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The Sandwich Glass Museum
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9 reviews for The Sandwich Glass Museum
Really stunning pieces of glassware that make you wonder, how is that possible!? Everything is labeled with a small description of where it came from, what it was used for, and anything else of significance. It doesn't take a super long time to get through the museum itself, but if you stay for the live glass blowing demo and the movie presentation, you will be there for at least 1.5 hours, easily. Who knew there was so much to this art?
The lady doing the live demo was awesome, and made a vase out of a beer bottle. It was crazy neat, and I wish I could've come back the next day to see it all cooled and finished. The movie presentation was kind of boring, although it's pretty short, ~20 minutes. They sell some really neat little ornaments and jewelry in the gift shop too, which you end up in after you've gone through the entire museum and are all excited about glass. They have really cute little glass turtles and penguins!
FYI: $5 for adults to get in.
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Cool museum for the artist at heart for glass blowing. There is a live demonstration as well as history of Sandwich's glass, a movie, and a gift shop. Quaint museum indeed.
This museum is named after the town Sandwich. No, this museum is NOT about sandwiches but glass blowing!
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I really like this little glass museum. It has a glass blowing demonstration with a history of blown glass and pressed glass, a movie and animatronics (?) about the history of Sandwich glass, and a series of rooms devoted to the factory and its glass. Considering that this is a museum and a tour devoted to a factory that hasn't even existed for almost a hundred years, it's really interesting. My one question, just who is funding this place?!?
Very well done!
Did you know? The Sandwich Glass Factory was the first factory in history to make glass affordable for the middle and lower class.
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Cute little museum and I enjoyed the glass blowing demonstration and history of sandwich glass. They picked my son to "help" during the demonstration and then they gave him a piece of the pressed glass - he was thrilled. So I'm personally not a huge fan of glass antiques and such so that part was not as interesting to me but I can see where some might spend a long time looking at the glass and such. The building is beautiful and the items are very well displaced. Everyone who worked there was incredibly nice and helpful. The shop at the end has some beautiful items at all prices.
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My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed the museum and the talk about the history of the glass factory and the glass blowing demo. It was well worth seeing.
Well, the 4 of us, did not participate in any "scavenger Hunt", however we did tour the Museum with over 5,000 works of glass produced between 1825 to 1888 and if you enjoy beautiful colored glass in various forms, you will appreciate this collection.
I have been to many Glass Factories, including Bermuda, Italy, the Caribbean and in the Azores and this was as awesome as any, when it came to the Art demonstrations of Glass Blowing.
They also sponsor an annual Glass Show which has over 50 Dealers of Antique Glass from across the United States.
A Shop, of course, is on your way in or out and they sell reproductions and original glass works, some of which are very well known artists for their collections of Paperweights, Vases and other pieces of glass.
I would return here. It was very interesting and enjoyable!
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I enjoyed my visit here.
Very quint, small, but good.
Very imformative of history of the sandwich glass company and all the different stuff they make and how.
They even have a glass blowing demonstration which is about 20 minutes but good.
The stuff they have in the gift shop they make there and I bought a glass swan for my mom. She loved it
The day I wake up here and find myself participating in the museum "scavenger hunt"* I will know for sure that I've gone to hell.
*The "hunt" consists of a piece of paper with outlines of glass pieces drawn on them. You have to run through the museum to find them (it's an entire freaking museum of broken glass!) - at the end, if you behave, the little old lady at the front will give you a glass marble. An awesome prize for small children.
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This is a quaint museum with a working glass oven and regular glass-blowing demonstrations. We loved the demo - the girl that blew glass was a great speaker, and explained the process really well. I never knew how exciting it was to blow glass! The rest of the museum is really beautiful - all the different pieces of colored glass make for some beautiful photo opps (photography is allowed inside - I checked). They have several multimedia displays, which, although a little corny, are still rather cute and very informative. I had a great time here. Don't forget to check out the gift shop - after seeing how glass is made, you have to get a memento. Some items are (justifiably ) pricey, but I picked up a beautiful vase on sale, made by one of the glass blowers that work there.
