Get to know the layout of the Museum before you visit. The visitor guide and map is also available at the Admission Desk.

1 - Grand Hall

Beauty Beyond Nature: The Glass Art of Paul Stankard

The work gathered into the exhibition Beauty Beyond Nature tells the remarkable story of a scientific glassblower who began experimenting with the paperweight form in 1969 and, within a decade, took those botanical forms encased in clear glass to new levels of technical virtuosity and expressive achievement.

2 - Jane Russell Hot Shop, Balcony

Made at MOG
Select works from the Museum’s Collection.

3 - Art Alley

Kids Design Glass

Paying tribute to the imagination of children, this exhibition showcases glass sculptures designed by children under the age of 12 and crafted by MOG’s Hot Shop Team.

4 - Viola A. Chihuly Gallery

5 - North Gallery

6 - Permanent Collection Gallery

7 - Leonard & Norma Klorfine Foundation Gallery

During the Museum’s 2026 capital renovation project, all traditional gallery spaces will be closed. Learn more about the project and gallery closure here.

Outdoor Installations

8 - Water Forest, 2002
Howard Ben Tré, Collection of City of Tacoma

Water rises and falls in a forest of vertical elements of clear acrylic and bronze tubing, designed so that people can walk through.

9 - Fluent Steps, 2009
Martin Blank

The sculptures celebrate the many moods of water through three small islands of glass: (A) Echo, (B) Cascades, and (C) Wisps.

10 - Chihuly Bridge of Glass, 2002 
Dale Chihuly, Arthur Andersson, Collection of City of Tacoma

Three distinct installations comprise the Chihuly Bridge of Glass: Seaform Pavilion, Crystal Towers, and Venetian Wall.