Museum Glass Collections in the United States

Museum of Science & History - MacArthur Park - Little Rock, AR 72202 (501) 324-9231 Hours: Mon - Sat 10-5pm, and Sunday 1-5pm - 3,000 pressed, blown and cut pieces. Over 2,000 pattern examples. Contains what is believed to be the most complete and best planned collection of American pattern glass anywhere. About 1,800 patterns. 85% of the collection is in creamers from the Bob H. Batty collection.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art - 5905 Wilshire Blvd - Los Angeles, CA 90036 (213) 857-6000 Hours: Tues - Sat 9-4pm Sunday 1-5pm - Consists of 1,000 pieces from China, Asia, Mediterranean, Western Europe and USA. Also contains American pressed and blown pieces. W. Randolph Hearst and the W. Dan Quattlebaum collections of Lacy and non-Lacy glass from Sandwich, New England and Bakewell.

Historical Glass Museum Foundation - 1157 Orange Street - Redlands, CA 92373 (909) 798-0868 Hours: Only Sat & Sun Noon-4pm - Holds displays of American glassware from the early 1800s to contemporary time. Displays include, but not limited to, Heisey, Cambridge, Fenton, Fostoria, Sandwich , cut, early pressed patterns, art and depression era glassware. Special displays include items from teh estate of Liberace and a set of goblets showing the 13 step process of blowing a goblet and placing an etching (the only known complete set known to exist). Admission is free.

American Glass Museums - Historical and Contemporary Museums of American Glass - 1153-1157 N. Orange St., Redlands, CA (P.O. Box 921, Redlands, CA 92373)

Wadsworth Athenaueum - 600 Main Street - Hartford CT 06103 - (203) 278-2670 Hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 4pm - Saturday and Sunday 1pm-4pm. 2,000 pieces of glass from worldwide areas. Gifts from Pierpoint Morgan, etc. Fine enameled, engraved, Venetian, etc. glass. Collection of lacy glass and pattern glass from the Edith Olcott van Gerbig collection.

Yale University Art Gallery - 11 Chapel St. - New Haven, CT 06520 (203) 436-0574 Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am-4pm and Sunday 1-5pm 2,600 Ancient, Islamic pieces, plus 18th and 19th century American free blown, pattern molded, cut and pressed glass. Also Tiffany, Dorflinger, Steuben, Amelung (tumbler) Boston & Sandwich.

Lyman Allyn Museum - 625 Williams Street - New London CT 06320 (203) 442-2545 Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am-4pm and Sunday 1pm-5pm. 800 pieces, mostly New England glass.

Winterthur Museum - Winterthur DE - 1800-448-3883 - Hours: Monday - Saturday 9am - 5pm (Tours by Appointment) 1,200 US, English, Irish, and European pieces. Colonial American tableware, drinking vessels, and lighting devices. Also an extensive collection of Amelung, South Jersey, blown-three-mold, figured flasks, Steigel and European glass.

Laymon Memorial Collection - American Glass - Anne Pfeiffer Chapel - Florida Southern College - Lakeland FL 33802 (863) 855-1302. Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1pm - 5pm. 500 American & European pieces, mostly American.

The Lannan Foundation - 601 Lake Avenue - Lake Worth Florida 23460 - Hours: Contact museum before visit. 600 American & European pieces - ancient and 20th Century.

Pensacola Historical Museum - 405 Sough Adams St. - Pensacola, FL 32501 (805) 443-5455 - 400 American and English pieces. Viola Blount Collection: Tiffany, Carder, Mt. Washington, Webb, Quezal, Lutz, Galle and Lalique.

Lightner Museum - St. Augustine Florida 32084 (904) 824-2874 - 500 pieces: mostly American, some French. Art glass, Tiffany, etc. Founded by the editor of Hobbies who collected during the 30s and 40s. Large collection of brillant cut glass, compotes, salts and art glass. Much is not on display but can be made available on prior arrangement.

The Morse Gallery of Art - 133 E. Welbourn Avenue. Winter Park FL 32789 (305) 644-3686 - 450 American and European pieces. Mid 19th to 20th century. Tiffany, Galle, Steuben, Loetz, Quezal etc.

