Museum of Glass

 May 5, 2025

Another place we wanted to visit on our last trip to New York was the Corning Museum of Glass. Yes, that Corning, the one that makes Corningware, Corelle, and Pyrex. I had hopes that the museum would cover a little more of the housewares manufacturing history than it did. However, the museum is amazing, and quite the maze itself in one of the galleries! 

The museum covers the history of glass, industrial uses of glass as well as some incredible glass art. No wonder the ticket is good for two days. They have glassmaking demonstrations throughout the day. You can make your own glass souvenir for an extra cost. For some of the souvenirs, you'll need to plan on picking it up the next day or having it shipped. 

We're so glad we were able to visit. Quite often I had to remind myself that buying a glass piece of art would not work the best in an RV! 

Gallery of Glass Art 

Cameo Glass

Mosaic

Mosaic close-up view

Largest American cut punch bowl

This looks familiar

One of the reasons Corning got started - glass blinds

Fern Green Tower - Dale Chihuly

Macchia Seaform Group - Dale Chihuly

Owens Corning fiberglass

Kids' glass Pyrex play set

Where Are We Going Next?  

The Dainty Dessert

May 1, 2025

The last time we were through western New York, we saw a tourist brochure for Jello. What? To our surprise, we learned that Jello was first manufactured in LeRoy, NY, just south of Rochester.  Jello continued to be manufactured in LeRoy until 1964 when it was moved to Dover, DE. We didn't make it to the Jello Gallery on that first trip, but a seed was planted.

We thought we were going to end up missing the gallery on this trip. The Gallery opens the first Thursday in May, the same day as our travel day out of the area. We decided to make Jello our driving stretch break. The gallery mainly consists of Jello advertising history and Jello molds. We took around an hour to meander through, smile, and remember eating a lot of Jello as kids. 

The first four flavors were strawberry, raspberry, lemon, and orange. There are quite a few more flavors now. What's your favorite flavor?

I'd try that!

Where Are We Going Next?