Dorflinger Glass Museum White Mills Pa

Box 356 white mills pa 18473 phone.

Dorflinger glass museum white mills pa. Fascinating exhibit of glass and excellent information about the history of glassmaking and glass cutting in this region. November weekends only saturday 10 00 a m. Presidents governments and wealthy individuals during the gilded age. The dorflinger factory museum s collection of early glass from new york in the 1850s and 1860s and from white mills in the 1870s is housed in the former factory show room on the second floor of the factory office building.

The exhibition is really fantastic you will learn about the ingredients for making this type of glass as well as about the workers who were. Fascinating look into the history of glass making and glass cutting in this area. The dorflinger companies produced fine lead crystal table ware for u s. Especially interesting is the film from 1910s that shows glass blowing and glass making from the dorflinger factory.

The mission of the new dorflinger factory museum is to protect preserve and educate the public on the industrial heritage of the dorflinger glass companies in brooklyn ny and white mills pa. One of the nation s largest collection of american brilliant cut dorflinger glass displayed in the home of the founder beginning the 1860s christian dorflinger transformed white mills from a sleepy hamlet on the banks of the lackawaxen river into a bustling industrial center. Dorflinger suydam wildlife sanctuary open daily 8am to dusk all year round dorflinger glass museum and gift shop may 1 to october 30 2020 monday tuesday closed wednesday saturday 10 00 a m. Dorflinger glass is displayed in corning s permanent collection as well as in the metropolitan museum of art in new york the philadelphia museum of art the brooklyn museum and the national museum of american history of the smithsonian in washington among other places.

With over 900 pieces of cut engraved etched gilded and enameled crystal the museum proudly displays the nation s largest collection of dorflinger glass.