The Art Institute of Chicago - Michigan Avenue at Adams St. - Chicago IL 60603 (312) 443-3600 - Hours: Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm and Sunday 1pm - 5pm. 4,000 comprehensive pieces - Ancient to modern. Holdings include a collection of cup plates and pressed milk glass.

Chicago Historical Society - Clark St. at North Avenue - Chicago IL 60614 - (312) 642-4600 Hours: Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm and Sunday 1pm - 5pm. 1,000 18th to 20th century pieces. American & European. Emphasis on glass used in the settlement of Chicago and the Midwest.

Illinois State Museum - Spring & Edwards Streets - Springfield IL 62706 (217) 782-7386 Hours: Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm and Sunday 1pm - 5pm. 1,100 pieces - mostly American glass, paperweights, depression and pressed glass in the period room settings.

Greentown Glass Museum - Greentown IN 46936 - (317) 628-7386 - Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1pm - 5pm. 5,000 pieces of glass made by the Indiana Tumbler & Goblet Co. that produced unique forms and colors, including Chocolate glass, Golden Agate (Holly Amber) Nile Green, etc.

Indianapolis Museum of Art - 1200 W. 38th Street - Indianapolis IN 46208 (317) 923-1331 - Contains several collections, including the Greentown Collection of Dr. Ruth Herrick, Lion Pattern, and Lacy Glass. The collection is not regularly on display.

The Glass Museum - Open May 1 through November 1st. 309 S Franklin - Dunkirk, IN Information: (317)768-6809

Brunnier Gallery - Iowa State University - Ames, IA 50011 (515) 294-3342 - Hours: Monday - Saturday 9am - 5pm. 400 engraved English and German glass, Art Nouveau, Biedermeier tumblers etc.

Thomas County Museum - 1525 W 4th Street - Colby KS 67701 (913) 462-6972 - Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1pm - 5pm. 3,000 American and European pieces. Art glass, Sandwich, Mt Vernon, Stiegel type, Galle etc.

Spencer Museum of Art - The University of Kansas - Lawrence KS 66045 (913) 842-1646 - Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1pm - 5pm. 1,000 American, European and Far East pieces. Includes 19th century, American wineglasses and snuff bottles.

New Orleans Museum of Art - City Park - Le Long Avenue - New Orleans LA 70179 (504) 488-2631 - Hours: Daily 10am - 4pm or later. 3,000 pieces. Ancient to Modern. American, English, European, Asian. The Melvin P. Billups collection includes Amelung. Stiegel, South Jersey, and Midwestern blown, three-mold and pattern-mold glass. Also Art Nouveau to contemporary.

R.W. Norton Art Gallery - 4747 Creswell Avenue - Shreveport LA 71106 (318) 865-4201 - 1,250 American and European pieces. Steuben and paperweights. Much of the pressed glass collection represents three patterns. Lion, Westward Ho and US Coin that are permanently displayed. Also there is a collection of Steuben glass.

The Jones Gallery of Glass & Ceramics - East Baldwin, ME 04024 (207) 787-3370 Hours: Monday - Saturday 9am - 5pm. 1,500 Glass/Ceramics, ancient to modern. American, European and Asian. NE Glass, Steuben, Carder, Tiffany, Webb etc. Presents various special programs throughout the year (Jun - Oct)

Portland Museum of Art - 111 High Street - Portland ME 04101 (207) 775-6148 1,000 American and European pieces. 18th century to present. The majority of the glass is Portland glass from the collections of Marion P Dana and Frank Swan.

Baltimore Museum of Art - Art Museum Drive - Baltimore MD 21218 (410) 396-7100 Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1pm - 5pm. 650 pieces - ancient to modern. European, English, Irish and American.

Museum of Fine Arts - 465 Huntington Ave. - Bolton MA 02115 (617) 267-9300 Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 1,100 pieces - American and European. 700 pieces American. 19th century mostly New England and Midwestern states. Wakefield collection of Sandwich Glass and the Fenn Collection of pressed glass from 1825-1880. Early blown and lilypad decorated pieces, flasks, engraved and other types are included. Glass from the New Bedford Glass Museum recently added.

Fall River Historical Society - 451 Rock St - Fall River, MA 02720 - (617) 679-1071. Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 850 New England and Pennsylvania glass. Sandwich lacy glass plates.

