Historical Glass Museum
The Historical Glass Museum is a museum of glassmaking. It is located at 1157 North Orange St. in Redlands, California.[1]
History
The Historical Glass Museum was established in 1977 when the Historical Glass Museum Foundation purchased an Edwardian home, built in 1903 by Jerome Seymour, a woodworker and architect from West Virginia, to house the future museum's collection, amassed by Dixie and Doc Huckabee.[1] The Foundation encouraged other collectors to donate to the Huckabees' collection, and the museum opened to the public in 1985. The collection currently comprises 6,000 pieces of glassware,[2] making it the largest collection of American-made glass west of the Rocky Mountains.[1]
The collection
The Historical Glass Museum collection is organized by type, from Victorian Art Glass (1885-1900) and Early American Pattern Glass (1850-1920) to Depression Glass (1922-1944) and American Elegant Glass (1925-1955). The museum contains blown glass, molded glass, and machine-made glass. Some pieces are manganese glass, some are milk glass, and others are of different colors and specificities. Perfume bottles from Pearl Cogen make up a part of the collection.[3] There are also 300 vinegar cruets donated by Harriet Thomason.[4] The oldest piece in the entire collection is a bottle made in 1820.[1]
Film and television
- The museum was covered in a 1995 Huell Howser PBS episode.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d "Historical Glass Museum: Redlands, CA". aboutredlands.com. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ "Historical Glass Museum". City of Redlands. 24 April 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ "Pearl Cogen Obituary". 21 November 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ "Historical Glass Museum | Every Museum of Greater Los Angeles". everymuseum.la. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ "Visiting with Huell Howser | Glass Museum | Season 3". Retrieved 24 July 2025 – via www.pbs.org.