
	Where results make sense

Topic: Museum of glass

Related Topics

Tacoma, Washington

Commencement Bay

Pierce County, Washington

November 12

	McClung Museum - ROMAN GLASS: Reflections on Cultural Change
		ROMAN GLASS: Reflections on Cultural Change is a traveling exhibition organized by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology that illustrates how the craft of glassmaking was influenced by historical events and changing social values in the Roman World.
		Glass, a material developed in the eastern Mediterranean region, largely came to Rome with its makers, Syrian and Judaean craftsmen, many of whom were slaves.
		As the glassmaking industry developed, glass -- like pottery -- came to be used in everyday life for all manner of domestic storage vessels and tableware, and for the small bottles that held the medicines, perfumes, and spices which were so much a part of the Roman affluent life.
	mcclungmuseum.utk.edu /specex/romglass/romglass.htm (556 words)

	Artguide Northwest -- Tacoma Museum of Glass Art
		Museum of Glass Bridge, a collaboration of Arthur Andersson, architect, and Dale Chihuly.
		The museum's most striking feature is a tilted 90-foot-tall cone wrapped in stainless steel, which vents heat from the museum's working hotshop, with an amphitheater for visitors to watch artists working with molten glass at temperatures that can reach 2,000°F. In cold weather, heat from the hotshop will be circulated to warm the entire museum.
		The Museum of Glass is the only U.S. venue for the show, which was developed in Germany.
	www.artguidenw.com /GlassMuseum.htm (898 words)

	Tiffin Glass Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The Tiffin Glass Museum honors the heritage established by the men and women of Tiffin's "Glass House." Through preservation and education, the Museum safeguards glassware made by the artisans from the factory's nearly hundred-year history.
		Museum preservation work includes acquiring memorabilia and historical documents from the factory's beginning in 1889 until its closing in 1984.
		An exciting new era in the preservation of Tiffin Glass was begun on November 6, 1998 with the opening of the Tiffin Glass Museum at 25 South Washington Street in downtown Tiffin, Ohio.
	www.tiffinglass.org /glassmuseum.html (286 words)

	Tacoma's Museum of Glass
		It is called the Museum of Glass but dont except all of the exhibits to be works of glass art; it is an International Center for Contemporary art, dedicated to presenting artistry in glass, among other media.
		The $63 million museums most distinctive architectural feature is a 90-foot cone tilted 17 degrees to the north, measuring 104-feet in diameter at the base, that is wrapped on the outside by 2,800 diamond-shaped stainless steel panels.
		The bridge of glass is a 500-foot pedestrian bridge featuring three exhibitions by the Tacoma native and renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly.
	www.crookedtrunk.com /Photo/PhotoEssays/MuseumOfGlass.aspx (1593 words)

	Arthur Erickson Architects - Museum of Glass :: arcspace.com
		The Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art, dedicated to presenting the medium of glass within the context of contemporary art in all media, opened to the public on July 6, 2002.
		"The mission of the museum is to free the medium of glass from the boundaries of its craft origin, and frame it within the context of all contemporary art.
		Sheathed in sand-colored concrete and translucent glass, the building's signature architectural feature is a tilted 91-foot cone wrapped in stainless steel that punctuates the skyline and serves as an immediately identifiable cultural landmark.
	www.arcspace.com /architects/Erickson/museum_of_glass.htm (629 words)

	Museum of Glass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Museum of Glass is a museum dedicated to glass art located in Tacoma, Washington.
		It is not to be confused with the various other Museums of Glass, such as the one in Corning, New York.
		The museum, designed by architect Arthur Erickson, opened in July of 2002 and is located near the University of Washington Tacoma in downtown.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Museum_of_Glass (226 words)

	Roman Glass \| Special Topics Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Core-formed and cast glass vessels were first produced in Egypt and Mesopotamia as early as the fifteenth century B.C., but only began to be imported and, to a lesser extent, made on the Italian peninsula in the mid-first millennium B.C. By the time of the
		Glass windowpanes were first made in the early imperial period, and used most prominently in the public baths to prevent drafts.
		Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/rgls/hd_rgls.htm (1255 words)

	Glass FOCUS
		Glass FOCUS is a bi-monthly print newsletter that has all the information and news you need to keep you up to date on contemporary art glass.
		Glass FOCUS is the only contemporary glass periodical that provides extensive coverage on gallery exhibitions, museum shows, artists, news, and events in the continental United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Japan and Australia in a concise, readable format six times a year.
		Heineman, a trustee emeritus of the museum, says he and his wife chose to donate their collection to Corning because of the museum's exceptional reputation, the high quality of its special exhibitions and permanent collections, its innovative educational programs, and the international audience that it attracts.
	www.glassfocus.net (4194 words)

	Art Glass Museum Listings - GlassArt.biz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The Montgomery Museum of the Arts was founded in 1930 by a group of local artists and patrons under the name of the "Alabama Society of Fine Arts." And to this day the Museum continues to be one of the South's premier cultural institutions.
		The Museum of Fine Arts of St. Petersburg was founded by Margaret Acheson Stuart (1896-1980) and reflects her vision of providing outstanding examples of world art in an inviting, elegant setting.
		The heart of a great museum is its collection, and we are proud to claim one of the largest, most significant art collections in the nation.
	www.glassart.biz /Listings/MuseumListings.asp (511 words)