Beauport Museum - 75 Eastern Point Blvd - Gloucester MA 01930 (617) 283-0800 - Hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 4pm and Saturday/Sunday 1-4pm. 500 American, English and French pieces.

New Bedford Glass Museum - New Bedford MA 02742 - (617) 994-0115 - Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am-4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. Mostly Northeast US New England glass, Mt Washington, Pairpoint, Gunderson, etc.

Old Dartmough Historical Society - 18 Jonny Cake Hill - New Bedford MA -2740 - (617) 997-0046 - Hours: Monday - Friday 9am-4pm and Saturday 1-4pm. 500 18th through 20th century pieces. English and New England glass, Bedford and Mt. Washington

Essex Institute - 132 Essex St. Salem MA 01970 - 1-800-745-4054 - Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 1,000 17th century through 1900 pieces. American and European. Has a varied collection of glass from New England area and some Pittsburgh. Patterns include: Bellflower, Sunburst, Diamond Point, Ashburton, Argus, Tulip and Peacock Eye. Pieces are mostly goblets, cups, plates and salts.

Sandwich Glass Museum - Sandwich MA 02563 (617) 888-0251 - Hours: Daily 10-4pm or later. 5,000 pieces. One of the finest collections in the United States. Includes some of the early equipment from the Sandwich factory which began operations on July 4, 1825. Glassware displayed in 13 galleries include early handmade glass (1825-1870), early pressed glass (1827-1845) mid 19th century glass (1840-1860) pattern glass (1840-1870) candlesticks (1858-1869) threaded and decorated glass (1870-1888) and the closing years (1870-1907) Over 3,000 pieces are on display.

Old Sturbridge Village - Sturbridge, MA -01566 (617) 347-3362 - Hours: Daily 10-4pm or later. 2,500 pieces of American and English. Ken Wilson was curator. Focus in on glass produced or used in New England prior to 1850. Including bottles and flasks. Includes free-blown, utilitarian household glass, Lacy and pattern glass.

Worchester Historical Museum - 39 Salisbury Street - Worchester MA 01608 (617) 753-8278 - Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday 9am-4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 1,500 18th Century pieces. Eastern United States. Tableware, glasses etc.

Kelsey Museum - University of Michigan - 434 S. State St. Ann Arbor MI 48109 (313) 764-9304 Hours: Monday - Friday 9am-4pm - Saturday/Sunday 1-4pm. 3,000 ancient pieces. Hellenistic, Roman and Islanmic.

The Edison Institute -Henry Ford Museum - 20900 Oakwood Blvd. Dearborn MI 48121 (313) 271-1620 Hours: Contact Museum before visit. 4,000 pieces from the 18th century to 1930. American, English and Germanic glass used in the US. Focus on blown, blown 3-mold and pressed glass made in the Eastern and Mid-West US. A display of pressed glass is arranged in chronological and functional order, such as tableware, decorative, lighting, bottles and containers. There are over 10,000 objects in the collection. By prior arrangement, researchers have access to the collections based computer in the Research Center.

Detroit Historical Museum - 5201 Woodward Avenue - Detroit MI 38203 (313) 833-1805 - Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 1,000 pieces of 19th and early 20th century American glass.

The Detroit Institute of Arts - 5200 Woodward Avenue - Detroit MI 38203 (313) 833-7900 - Hours - Tuesday - Saturday 9am-4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 750 American, European, Ancient Rome, Greece and Persian pieces. Specialties are Colonial America, Islamic and ancient.

American Swedish Institute - 2600 Park Avenue - Minneapolis, MN 55407 (612) 871-4907 - Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am-4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 600 Mostly Swedish glass pieces. Ethnic, historical and art glass. Very limited display.

Minneapolis Institute of Arts - 2400 Third Avenue - South Minneapolis MN 55404 (612) 870-3131. Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 500 pieces from ancient to present. American, Mid East and Europe. American glass and 19th century French paperweights.

Minnesota Historical Society - 690 Cedar St. St Paul MN 55101 (612) 296-6126 - 2,000 American pieces. 19th and 20th century. Cut, engraved, pressed and blown glass including salt shakers, etc. Appointment only.

