Guide to the Corning Museum of Glass
The Corning Museum of Glass is the world’s largest museum dedicated to glass, with a collection of more than 50,000 objects spanning over 3,500 years of history. The Museum also maintains a comprehensive research library, supports scholarly study, curates special exhibitions, and offers daily live glassmaking demonstrations. This guidebook traces the history of glass from antiquity through the medieval, early modern, industrial, postwar, and contemporary periods. It also features The Studio, a leading center for glassmaking and education, and highlights the extensive resources of the Rakow Research Library.
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