New Corning Museum of Glass Mobile App Provides In-Depth Look at Renowned Collection

The Corning Museum of Glass, which features more than 45,000 objects from 35 centuries of glass art and history, has released a new mobile app with information about its collection and related glassmaking techniques.

The app, available in iTunes and on the Android Market for $2.99, includes more than 100 objects in the Museum’s collection, with detailed information provided in text, images, audio and video. It also includes videos of glassmaking processes and properties to give visitors the opportunity to see how different types of glass pieces are made.

A child-friendly section includes fun facts about select objects and information tailored to kids’ learning needs.

Visitors to the Museum can also rent iPod touch® devices with the app for $3 per person.

The Corning Museum of Glass is the foremost authority on the art, history, science, and design of glass. It is home to the world’s most important collection of glass, including the finest examples of glassmaking spanning 3,500 years. Live glassblowing demonstrations (offered at the Museum, on the road, and at sea on Celebrity Cruises) bring the material to life. Daily Make Your Own Glass experiences at the Museum enable visitors to create work in a state-of-the-art glassmaking studio. The campus in Corning includes a year-round glassmaking school, The Studio, and the Rakow Research Library, the world’s preeminent collection of materials on the art and history of glass. Located in the heart of the Finger Lakes Wine Country of New York State, the Museum is open daily, year-round. Kids and teens, 19 and under, receive free admission.