	Uranium (fluorescent) and Vaseline Glass article from the Virtual Glass Museum
		During the latter part of the 19th century, some glass with uranium was made with heat sensitive chemicals which turned milky white when reheated, producing a shading effect from yellow to milky white at the edges.
		This kind of glass is often called "vaseline glass" today, because of its similarity to the ointment of that name (which used to be a yellowy colour, but nowadays is more or less white, just to confuse the glass collectors).
		The gold gave Burmese glass its heat sensitivity, so that the parts which were re-heated during manufacture turned salmon colour, whilst the rest of the object remained creamy yellow.
	www.glass.co.nz /uranium.htm (1502 words)

	Terms \| GlassMarket at The Corning Museum of Glass
		Access and use of The Corning Museum of Glass web site at glassmarket.cmog.org is subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and all applicable laws.
		The Corning Museum of Glass does not warrant that the functions contained in the materials will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available is free of viruses or other harmful components.
		The Corning Museum of Glass does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the materials in this site in terms of their correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise.
	glassmarket.cmog.org /page.htm?PG=TERMS (728 words)

	Corning Museum of Glass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Located in the Finger Lakes region, in one of the most prominent glassmaking towns in America, the Museum is an educational institution, dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of the art, history and science of glass.
		When the Museum officially opened to the public in 1951, it contained a significant collection of glass and glass-related books and documents: there were 2,000 objects, two staff members, and a research library, housed in a low, glass-walled building designed by Harrison and Abramowitz.
		Museum staff members were faced with the tremendous task of restoration: every glass object had to be meticulously cleaned and restored, while the library's contents had to be cleaned and dried page by page, slide by slide, even before being assessed for rebinding, restoration, or replacement.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Corning_Museum_of_Glass (991 words)

	NCC - National Museum of Cambridge Glass
		The museum is located at 136 South Ninth Street, one block south of the main street of Cambridge, and is open April through October.
		It is important to note that this new Museum replaces the original National Museum of Cambridge Glass that had been built years earlier by the efforts of NCC members.
		The National Museum of Cambridge Glass display area is made up of 1250 lineal feet of 16" shelving, where visitors are able to experience a wide variety of examples of this admired glass.
	www.cambridgeglass.org /nccmuseum.php (840 words)

	Dorflinger Glass Museum - Introduction
		The Dorflinger Glass Museum is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Christian Dorflinger, known throughout the world as the creator of fine crystal and exquisite cut glass.
		Shortly after relocating here, he constructed in the village of White Mills a glass factory where he was to design and produce some of the finest lead crystal in the country.
		Displayed among period antiques and artifacts from the glass factories themselves, this definitive collection ranges from household items to presentation pieces, and from the graceful elegance of simplicity to the stunningly intricate.
	www.dorflinger.org /museum/index.htm (211 words)

	artnet Magazine - The House that Glass Built (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The Museum of Glass is not an art museum that was begun with a collection in hand.
		While the museum is not exclusive to glass -- billing itself broadly as an "International Contemporary Art Museum" -- the in-house glass making facility runs daily in an effort to entertain and educate the public on the potential and versatility of glass as an artistic medium.
		Morris is known for exploiting the limits of scale in his blown glass creations, and expectations for this medium are expanded further in his four current installations at the museum.
	www.artnet.com /magazineus/reviews/drury/drury11-14-05.asp (791 words)

	Corning Museum of Glass Virtual Tour
		We went to the Corning Museum of Glass, in Corning New York.
		He gathered the mound of glass on a long, hollow metal pole that was like a straw.
		He kept the glass hot and flexible by putting it into an oven which was cooler than the first, only 900 degrees.
	www.chiff.com /a/corning-museum.htm (859 words)

	Corning Museum of Glass educates and delights in laminated glass
		Its laminated glass structure is opaque from the outside but transparent from the inside.
		This display is actually situated inside a giant laminated glass 'egg' or ellipsoid, 12 m tall and 7.60 m in diameter, suspended from the museum's ceiling.
		The 40-ton glass egg is suspended from the ceiling by four steel cables.
	www.dupont.com /safetyglass/lgn/stories/1802.html (675 words)

	:SANAA, Glass Pavilion : arcspace.com
		Because of its location, in a park at the southernmost end of a historical Victorian-style housing district, It was necessary to consider both the preservation of the dense growth of 150-year old trees in the park and the surrounding historical neighborhood in conceiving the design.
		SANAA designed the museum as a low, single-story pavilion with a series of courtyards open the sky, so that visitors, when inside the building, still feel they are walking under the trees.
		The approximate 32.000 square feet of glass originates from a batch of float glass in Austria that, prior to being shipped to the site in Toledo, was curved and laminated in southern China.
	www.arcspace.com /architects/sejima_nishizawa/glass/glass.html (411 words)

