The long-awaited final volume of Chemical Analyses of Early Glasses is now available. Authored by Robert H. Brill and Colleen P. Stapleton, this summative third volume completes an in-depth survey of work performed by the Museum’s Scientific Research Department over … Read more →
In 1956, an enormous slab of a concrete-like substance was discovered by an excavation crew preparing to build a museum in Beth She’arim, Israel. Seven years later, in 1963, The Corning Museum of Glass and the University of Missouri sent … Read more →
When you think of the pharaoh Tutankhamun (approx. 1341 – 1323 BCE), or “King Tut,” as he is popularly known, you probably think of gold. After all, the presence of gold in Tutankhamun’s tomb, when virtually all other pharaohs’ tombs … Read more →
As Digital Asset Specialist at the Museum, I have the pleasure of working with our Research Scientist Emeritus, Dr. Bob Brill, as he digitizes some of the materials in his personal archive. Dr. Brill’s history with the Museum stretches back … Read more →