Museum of Glass
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The Museum of Glass is a 75,000-square-foot contemporary art museum in Tacoma, Washington, dedicated to the medium of glass. Since its founding in 2002, the Museum of Glass has been committed to creat
Outside of the Hot Shop - the cone building
Glassmaking in the hot shop
Dale Chihuly
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Dale Chihuly is an American glass artist. He is well known in the field of blown glass, "moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture".
Museum of Glass
…when Dr. Philip M. Phibbs, recently retired president of the University of Puget Sound, had a conversation with Tacoma native and renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly. Phibbs reasoned that the Pacific Northwest's contributions to the studio glass movement warranted a glass museum, and he outlined a plan for the Museum…
Chihuly in 1992
A Chihuly chandelier at Kew Gardens
A Chihuly chandelier at the V&A Museum
Ethereal Spring Persians (2022)