Museum Hours
Wednesday – Sunday | 10am–5pm. Live glassblowing demonstrations all day.
Museum of Glass will be closed on Thanksgiving, November 27. The Museum will be open all day on Wednesday, November 26, and open with normal hours November 28-30.
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Fireside: A Holiday Night at Museum of Glass
December 20 | 5-9pm
Join Museum of Glass for a festive holiday evening featuring hands-on workshops, crafts, and gallery tours! Outside on the Museum’s Grand Plaza, fire pits will be set up to keep everyone toasty while we enjoy the lights from the Tacoma Yacht Club Lighted Boat Parade. Inside the Museum, explore the exhibitions Kids Design Glass: The First Generation and Field Notes: Artists Observe Nature through docent-led tours, watch flameworking demos in the Grand Hall, create your own works of art in glass in one of our Glass Pendant Workshops or By the Furnace: Hot Shop Experience sessions, and more. Fireside will also feature a holiday market featuring local artisans and vendors where you can pick up any last minute gifts before the holidays.
Black Friday Sale!
November 28 | Use code GLASSFRIDAY
From ornaments to garden art, stickers to apparel, jewelry to handblown glass decor, we have something for everyone on your holiday shopping list. Visit the Store in person or online on Black Friday for 15% off! Guests who make purchases over $200 will also receive two complimentary admission tickets.
Plus, now is an excellent time to become a Museum of Glass member! Members receive 25% off in the Store on Black Friday. This member discount is for in-store shopping only.
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*Offer only valid on items priced at less than $500. Excludes work by Preston Singletary. Discount code only valid on November 28.
Goblet Week
January 14-18
In the Pacific Northwest, artists and makers have been steeped in the Italian approach to glassmaking through the Studio Glass movement and Venetian-style goblets are a fixture in our local glassmaking scene.
Goblet Week 2026 will feature four Visiting Artists who represent a new generation in goblet-making: Paul Cunningham, Kit Paulson, Chris Schuelke, and Ryan Thompson.
Each artist will spend their day in the Hot Shop showcasing their unique approach to making goblets. Audiences will learn about the different techniques and processes used by the artists in their goblet designs. Additionally, Museum of Glass will host an Artist Reception + Wine Tasting and Goblet Sale the evening of Saturday, January 17.
Learn more and get tickets to Goblet Week and the Goblet Sale →
Museum of Glass Stories
Artist interviews, program spotlights, and more.
In the Galleries
Learn more about the exhibitions currently on view.
Field Notes: Artists Observe Nature
November 16, 2024 – December, 2025
Not surprisingly, artists have looked to the natural world for inspiration for millennia. And, since the turn of the 20th century, there have been significant moments in which artists have sought to mimic the forms and patterns of nature in glass. Field Notes: Artists Observe Nature begins with works from the Art Nouveau period, roughly between 1890 and 1910, centered in France during the Belle Époque. More than a century later, contemporary glass artists have been similarly inspired by the natural world as a focus in their work. These innately curious artists have trained their prodigious skills in glass to honor the natural world.
Spotlight on Chihuly
March 30, 2024 – January 2026
Dale Chihuly’s boundless artistic vision has elevated the Pacific Northwest to an internationally acclaimed center for glassmaking. A native of Tacoma, Chihuly was one of the first Studio Glass artists to travel to the island of Murano, Italy to observe the secretive processes of Venetian glass factories. He was struck, not only by their technical prowess, but the importance of working as a team. These two ideas: experimentation to push the limits of glass, and the importance of collaboration, have had a lasting impact on Chihuly’s career and, subsequently, the culture of glassblowing in the Pacific Northwest.
Kids Design Glass: The First Generation
October 4, 2025 - Ongoing
Can children be designers of fine art, too? In the 22 years since the beginning of the Kids Design Glass program, we have determined that the answer to that question is unequivocally yes. Kids Design Glass: The First Generation features 50 of the first Kids Design Glass sculptures. These pieces have been delighting visitors to the Museum since the program’s inception. Beyond its unique appearance, a Kids Design Glass piece embraces the symbiotic relationship between designer and glassblower in a new way. Without a technical understanding of the constraints of glass as a medium, these children challenge the Hot Shop Team to explore new kinds of precision – that which requires the abandonment of glassblowing norms.
Enhance Your Experience
Take a guided tour, participate in workshops, and visit the Museum Hot Shop.
Make Your Own Art
Learn how to create your own glass art in a variety of hands-on workshops inspired by the Museum’s current exhibitions, the season, events, and more.
Details on available workshops is available here.
Take a Tour
Add a docent-led tour to your next visit to MOG and get an personal and interactive experience in the galleries. Want to really stretch your legs? Consider an outdoor walking tour and learn about the art and architecture on the Thea Foss Waterway.
See Who’s in the Hot Shop
The Museum’s Visiting Artist Residency Program hosts artists in our world-class Hot Shop to create new works in glass with our Hot Shop Team. These artists create a sense of excitement and wonder as they experiment and explore new directions in their art that may not be possible in their own studios.