The folks at the Corning Museum of Glass have wisely located the gift shop. You can walk in and peruse the aisle upon aisle of items when you enter the doors or just before you leave. We chose the latter, but I did get a sneak preview by squeezing off a photo from an overhanging…

Back in the day, I bought my dear wife Karen a Tiffany lamp for a Christmas present. So my eyes were open for exhibits of similarity in the Tiffany Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass. Their lamp under the spotlight I think might cost more than the one I bought 15 years ago. The…

May I tip my hat to that special person who came upon the process to make glass. At the big museum in Corning, they honor that start and then chart its history. If you pick the right route and lean toward this sort of learning, you can read and see pieces from many centuries. Me,…

Walk into the Corning Museum of Glass, and its three floors worth of things to see might be daunting. My dear wife Karen grabbed the maps at the admission booth and planned our strategy. They neatly broke up rooms into art and history. I could picture these glass works being of MOMA quality. (That’s Museum…

To celebrate our anniversary recently, my dear wife Karen asked if I would like to take the day off from work for a day trip to the Corning Museum of Glass. Yes, beloved. She set up our arrival for 11 a.m. Their virus procedures call for advance reservations with visit start times. We left our…