Wednesday, June 28, 2023
As predicted, the next morning was cloudy with threats of
rain. In addition, smoke from Canadian fires had started moving into the area
causing a decrease in air quality. Fortunately, we were prepared with an indoor
adventure and drove 45 minutes southwest to Corning, New York where we planned
to visit the Corning Museum of Glass.
According to their website, “The Corning Museum of Glass is
a not-for-profit museum dedicated to exploring a single material: glass.
Annually welcoming just under half a million visitors from around the world,
the Museum's campus is home to the world’s most comprehensive collection of
glass, the world’s foremost library on glass, and one of the top glassworking
schools in the world.” The museum was established in 1951 by Corning
Glass Works on its 100th birthday.
When you think of Corning glassware, you generally don’t
think a museum about glass would be a good choice for kids. But they actually
enjoyed it. There was actually very little about the typical Corning glassware
we remember from our childhood, and a lot of really interesting displays. Children
17 & under get in for free, which is a bonus, so we didn’t mind paying
extra for an activity where they could make a glass piece to take home. We
spent more than 3 hours there enjoying the galleries and displays of all kinds
of glass, watching a glass blowing demonstration, and watching two members of
our family create some sandblasted glassware. We also ate lunch in their cafeteria
where the food was reasonably priced and a step above fast food, then explored
more galleries in this vast museum before calling it a day and heading back to
our campground so the kids could do more fishing.
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 | | Forest made with drinking glasses |
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 | | Glass blowing demonstration |
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 | | Maritime beacons |
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 | | Jewish VS Catholic Chess Set |
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 | | Tiffany glass window |
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 | We seem to find lighthouses
everywhere we go! |
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 | | Our granddaughter's glass project |
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