St. Louis Art Museum - One Fine Arts Drive - Forest Park - St Louis MO 63100 (314) 721-0072 - 800 Ancient to modern pieces, principally European.German and Bohemian in Biedermier style. Some American 19th and 20th century (350 pieces)

Harold Warp Pioneer Village - Minden NE 68959 - (308) 832-1181 - Hours: Daily 10-4pm or later - 2,000 pieces from 1830 to present. Mostly Midwestern pieces commonly used. Pressed, cut, art, lamps etc.

New Hampshire Historical Society - 30 Park Street - Concord NH 03301 (603) 225-3381 - Hours: Daily 10-4pm or later. 1,300 18th to 20th century pieces. American and European with emphasis on New Hampshire. Tablewares, lighting devices, decorative items and containers.

Currier Gallery of Art - 201 Myrtle Way - Manchester, NH 03104 (603) 669-6144 - Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am-4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 3,000 late 18th to 20th century pieces. American & European. Emphasis on New Hampshire and New England. Free blown, mold-blown, and pattern molded. Art glass from all well known houses.

Museum of American Glass - 1501 Glasstown Road - Milville NJ 08332-1566 800-998-4552

Newark Museum - 49 Washington St. Newark NJ 07101 (973) 596-6550 - Hours Wed - Sun 12-5pm and Thursay 12-8:30pm. 2,500 pieces of Ancient to present. Mid East, Europe, American and Asian. New Jersey glass, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, paperweights, pressed and cut glass.

Wheaton Museum of American Glass - Wheaton Village - Millville NJ 08332 - (800)998-4552. Hours: Daily 10-4pm or later. Over 7,000 pieces on display. American, particularly 18th - 20th century colonial Outstanding art glass, art nouveau and studio glass. Early art glass, housewares, etc. One of the largest museums in the US devoted to American glass. 20,000 square feet with a priceless 7,000 piece collection.

Salem County Historical Society - 79-83 Market St. Salem NJ 08079 (609) 935-5004 - 500 pieces of 18th - 20th century South Jersey glass. Housewares, bottles, pharmeceutical jars etc.

New Jersey State Museum 205 West State St. Trenton NJ 08625 (609) 292-6300. Hours: Contact museum before visit. 500 pieces of New Jersey glass. 1750-1980. Wistarburgh to Paul Stankard. Pressed and blown.

New York State College of Ceramics - Alfred University - Alfred NY 14802 (607) 871-2411 - Hours: Daily 10-4pm or later. 1,000 pieces from the last half of the 19th century to the 20th century. Specialties are Carder, Joseph Locke, the Silverman collection (1,000 American pieces) and European.

Brooklyn Museum - Eastern Parkway - Brooklyn NY 11238 (212) 638-5000. Hours: Wed-Friday 9am-4pm and Sat/Sun 1-4pm. 3,000 ancient to contemporary pieces. American including Tiffany, Dorflinger, New England glass and Libbey. Several major collections (Burns, Leckie, Walker, Laura Woodside Watkins and Arther Clement)

Corning Museum of Glass - I-86/Rt 17, Exit 46 Corning NY (800) 732-6845 - Hours: Daily 9-5pm. Open Daily June through Labor Day 9-8pm. The Corning Museum of Glass, home to the worlds most celebrated collection of glass, presents live glassblowing demonstrations all day, everyday. The museum features stunning new galleries, interactive exhibits, a walk-in-workshop where visitors can make their own glass creations, and the GlassMarket where you can shop for glass treasures from around the world. An independent, non profit educational institution, the Museum is dedicated to the art, history, science and exhibition of glassmaking and includes The Rakow Research Library, the world's most comprehensive library on the history and art of glass, and The Studio, an internationally renowned school for glassmaking.

Tuthill Cut Glass Co. Museum - Middletown NY 10940 (914) 361-3211 Hours: Monday - Saturday 9am-4pm. 500 pieces from 1900-1923. Tuthill cut glass, wineglasses to punch bowls.

Cooper-Hewitt Museum - 2 East 91th Street - New York NY 10028 - (212) 860-6868 - Hours: Tuesday- Saturday 9am-4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 1,000 American, European, Middle Eastern, Asian and Scandinavian pieces. Emphasis on design elements.