	Castello Banfi -- Il Museo
		But perhaps the museum's most significant display is of ancient Roman glassware, which is considered by critics to be the most comprehensive collection in the world: ampules, plates, goblets and pitchers of various shapes and styles are on display.
		Glass production then fell into a 1,000 year dark period when virtually no objects were produced.
		The Museum is open seven days a week from10:00 AM to 7:00 PM from April to October, and from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM from November to March.
	www.castellobanfi.com /tour/glass.html (395 words)

	HMNH Exhibitions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The Glass Flowers gallery is open during regular museum hours and is included in the general admission fee.
		Colored glass was used for many, others were "cold painted" with a thin wash of colored ground glass or metal oxide(s) and heated until the material fused to the model
		Since the glass flowers are always in bloom, tropical and temperate species may be studied year-round.
	www.hmnh.harvard.edu /exhibitions/glassflowers.html (444 words)

	Lakes Region of Maine, USA
		The Jones Museum of Glass and Ceramics (do you know what ceramics is? I'll tell you later) has been called the hidden jewel in the hills of western Maine, and the first thing that appealed to me about this gem was its setting.
		Although the museum is governed by a Board of Trustees, she continues to serve in several capacities: director, curator, and lecturer.
		And the museum's continued success is bolstered by its strong ties with major sources of decorative arts and influential museums such as the Smithsonian Institution, the Corning Museum of Glass, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Philadelphia Art Museum, the Chrysler Museum and numerous smaller institutions.
	www.lakesregionofmaine.gen.me.us /richardbuck/see&do/jonesmuseum.html (1063 words)

	National Imperial Glass Collectors Society
		The Museum’s archival documents are in the process of being preserved and catalogued.
		After touring the glass display rooms, take the time to peruse the gallery of portraits, original photographs and advertising materials.
		On display at the Museum are many fine examples of Imperial glassware created from 1904 to 1984.
	www.imperialglass.org /museum.htm (265 words)

	Pattern Glass Virtual Museum Aisle #4
		It was made by the Portland Glass CO. in the mid 1800s.
		It has been reported that this glass with serpents was used in the Massachusetts State House.
		According to Heacock, this type of glass was probably produced while the Northwood plant was under the control of the National Glass Co. The pattern is much more commonly found in custard, green w/ gold and blue opalescent.
	www.patternglass.com /mus4/museum4.htm (618 words)

	ArchitectureWeek - Design - Museum of Glass by Arthur Erickson - 2002.1009
		The most striking feature of the new Museum of Glass is, at its southern end, a 90-foot (27-meter) cone, tilted 17 degrees, covered in diamond-shaped stainless steel plates.
		According to Erickson, the conical shape is a nod to the former sawdust burners of the region's lumber mills.
		The Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington, by Canadian architect Arthur Erickson.
	www.architectureweek.com /2002/1009/design_1-1.html (243 words)

	Amazon.com: The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting, 1990-1999: Books: David Whitehouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Glass Art from UrbanGlass is another showcase of a vast array of glasswork with a more contemporary bent.
		The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York, houses the world's premier glass collection, a dazzling array of more than 35,000 objects representing 3,500 years of glass craftsmanship and design.
		A rare third-century portrait medallion, glass figurines made in the early 17th century, a selection of the most celebrated English cameo glass of the 19th century, and fabulous works by leading contemporary glass artists are among the prized objects on display.
	www.amazon.com /Corning-Museum-Glass-Collecting-1990-1999/dp/0810967103 (1190 words)

	VIA Online: Tacoma's Glass Museum
		From its inception, the Museum of Glass was charged with two missions: to lead the nascent cultural revitalization of Tacoma and to honor its famous native son, internationally venerated glass artist Dale Chihuly.
		In large part because of Chihuly, who in 1971 cofounded the Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Wash., the Northwest is today one of the world centers for glass art.
		History Museum, the Tacoma branch of the University of Washington, and the Tacoma Art Museum's new home.
	www.viamagazine.com /top_stories/articles/art_of_glass02.asp (794 words)

	Toledo Museum of Art: The Glass Pavilion
		The Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion made its debut during a week of preview events, August 22-27, 2006.
		The Glass Pavilion is now open to the public during normal Museum hours, and we look forward to your first and subsequent visits to this spectacular new addition to the Museum, the community, and the world.
		At times when the hot shops are being used by TMA School of Art and Design classes, the unique nature of the Glass Pavilion allows you to view glass blowing action through the hot shop walls or on overhead monitors.
	www.toledomuseum.org /GlassCenter_main.htm (219 words)

	Stained Glass in Medieval Art \| Special Topics Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		To color the glass, certain powdered metals are added to the mixture while the glass is still molten.
		Molten glass can be blown into a sausage shape, then slit on the side before being flattened into a sheet; it can also be spun with a pontil iron into a round sheet (crown).
		To assemble the window, pieces of colored and painted glass are laid out on the design board, with the edges of each piece fitted into H-shaped strips of lead (cames).
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/glas/hd_glas.htm (499 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)