What's New at the Museum

We're OPEN. Come on down.

The Museum is open again during our normal hours (Saturday and Sunday, Noon-4:00pm). We are temporarily unable to schedule Group Tours. Information will be posted here when tours will resume.

The Gift Shop will again be offering a 30% discount, and we will extend that discount through the end of the year!

Verlys Workshop held on Oct 19

The Historical Glass Museum held a workshop on Verlys of America on October 19. This was a follow-up workshop to one presented last year. The presenter was Thomas Rigali-Roy, a long time collector of Verlys, and he and his partner presented the Museum with a wonderful donation of Verlys glass. At right is a closeup of the piece that Thomas is holding in the photo at left.
           

Thomas spoke about both the colors and treatments done by Verlys. Attendees were able to ask questions and bring items to share with the group. All who attended enjoyed the presentation.

After the presentation, Thomas and his partner Harold Cheyne III gave the Museum a donation of an additional 16 pieces of Verlys and 14 pieces of Consolidated and Phoenix Art Glass. The Museum can now proudly proclaim that the Museum has the largest collection of Verlys America art glass in the world. Thank you, gentlemen, from all our members.

June 8 Workshop on Fenton Glass

The Museum hosted another of vice president Bill Summers’ Fenton workshops on June 8. The topic was Fenton Crests, Sugars, and, by popular demand, a little bit more about Hobnail. Here are some photographs taken at the workshop.

April 13 Seminar on Paden City Glass

On Saturday, April 13, the Museum presented a Seminar on Paden City Glass, a company that is often overlooked, but which produced beautiful glass up until 1951. The Seminar was presented by Michael Krumme and Barbara Jenks. We managed to accomodate a nice crowd in the limited space available in our hundred-year-old building.

Shown below are the only photographs we were able to obtain, showing the glass, the presenters and some of the attendees. Click on the small photo to see a larger version. The Museum offers Seminars and Workshops several times a year at the Museum, and all are admission free. The public is always invited. Check this web site for announcements of future Seminars.

   

Inventory Project

We are embarking on a project to update and photograph the inventory of the museum's collection. Kathi Jablonsky, a retired appraiser, will be the project coordinator.

Kathi has completed work on the Steuben collection and the paperweight collection. The next case to be worked on is the Verlys collection, including the recent donation from Thomas Rigali-Roy and Harold Cheyne III.

The Museum has two Fall semester interns from the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Cal Poly Pomona. Interns Antoinette Parker and Jesenia Garcia will work with Kathi Jablonsky and Jacque Rocha to learn about collections management and general museum procedures.

PayPal® for donations

We would like to thank all who have contributed this year. If you would like to help the Museum with a donation, we can accept donations via PayPal. Simply click on the PayPal logo below.

Members can use this link to RENEW an existing membership (instructions provided). DO NOT use it to apply for a NEW membership; instead, follow the link to our membership page and fill out the form and mail it in.
       

Article about the Museum from Redlands Community News

Our local "free" newspaper, which focuses solely on Redlands and the surrounding area, recently published an article on the Museum. The publication, Redlands Community News, has given us permission to post the article here.

Video of the Historical Glass Museum

Here's a nice bonus - a 2018 video featuring a tour of the Museum, with our President, Steve Barnett and Ron Stark, "voice of the Inland Empire". C'mon inside and see what we have for you to experience. Watch and enjoy .

For an additional treat, here is an older video produced in 1995 by the late Huell Howser. Of course, there have been many changes to the Museum since then, but much of what you will see is still on display.