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A Legacy of Hot Glass: Don Pierce Retires

A week after opening the Amphitheater Hot Shop in the new Contemporary Art + Design Wing, Museum gaffer Don Pierce is retiring. It has to be a bit surreal—leaving the new hot shop in the same place he used to … Read more →

Making it to be Broken

Did you know the Museum provides live glassblowing demonstrations not only in Corning, NY, but also on Celebrity Cruises? Two Celebrity Cruise ships feature a Corning Museum of Glass Hot Glass Show in a permanent hotshop located on the top … Read more →