2017 Museum Slides
Museum Photo Slide Show – 2017
Each year the displays at the National Museum of Cambridge Glass are changed during the “down” period from January through March. This page features a slide show of photographs taken at the National Museum of Cambridge Glass from the year 2017.
What’s new for 2017
The Museum has both permanent and temporary exhibits. Each year, the Dining Room case is changed out to different themes featuring Cambridge glass and additional new displays and experiential opportunities are added throughout the museum.
Dining Room Display
This year’s Dining Room display is a collaborative effort by a number of NCC members. It features Gold Encrusted Rose Point glassware by Cambridge, of course, matched with Pope Gosser Rose Point china and Wallace Rose Point silverware. Doesn’t this set a fabulous table?
The Rose Point stemware was donated to the Museum by Doug Ingraham; the Crown Tuscan Gold Encrusted Rose Point pieces are on loan from Mike & Cindy Arent; the Gold Encrusted Rose Point Honey Box is on loan from Dale and Kelly Milligan; the Gold Encrusted Rose Point Hurricane Candlesticks are on loan from Larry and Susan Everett; the Pope Gosser Rose Point design china was donated by Grant & Delores Giesler, the Gold Encrusted Rose Point decanter is on loan from Lynn Welker and the rest is from the museum collection.
Members’ Display cases
The members’ display area for this year consists of the permanent display of Cambridge stemware (donated by Mark Nye) along with Cambridge tumblers (new for this year, thanks again to Mark Nye). One case shows Cambridge glass that appeared in Hollywood movies over the years. This is a carry-over from last year’s Convention theme (HOLLYWOOD!). Also in this area is a massive display of Caprice, in all of the colors. This was Cambridge’s best-selling non-etched pattern, and the display is truly dazzling to see in person!
Kitchen Diorama
A new display in the museum’s Edna McManus Shepard Education Center depicts what an early 1900s kitchen would have been like for a glasshouse family. Shown in the display are many of the pieces produced by the Cambridge Glass Company that were used in the kitchen. A few of the items are: a hand mixer, butter press, covered butter, rolling pin, drinking glasses, measuring cup and mixing bowl. The table is set for dinner with Decagon line dinnerware in the Cambridge color, Amber.
Sometimes it was difficult to make ends meet during this time period, so families needed to be creative when decorating their home. The Cambridge Glass Company ad (at right, click for larger image) for their Sweet Potato vase is on display for visitors to learn how to grow a sweet potato vine to decorate their home in the company’s vase. The Ivy Ball vase is used as a table centerpiece and the Sweet Pea vase is filled with flowers.
Sample Room
The Sample Room now serves its original purpose – to sell Cambridge glass. Visitors may choose items from the sample room to purchase and take home. This year it is full to the brim with Rose Point (although not all Gold Encrusted like what’s shown in the Dining Room). You can see the original Cambridge shipping boxes below the original shelving from the shipping room in the Cambridge factory.
Group Tours
The Museum offers group tours, which have become very popular in recent years. We have groups from various clubs, Motorcoach Companies and school class visitors. Each tour is led by a costumed guide and lasts about 90 minutes (often longer, depending on the number of questions by our visitors). In the Education Room, our visitors can use paper and pencil to produce rubbings from original Cambridge etching plates. This has proven to be a very popular part of the tours. Here is a complete description of what to expect on a group tour of the Museum.
