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...to foster and encourage the collection, appreciation, study,
preservation, and documentation of early American pattern glassware, and its place in American life, past and present. |
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Glass
Museums
Indiana
- Glass
Museum
309
S. Franklin,
Dunkirk,
IN 47336
317-768-6809
Features
5000+ pieces
of glass
produced
in the
east-central
gas belt
by factories
in Dunkirk,
Albany,
and others.
Includes
Depression,
Vaseline,
custard,
handblown,
hand and
machine
pressed,
bottles,
canes,
stained
glass windows
and others.
Open May
1 through
November
1. During
the first
weekend
in June,
the annual
Glass Days
Festival
is held
in Dunkirk.
- Greentown
Glass Museum
P.O. Box 161
Greentown, IN 46936
765-628-6206
A
small,
but
inclusive
museum
dedicated
to
the
products
of
the
Indiana
Tumbler
and
Goblet
Company
which
operated
for
less
than
10
years
between
1894-1903
that
produced
unique
forms
and
colors,
including
Chocolate
Glass,
Golden
Agate
(Holly
Amber),
Nile
Green,
etc.
Also
included
are
pieces
produced
at
other
factories
where
Jacob
Rosenthal,
developer
of
Chocolate
Glass,
also
worked
after
leaving
Greentown.
The
annual
Greentown
Glass
Festival
and
Antique
Show
is
held
during
the
second
weekend
in
June.
- Indianapolis
Museum
of Art
1200
W. 38th
St., 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.
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Howard County Historical Museum
1200 W.Sycamore, Kokomo, IN 46901
765-452-4314
Executive: Director Kelly Karickhoff director@howardcountymuseum.org
Curator: Stew Lauterbach curator@howardcountymuseum.org
Has modest
collection of
Kokomo and
Greentown glass
that is
not permanently
displayed, but
arrangements can
be made
to study
it.
- Wayne
Co. Historical
Museum
1150
North A
Street, Richmond,
IN 47374
317-962-5756
Has a
representative collection
of various
types of
American pressed
glass including
items in
clear, milk,
and colored
glass and
is housed
in an
1864 Friends
Meeting House.
Iowa
- Brunnier
Gallery
Iowa
State Univ.,
290 Scheman
Blvd. Ames,
IA 50011
515-294-3342
Has
a collection
of over
400 pieces
of glass,
mostly
American.
Kansas
- Independence
Museum
123
N. 8th
Street,
Independence,
KS 67301
316-331-3515
Is
developing
a modest
collection
of pressed
pattern
glass.
Louisiana
- R.W.
Norton
Art Gallery
4747
Creswell
Ave. Shreveport,
LA 71106
318-865-4201
Museum
houses
collection
of American
and European
paintings,
sculptures,
and decorative
arts spanning
four centuries.
Much of
the glass
collection
represents
three patterns:
Lion, Westward
Ho!, and
U.S. Coin
on permanent
display.
Also has
collection
of Steuben
glass.
- Ruby Stain Glass Museum
c/oEd Kleppinger
2454 Royal Street,
New Orleans, LA 70117
(504) 948-7701
The ruby stain museum is devoted to building a comprehensive collection of ruby stained pattern glass, a small sub-set of pattern glass. The collection contains thousands of pieces of ruby stained glass, located in seperategs, functioning as a prototype of a permanent study collection and museum.
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