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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
Michigan
- Henry
Ford Museum & Greenfield
Village
20900
Oakwood
Blvd. Dearborn,
MI 48121
313-271-1620
A
large collection
of pressed
glass displayed
and 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.
- Public
Museum
of Grand
Rapids
54
Jefferson
S E. Grand
Rapids,
MI 49503
616-456-3977
The
collection
is exclusively
Greentown
glass from
the extensive
collection
of Grand
Rapids
native,
Dr. Ruth
Herrick,
researcher,
author,
and collector
of the
Indiana
glass.
Minnesota
- Minnesota
Historical
Society
690
Cedar St.
St.Paul,
MN 55101
612-296-6126
There
is a comprehensive
collection
of pressed
glass,
but it
is not
on display,
and is
only available
for research
of a limited
basis by
appointment.
Dr. Arthur
Peterson
donated
800 salt
shakers
and Drucilla
McGill
donated
280 glass
salts to
the collection.
Missouri
- Golden
Pioneer
Museum
Hwy
86 & "J",
Golden,
Missouri.
417-271-3300.
April 1-October
31.
Eclectic
private
museum
with large
collection
of Carnival
Glass,
Custard,
Vaseline,
Black Ameythst,
Art Glass
and whimsies.
Nebraska
- Harold
Warp Pioneer
Village
Minden,
NE 68959
308-832-1181
In
addition
to general
displays
of artifacts
of pioneer
life, there
is glass
related
to early
settlers.
New
Hampshire
- Currier
Gallery
of Art
192
Orange
St. Manchester,
NH 03104
603-669-6144
Has
a comprehensive
collection
of pressed
glass including
an extensive
collection
of cup
plates.
Most of
the glass
came from
the New
England
area.
New
Jersey
- Wheaton
Museum
of American
Glass
1501
Glasstown
Rd. Millville,
NJ 08332
856-825-6800
The
Wheaton
Museum
of Glass
is the
largest
museum
in the
U.S. devoted
to American
glass,
20,000
square
feet with
a priceless
7000 piece
collection
of specimens
dating
from the
nation's
beginnings.
Each room
is a different
chapter
in glass
history,
with the
architecture
and decor
matching
the era.
Exhibits
include
Early American
medicine
bottles,
insulators
and scientific
equipment,
19th century
whiskey
flasks
and an
entire
room of
paperweights.
An operating
replica
of a glass
factory
demonstrates
how pressed
glass is
made. Hours:
10am-5pm
7 days
April-December.
Call for
January-March
schedule.
- Gloucester
County
Historical
Society
17
Hunter
Street,
Woodbury,
NJ
08096-4605
609-845-7881
Collection
is
American
decorative
arts
housed
in
an
18th
century
house.
- New
Jersey
State Museum
205
West
State
St.
CN530
Trenton,
NJ
08625-0530
609-292-6300
Galleries
display
pottery,
porcelain
and
glass
made
in
New
Jersey
from
the
18th
century
to
the
present.
The
collection
is
especially
strong
in
porcelain
and
earthenware
made
in
Trenton,
the
most
active
center
for
this
kind
of
production
in
America
in
the
late
19th
and
early
20th
centuries.
Ceramic
wares
produced
by
Trenton
firms
ranged
from
sturdy
hotel
wares
to
delicate
Beleek,
and
from
functional
porcelain
plumbing
fixtures
to
fine
porcelain
sculpture
sent
to
the
1876
Centennial
Exposition
in
Philadelphia.
The
exhibition
of
glass
allows
visitors
to
examine
the
production
and
decorating
processes
in
use
since
the
colonial
period,
to
consider
the
functions
of
glass
in
everyday
life,
and
to
discover
how
New
Jersey's
glassworks
have
supplied
Americans
with
utilitarian
containers,
table
glass
and
art
glass
for
nearly
250
years.
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