Beautifully done museum. An exhaustive collection, always displayed well. Super clean. Veryinformed and helpful friendly people to guide the tour. Displays, not only of many rare pieces, but a well done presentation on how Cambridge Glass was actually produced along with the history of a past-era Company. Even for a non-collector (me!), it's a marvelous hour plus visit.
We are completing a list of places to see, as our daughter will soon graduate from nearby Muskingum University. This was a valuable learning experience, with an original video showing the actual workers from the days the factory was open / existed. The arrangement of the glass pieces is accompanied by a pamphlet with descriptions and facts. We liked to hear more about future event in Cambridge, the Dickens Christmas walk.
The Museum is now decorated for the Holiday Season and are hosting bus tours. As has always been the case, all of the glass is beautifully displayed.
If you have the opportunity to visit the Cambridge Glass Museum, GO. It is a little piece of history on glass-making, and the colors they have on display are simply amazing. Allow about an hour to really see everything, and don't be shy about asking questions. The volunteer staff really knows what they are talking about here. We had a wonderful time there, and would go again. Don't forget to check out the gift shop in the museum. Some pieces are really very affordable, and rare!
If you're into vintage glassware, this is the place for you to visit!!! Beautiful Cambridge glassware, the history behind each design is just amazing! ! If you have small kids and they get bored during the tour, the museum has a special area for kids to do rubbing from some of the etching plates, so mom or dad can enjoy looking at all the fabulous glass!! I highly recommend this place if you are ever in this area!!!
I knew about Ohio's glass history, and had heard of Cambridge glass. Yet I never anticipated the impact of so much beautiful Cambridge in one place! Truly, this museum is a labor of love for so many volunteers whose city's history is inextricable from the history of the glass. The film is rather slow-going, but as you tour the collection you will get a feel for the time, the place, and the people who produced it. There are pictures and artifacts from the factory itself. There are pieces of cambridge available for sale. and there is a station for children to make crayon etchings of metal plates used for molding the decorative glass.
i went with a bus group to cambridge, ohio. For Christmas season, the downtown is decorated with "real life" statues of different scenes of victorian times. The glass museum has the world's most extensive collection of Cambridge Glass. Besides the tour of all the glass-enclosed pieces , we were shown a short film about the history. Glassware was extraordinarly beautiful and wide variety of colors. we also got to make etchings of patterns that they used.
The staff are very helpful and the glass colors are amazing. My girlfriend asked a thousand questions and each one was answered with a smile. She has begun collecting glassware.
The glass is displayed in well organized and absolutely clean showcases. There are a number of very rare pieces. Our visit to the museum provided us with a much better understanding of the history of Cambridge Glass. The volunteers and staff were great!
The staff was very friendly, courteous and informed. We were very impressed with the staff, the facility and the knowledge the staff imparted. A real jewel in a small Ohio town! If you love glass, it was terrific!! My husband is indifferent about glass and not really excited about going. However, he was very impressed and it brought back a lot of nostalgic memories for him. His comment is "Impressive stuff!"