Museum Hours
Wednesday – Sunday | 10am–5pm. Live glassblowing demonstrations all day.
Construction has begun on the 2026 Museum of Glass capital renovation project.
Learn more about the project and associated temporary gallery closures →
The Latest at Museum of Glass
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Concert in the Cone
May 21, 2026 | 6pm | Free!
Join Museum of Glass for Concert in the Cone featuring percussionist James Doyle. His show, titled Confluence: Within the Space of Making, features works on the vibraphone and analog synth, performed in the Hot Shop with live glassblowing by Hilltop Artists.
This performance is part of Museum of Glass free-admission Third Thursday programming. Seats in the Hot Shop are first come, first served, so please plan on arriving promptly!
The Museum will be hosting a special member lounge from 5pm – 6pm featuring snacks and drinks.
Support Our Spring Appeal
At Museum of Glass, something extraordinary happens every day in the Hot Shop.
Through our Visiting Artist Residency Program, artists from around the world step into a space of exploration, collaboration, and discovery—a space where imagination takes center stage. Every residency tells a story. Some artists are working with glass for the very first time. Others arrive ready to push the limits of what they thought possible. What unites them is a shared curiosity and hunger to try something new.
These Hot Shop stories are only made possible through your support.
Big Read: Bewilderment
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read broadens our understanding of ourselves and our neighbors through the power of a shared reading experience. Participating organizations choose a book from the 24 titles available in the NEA Big Read Library. Museum of Glass is one recipient of a NEA Big Read grant, and chose the novel Bewilderment by Richard Powers. In conjunction with the Big Read program, Museum of Glass, along with community partners, will host community readings of Bewilderment. These readings will be presented by professional actors and followed by facilitated Q&As. These events are free and open to the public.
2026 Visiting Artist Lineup
The Visiting Artist Residency Program brings artists from around the world to the Museum Hot Shop to create new works with our Hot Shop Team. These residencies create a sense of excitement and wonder as artists explore new directions in their practice that may not be possible in their own studios. Residencies range in length from single-day visits to week-long engagements, and one piece created during the residency is selected for inclusion in the Museum's Permanent Collection. On the Sunday of their residency at 1pm, Visiting Artists share insights into their creative process, and invite guests to ask questions and learn more about the body of work they created during the week.
2026 Museum of Glass Capital Project
Since its founding nearly 25 years ago, Museum of Glass has become a cultural icon in the Pacific Northwest, and a place where imagination, artistry, and innovation thrive. Now, it is time for the Museum to embrace a larger role.
In April of 2026, Museum of Glass embarked on the first capital renovation project in its history. Construction is expected to take about six months.
The Museum needs to modernize, improve, and expand its gallery spaces to present a more thorough, interdisciplinary perspective on the art form, celebrate its pioneering artists, and exhibit more work from emerging and established artists. A foundational component of this expansion is a new immersive gallery dedicated to the Lino Tagliapietra collection—175 works, recently gifted to the Museum from the artist.
In the Galleries
Learn more about the exhibitions currently on view.
Lino Tagliapietra Legacy Gallery
Museum of Glass became a collecting institution in 2007. Since that time, it has built a significant collection of works by artists who have completed residencies in the Hot Shop, glass pieces that document the Studio Glass movement, contemporary glass, and nineteenth- and early twentieth-century glass produced in factories in the United States and Europe. However, the Museum’s collection has not yet been able to tell a sufficiently comprehensive story of glass and the Pacific Northwest’s critical role in its advancement. Until now. Lino Tagliapietra, the world’s most renowned living glass maestro, has generously gifted 175 works and installations from his archival collection to Museum of Glass.
As part of the Museum of Glass 2026 capital renovation project, Museum of Glass will build the immersive new Lino Tagliapietra Legacy Gallery, scheduled to open in the fall of 2026.
Museum of Glass Stories
Artist interviews, program spotlights, and more.
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.