Metropolitan Museum of Art - 82nd St & Fifth Ave - New York NY 10028 (212) 879-5500 - Hours: Daily 10-4pm or later. 20,000 pieces from 2000 BC to present. Western Europe, Near East and North America. Collections of American glass from all Eastern US Glass houses.

Museum of the City of New York - Fifth Avenue at 103rd St. New York NY 10029 - (212) 534-1672 Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 9am-4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 1,000 American, English and Continental pieces (glass not exhibited except in the 1906 Room)

Museum of Modern Art - 11 West 53rd St. New York NY 10019 - (212) 956-6100 - Hours: Daily 10-4pm or later. (Closed Wed). 600 pieces - Art nouveau to present. Tiffany to studio. Joseph Heil Collection of Galle, etc.

New York Historical Society - 170 Central Park West - NY NY 10024 (212) 873-3400 - Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am-4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 2,000 pieces from Eastern and Midwestern United States and Western Europe. Sandwich, Steigel-type, Favrile. 400+ paperweights from the Jennie H. Sinclair collection. The pressed glass collection is mainly Lacy and colored Sandwich glass, including cup plates, vases and candlesticks.

Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum - One Manhattan Square - Rochester NY 14607 (716) 263-2700 - Hours: 10-4pm daily or later. 7,500 pieces from Mid 1800s to present. American and European art glass and Asian. Extensive pressed/pattern glass representing the social and cultural northeastern American from 1820 to the present. Margaret Woodbury Strong (1897-1969) Collection.

Rochester Museum & Science Center - 657 East Avenue - Rochester NY 14603 (716) 271-4350. Hours: Contact museum before visit. 3,000 primarily Northeastern US pieces. The glass collection is not on permanent display.

Greensboro Historical Museum - 130 Summit Avenue - Greensboro NC 27401 (919) 373-2042 Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am-4pm Sunday 1-5pm. 800 American and European pieces. Blown bottles, lab and medical equipment, goblets, pressed pattern glass, tableware, oil lamps and some Tiffany. Robert and Capelia McKinney Collection of American Commemorative Glass. The 650 piece collection begin in 1961 represents the history of the United States in glass. It includes pattern glass, novelties, flasks, bottles etc.

Degenhart Paperweight & Glass Museum - 177 & Rt 22 - Cambridge OH 43725 (614) 432-2626 Hours: Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm and Sunday 1pm - 5pm. (Hours may vary by month of year) 5,000 pieces. Established through the bequest of Elizabeth Degenhart with her personal collection of glassware and paperweights. Almost every category of American Glass especially Midwestern pattern glass, Cambridge glass and Degenhart paperweights.

Cincinnati Art Museum - Eden Park - Cincinnati OH 45202 (513) 721-5204 - Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1pm - 5pm. 500 pieces from ancient times to present. 19th century American glass, jugs, flasks, English cameo, Roman and Persian glass. William T. Howe collection (New Jersey, Pittsburgh and Ohio glass)

Western Reserve Historical Society Museum - 10825 East Blvd. - Cleveland OH 44106 (216) 721-5722 Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1pm - 5pm. 5,000 mostly Eastern United States glass pieces - 18th & 19th century.

Center of Science & Industry - 280 East Broad Street - Columbus OH 43215 - (614) 228-6362 Hours: Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm and Sunday 1pm - 5pm. 350 goblets. The FO Clements goblet collection.

Ohio Historical Society - 1982 Velma Avenue - Columbus OH 43211 - (614) 466-1500 - Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 1,000 American pieces from 1760 to 1980. Mostly Midwestern pattern-molded and free-blown glass.

Milan Historical Museum - 10 Edison Drive - Milan OH 44846 - (419) 499-2962 - Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 1,600 pieces. Robert Mowry Glass Collection. 18th to 20th century. Mostly American, some English and French.

National Heisey Glass Museum - 169 West Church - Newark OH 43055 (740) 345-2932 Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 3,000 products of A.H. Heisey Co. Handmade glass by A.H. Heisey and Co. from 1886 - 1957. One of the most highly prized collections in the US. Most colors and patterns in the hundreds are displayed.

