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From Kent, Ohio to Corning, New York

Today’s post is from Museum Explainer Valerie Oppenheim. Allison B. Krause. Jeffrey Glenn Miller. Sandra Lee Scheuer. William Knox Schroeder. These are the names of the four victims of the shootings at Kent State University on May 4, 1970 in … Read more →

New Acquisition: Les Hommes Noirs, a masterpiece by Emile Gallé and Victor Prouvé

by Tina Oldknow, Curator of Modern Glass The Museum has recently acquired an extraordinary work: a large vase, titled Les Hommes Noirs (The Dark Men), designed by Emile Gallé (French, 1846‒1904) and his childhood friend, the painter and sculptor Victor … Read more →