The Corning Museum of Glass - A New Way to Look at GlassOnce you've explored the Corning Museum of Glass, you'll never look at glass the same way again. My husband, son and I traveled to Corning to visit the CMOG. I had heard many good things about the museum, yet we were all surprised at just how much there was to do and see here. The Glass Collection Galleries are billed as the world's most comprehensive collection of glass. The exhibits are just amazing. There was a 2,000 lb. table, a 5 x 7 ft. micro mosaic of the Basilica of San Marco, and one of my (many) favorites - Cityscape by Jay Musler, a city skyline fashioned on the edge of half of a Pyrex glass sphere.
The display was of a glass slipper made for a Cinderella movie that was never produced. It was just beautiful. The Glass Innovations Center shows and tells how glass has changed our world. The center has an actual periscope from a nuclear submarine that allows viewers to get a bird's eye view of Corning. This is a popular display, Frank told me. The periscope we saw is the second one to be installed here - the first one wore out from being used so much! The Walk-in Workshop allows visitors to make a project by glassblowing, flameworking, fusing, or sandblasting. At the Hot Glass Show, we watched master glass makers create glass artwork right before our eyes. There's also a gift shop and a cafe. Two-and-a half to four hours is recommended for browsing the Glass Collection Galleries alone, but Frank has often overheard visitors plotting to revise their schedule so that they could stay longer, or return the next day. Make sure that you allow time to view "Glass Into Dreams", an award-winning film. I suggest that you allow an entire day to have time to enjoy all that the Corning Museum of Glass has to offer.
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