In a first-ever partnership, the Museum of Glass and Seattle’s Burke Museum will collaborate with Northwest glass artist, Preston Singletary as he creates a work of art in the Museum of Glass Hot Shop.
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The Museum of Glass presents the Contrasts Multi-Sensory Experience, a new educational program to augment the ongoing exhibition, Contrasts: a Glass Primer.
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Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Italian Glass, an exhibition organized by the Museum of Glass, opens at the Smithsonian Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery today, October 3, 2008.
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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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