American glass produc- stemware, lamps, optics, and colors used
Gala and glass auction fundraiser, now entering tion. The Sandwich Glass Museum has “Relit throughout the factory’s productive years.
its 25th year. the Fires in Sandwich” with a glass furnace for
hourly glass-making presentations and exhibits Wheaton Arts
NDGA National Glass Museum that tell the story of the glass industry in Millville, NJ
Sandwich. The Society strives to recreate the
Wellington, KS feeling of that booming, smoking glass factory www.wheatonarts.org
www.ndga.net, Contact: 913-636-7825 from long ago, as visitors feel the heat from the Contact: mail@wheatonarts.org
In 2012, The NDGA National Glass Museum glass furnace on their faces, hear the hiss of WheatonArts is an internationally acclaimed arts
opened to showcase its collection featuring steam as the superheated tools are quenched, community. Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center
American-made glassware from the Victorian and marvel as the glassblower transforms molten (“WheatonArts”), founded as Wheaton Village
Era through Mid-Century Modern, including glass into unique works of art. in 1968, is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization
Early American Pattern Glass, Depression Era, with a mission to engage artists and audiences in
and Elegant. an evolving exploration of creativity. The
Perfume Passage Foundation mission will be advanced through the interpre-
Barrington, IL tation of collections and exhibitions; education
New Bedford Museum of Glass www.perfumepassage.org initiatives and culturally diverse public
New Bedford, MA Established in 2019, Perfume Passage provides programs; residencies and other opportunities
www.nbmog.org, Contact: knelson@nbmog.org
perfume and compact enthusiasts and collectors for artists. With a history spanning five decades,
The NBMOG collection consists of 7,000 a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see very rare WheatonArts has earned regional, national, and
objects documenting more than 3,000 years of and meaningful artifacts. Visitors can tour the international recognition for its unique
glassmaking history. It covers many regions and world through the Museum’s international col- collections and programs. The Museum of
periods, from ancient to contemporary, with lection, which dates as far back as 2500 BCE, American Glass is at the heart of the Center,
special emphasis on the city of New Bedford, and its Passageway showcases the Golden Age of housing the most comprehensive collection of
MA, celebrated in the late 19th century as the Perfume with a stroll through the luxurious glass produced in America. Located in Millville,
“Art Glass Headquarters of the Country.” shopping arcades of 19th century Paris, and Off the center of the nation’s first glass industry, the
the Passageway presents a fully-restored original Museum is one of only 9 museums in New
Ohio Glass Museum interior of a 19th century American drugstore Jersey to be accredited by the American Alliance
Lancaster, OH and soda fountain that will allow visitors to of Museums.
www.ohioglassmuseum.org explore the science of scent and the making of
perfumes through interactive experiences.
The Museum was established to reflect the
importance of the glassmaking industry in the

2024 Glass Conventions & Events

MARCH MAY May 15-18, Providence, RI
Paperweight Collectors Association
March 22-23, Allendale, NJ May 2-4, Carlisle, PA 2024 Biennial Convention
North Jersey Depression Glass Club Early American Pattern Glass Society Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick
Annual Spring Show A Return to Carlisle Annual Meeting info@paperweight.org, www.paperweight.org
Calvary Lutheran Church Comfort Suites Carlisle
www.facebook.com/northjerseydepressionglassclub www.eapgs.org May 16-18, Pittsburgh, PA
National Open Salt Convention
May 11, Beacon, NY
APRIL Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport Hotel
Hudson Valley Depression Glass Club opensalt@rochester.rr.com, www.opensalts.info
April 25-28, Newport, RI 20th Century Glass, Pottery, China, and
Accessories 2024 Spring Sale and Show May 17-18, Bellville, OH
International Perfume Bottle Association www.facebook.com/hvdepressionglassclub
36th Annual Convention National Association of Milk Bottle Collectors
Rhode Island Convention Center Annual Convention
conventions@perfumebottles.org Quality Inn & Suites
www.perfumebottles.org www.milkbottlecollectors.com
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