Established in honor of the Corning Glass Works 100-year anniversary as a company, the Corning Glass Museum allows visitors to see some of the most delicate art in the world and will even tell them to make their own.
The large, ultra-modern museum was originally started in 1951 in a smaller location but with the same express purpose: to explore the history and future of glass. In its modern incarnation, the museum holds over 45,000 glass objects covering some 3,500 years of historical glasscraft. In addition to the impressive collection of art and artifacts, the museum also prides itself on the continuous glass-making displays and classes where visitors can come and learn how to make breakable trinkets of their very own.
The museum is also home to the Rakow Research Library, the world's foremost collection of literature on the subject of glass making and shaping. Instead of just simply covering the past of this important material, the Rakow Commission also looks at the future glass, bit it in optics, manufacturing, or even windows.
For a collection of imminently breakable artifacts, the Corning Glass Museum is surprisingly hands on.
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