When you think of glass do you think Corning? Well if you don’t you should. And if you can take a glass vacation The Corning Museum of Glass is the place on the east coast to go. It’s located in Corning, NY which is upstate from NYC. they have a studio where you can take classes and see glass blowing and they have the coolest museum that houses an incredible collection of the history of glass. I went years ago for a Society of Glass Beadmakers conference (before they became the International Society of Glass Beadmakers), before they renovated the museum. I am really looking forward to my next east coast vacation so I can fit in a trip over to the museum.
If you wander around their web site you can see the museum is chock full of activities and glass learning experiences. The pictures I’ve posted show a bit of the museum’s attempted at creating the world’s largest glass pumpkin. Crazy…but totally cool. Check out their flickr account to see all of the pictures. Just traveling around their web site and their flickr account will make you want to go to Corning to check it all out. I know I want to go.