Allen Memorial Art Museum - Oberlin College - Oberlin OH 44074 - (216) 775-8665 - Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 1,500 pieces of 19th century American glass and matter pattern glass goblets.

Seneca County Museum - 28 Clay Street - Tiffin OH 44883 (419) 447-5955 - Hours: Wednesday - Sunday 12-4pm. 2,300 pieces from 1760s to present. Ohio, other Amiercan, French, Italian, etc. Colonial glass, Art Nouveau, paperweights and pressed glass. Emphasis is on Tiffin glass including the White House patterns.

Tolodeo Museum of Art - Monroe St at Scottwood Avenue. - Toledo OH 43697 (419) 255-8000 6,800 pieces of glass from B.C. to present. American, European, Roman, near Eastern and Asian. American cut, pressed and blown glass especially Sandwich, New England Glass and Libbey. The museum was founded by Edward Drummond Libbey in 1901. Over 500 pieces on display. Collections of Mrs. Harold C. Duckworth and E.M. Belknap are represented.

Philbrook Art Center - 2727 South Rockford Rd. - Tulsa OK 74117 - (918) 749-7941 Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 500 19th century American and European pieces.

Mercer Museum of Bucks County - Pine St. - Doylestown PA 18901 - (215) 345-0210 Hours: Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm and Sunday 1pm - 5pm. 18th and 19th century American, especially eastern Pennsylvania

William Penn Memorial Museum - 3rd and North Streets - Harrisburg PA 17120 (717) 787-4978 Hours: Daily 10-4pm or later. 18th to 20th century American and European glass.

Hershey Museum of American Life - Hershey PA 17033 (717) 534-3439 Hours: daily 10am - 4pm or later. 700 pieces from 1770 to present. Pennsylvania and Eastern United States. 100 pieces of Stiegel-type glass.

Wayne County Historical Society Museum - Honesdale PA 18431 (717) 253-3240 Contact before visiting. 100 pieces of Dorflinger glass tableware, vase, etc.

Philadelphia Museum of Art - Benjamin Franklin Parkway - Philadelphia PA 19101 (215) 763-8100 Hours: Wednesday - Sunday 12-4pm. 1,500 pieces from 1750 to present. European, American, Near East and Asian. George Larimer Collection of 875 pieces of American, plus 5000 pieces of European, English and Irish.

The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania - 4333 Bigelow Blvd. Pittsburgh, PA 15212 - (412) 681-5533 Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am -4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 600 pieces from the 1800s - 1900s. Primarily Pennsylvania and Midwestern glass. Locke Art, Bakewell and Atterbury.

Everhart Museum - Nay Aug Park - Scranton PA 18510 (717) 346-7186 Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 300 pieces of Pennsylvania glass, mostly Dorflinger.

Duncan & Miller Glass Museum LeMoyne House - 49 East Maiden St. Washington PA 15301 (412)225-6740 - Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 350 pieces of largely Duncan & Miller glass. Early pressed and blown, cut and etched ware.

Westmoreland Glass Museum - 1815 Trimble Avenue - Port Vue, PA 15133 (412)678-7352

Rhode Island School of Design Museum - 224 Benefit St. - Providence RI 02903 (401)331-3511 Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm. Sunday 1-5pm. 750 pieces from ancient times to modern. American, European and Near Eastern.

Charleston Museum - 360 Meeting St. Charleston SC 29403 (843)722-2966 Hours: Daily 10am-4pm or later. 3,000 pieces from the 18th and 19th centuries. American, English, European, Roman etc.

Houston Antique Museum - 201 High Street - Chattanooga TN 37403 - (615)266-7176 Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 4,000 pieces from late 1700 to present. American and European. Large collection of pitchers. Satin, Sandwich, Peachblow, Burmese, Amberina, Bristol, Cameo and Cranberry varieties are represented.

Brooks Memorial Art Gallery - Overton Park - Memphis TN 38112 (901)726-5266 Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 350 pieces from the 18th century to present. American, English, Irish, French, Italian and German. Sandwich, Amelung, Steigel-type, Jersey, Steuben, Tiffany and Pittsburgh.

