News from the Corning Museum

More information that is easier to access is waiting for you on the Corning Museum: website. www.cmog.org

The mission of The Corning Museum of Glass is to tell the world about glass - its art, history and technology. As such, the Museum is constantly looking for ways to provide information via the web. The following, details new features which may be of interest to Glass Focus and its readers:
New downloadable media and other great features on The Corning Museum of Glass website now offer you even more ways to explore the world of glass.
Watch Glassmaking Techniques
More than 40 short video segments on various glassworking techniques are now available for viewing and download. You can also watch them at your desktop for your own enlightenment.
Hear from Artists and Experts

Tina Oldknow, the Museum’s curator of modern glass, interviews studio glass artists in a new Meet the Artist podcast series. A special podcast episode for this summer’s exhibition, “Botanical Wonders,” features a discussion between curators David Whitehouse and Susan Rossi-Wilcox, facilitated by artist and historian William Gudenrath. You don’t need an iPod or MP3 player to enjoy these podcasts; you can simply listen at your desktop.
l Learn More about the Glass Collection
Explore more than 1,500 objects in the Museum’s collection. An easy-to-search tool lets you search for objects and their descriptions by artist, region or date. Key objects include related audio and video information.

Our Audio Tour is now online. Listen on your desktop as the curators tell you more about important objects in the glass collection. Or, download the audio files and guide yourself through the Museum using your own MP3 player, Here.

Explore More through the Rakow Library You don’t have to be in Corning to use the incredible resources of the Rakow Library. Search our glass exhibition database for information about upcoming, current, and past (since March 1982) temporary glass exhibitions in venues worldwide.