The Museum of Glass and the Children’s Museum of Tacoma welcome Dr. Susan Linn, an advocate for protecting children from corporate marketers, to the Museum of Glass Theater on Sunday, November 1, 2009. Dr. Linn will present a lecture entitled The Case for Make Believe: Saving Play in a Commercialized World, which addresses the role of play in human development and how unfettered commercialism undermines it.
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Museum of Glass (MOG) and Tacoma Art Museum (TAM) are teaming up to offer a joint admission ticket November 11 – 15, 2009. The ticket price is $15 for regular adult admission to both museums, a $6 savings over purchasing individual admission at each museum.
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For the sixth consecutive year, the Museum of Glass and Finland’s iittala, Inc. are teaming up for a weekend dedicated to birds and bird enthusiasts.
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On Halloween, October 31, 2009, the Museum of Glass will open a new exhibition that pays tribute to the imagination of children. Kids Design Glass showcases 52 glass sculptures designed by children and crafted by professional glass artists in the Museum of Glass Hot Shop.
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The Museum of Glass is offering complimentary admission during the opening weekend of Preston Singletary: Echoes, Fire, and Shadows. This offer is valid Saturday and Sunday, July 11 and 12, 2009.
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The Museum of Glass announces the schedule for its Seventh Annual Visiting Artist Summer Series which features a different Visiting Artist at work in the Hot Shop each week.
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Daniel Clayman will work in the Hot Shop as a Visiting Artist at the Museum of Glass June 3 – 7, 2009.
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Clare Belfrage In the MOG Hot Shop: May 13-17, 2009
Conversation with the Artist, May 17 @ 2 p.m.
Clare Belfrage is an active visiting artist and lecturer from Australia. She is the creative director of Canberra Glassworks. Her work is inspired by nature, specifically by small details, growth, and movement.
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The Museum of Glass Mobile Hot Shop is a fully equipped glass blowing studio designed to take the Museum of Glass Hot Shop experience to far-flung audiences.
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About the Museum of Glass
All glass, all the time. Experience contemporary glass art in a breathtakingly beautiful museum on Tacoma's revitalized waterfront. Feel the heat as you watch a team of artists create masterpieces from molten glass in the hot shop amphitheater, the Museum’s working glass studio. See edgy exhibitions of 20th- and 21st-century glass in the galleries, participate in a hands-on art project, watch original documentary films about glass art and the artists who create it, shop for glorious gifts in the store and stroll across the remarkable Chihuly Bridge of Glass.
Open Wednesday through Saturday 10am to 5pm, Third Thursdays 10am to 8pm, Sunday 12pm to 5pm. Store is also open Tuesdays 10am – 5pm. Summer hours (Memorial Day through Labor Day): also open Monday and Tuesday from 10am to 5pm. Closed September 30th, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. Admission is free for members, $10 general, $8 seniors, military and students (13+ with ID), $8 groups of 10 or more, $4 children (6-12) years old. Children under 6 are admitted free. Admission is free every third Thursday of the month from 5pm to 8pm.
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