Texas A&M University - MSC Forsyth Center Galleries - Memorial Student Center - College Station TX Contact before visiting. 800 pieces from 1800 to present. English and American Art Glass. Outstanding Runyon collection of Woodall Webb cameo, Mt Washington, New England Glass Co etc.

Texas Christian University - Fort Worth, TX 76129 (817)921-7850 Hours: Daily 10am - 4pm or later (Open only during school year) The Mills Collection. 16th to 20th century. American and Western Europe.

W.H. Stark House - Orange TX 77630 (713)883-0871 Hours: Monday - Friday 9am-5pm. 1,000 pieces from 1800-1930. Early American pattern glass. Flint, Sandwich and Midwestern blown, pressed and cut glass.

Bennington Museum - West Main St. - Bennington VT 05201 (802)447-1571 Hours: Daily 10am - 4pm or later. 7,000 pieces from 1750-1950. Eastern US, England, Continental Europe. Emphasis on Vermont, American blown & art glass including over 1000 pressed goblets produced between 1840 and 1900, and more than 200 salt dishes dating from the 1820s to the 1850s. A premier collection of Early American Glass.

The Chrysler Museum - Olney Road & Mowbray Arch - Norfolk, VA 23510 (757)664-6200 Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 10,000 pieces from all periods & areas. American, English, French, German and Italian. Specialities are Tiffany, Galle, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Sandwich, Mt. Washington and New England. Mr. Chrysler's personal collections were the basis of this museum.

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation - Williamsburg VA 23185 - (800)447-8679 Hours: Daily 10-4pm or later. 1,000 pieces from the 17-19th centuries. Mostly English and Colonial American.

Fostoria Glass Museum - Open may through September - 6th at Tomlinson - Moundsville WV

Oglebay Institute Mansion Museum - Oglebay Park - Wheeling WV 26003 (800) 624-6988 Hours: 3,000 pieces from the 18th & 19th century. Emphasis on Wheeling area glass and the Midwest. Includes pieces from Hobbs, Northwood, Sweeney, Bellaire, Campbell and others. The museum has recently reopened after major remodeling.

Huntington Galleries - 2033 McCoy Road - Huntington WV 25701 (304)529-2701 - Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 1,500 pieces from Roman times to present. Emphasis on Ohio Valley glass. 1,000 objects, primarily from the Ohio Valley - 19th and 20th centuries. Features Hobbs, Brockunier & Co, Central, Riverview, Jefferson, Fenton, Northwood, Dunbar, Fostoria, New Martinsville, Huntington Tumbler, Blenko, Rainbow and Pilgrim. Also on display are important examples of American and European 19th adn 20th century art glass and contemporary studio glass.

Fenton Glass Museum - 420 Caroline Avenue - Williamstown, WV 26187 (304)375-7772 Hours: Monday - Saturday 9am-5pm. 7,500 pieces from 1880-1950, primarily Midwestern glass. Ohio & Pennsylvania. Subjects are blown glass, tableware and novelties. Major emphasis on Fenton, Northwood, Hobbs, Dugan, Jefferson, Millersburg etc.

West Virginia Museum of American Glass - The Museum is located on the corner of Main Avenue and Second Street in downtown Weston, West Virginia (304)269-5006. Hours: Monday - Tuesday & Thursday - Saturday Noon - 4pm. With a focus in time of 1900-1940, when production of American handmade glass boomed and pieces graced millions of tables, WVMAG Ltd. includes all glass products..from bottles to lightening rod balls, from telegraph insulators to glass used in automobiles, from pressed to blown tableware.

Milwaukee Public Museum - 800 West Wells St. - Milwaukee, WI 3233 (414)278-2700 - Hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm. 6,000 pieces from the 18th century to present. American pressed and European overlay glass. Most of the glass is in storage but may be seen by appointment.

Mahler Glass Museum - 165 North Park Avenue - Neenah, WI 54956 (414)722-3348 Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 4pm and Sunday 1-5pm. 1,700 pieces from ancient to present. American, Asian and European. 1,400 paperweights and 140 glass drinking vessels are permanently displayed.

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum - 700 North 12th Street - Wausau, WI 55401 (715)845-7010 Hours: Tuesday - Friday 9am - 4pm. Saturday - Sunday 1-4pm. 500 19th century, American & European glass. Victorian baskets.