Category: Collections

Coffee with the Curator: Victorian Glass Baskets

Posted on Oct 21, 2020, by

Pour yourself a cup of your favorite hot beverage and join Curator of Collections and Exhibitions Casey Eichhorn for a Zoom presentation and Q&A on Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass’s Victorian Glass basket collection. Selected pieces from this collection will be on exhibit beginning Friday, October 8 in the Mabel R. McClanahan Memorial Study Gallery. This […]

Safely Visit Your Museum

Posted on Apr 8, 2020, by

One of the best parts about working at a museum is getting to know our guests. We museum folk love to learn from you and share our work. Frankly, not being able to do what we love and see you is a serious bummer. We are certain all of you can relate to that. And […]

If He Saw One, He Thought He Had to Have It

Posted on Sep 27, 2018, by

A Collector Story  from Angie Smith About Their Gift of Perthshire Paperweights to the Museum Leslie Charles Smith was born in Llano County, Texas on October 9, 1931 to Leslie Morgan “Tess” and Annie W. Smith. Growing up in Llano, he worked in his father’s Humble service station at an early age and began developing what would […]

Museum Acquires Two Works

Posted on May 11, 2017, by

On April 26, 2017 the museum board of directors approved the acquisition of Quantum, a work of installation art by Jon Clark, Angus Powers, and Jesse Daniels. It is a gift of the artists to the museum. Wisdom by Alex Bernstein is a gift of Gerald Silverstein and Robert Zimmerman. The 2003 sculpture is cast crystal and […]

Board Approves New Acquisitions at December Meeting

Posted on Dec 12, 2016, by

As we’re in the thick of giving season and thanks to several generous donors, we announce six new acquisitions to the museum’s collection. These acquisitions were approved by our board of directors at their December 6, 2016 meeting: Harvey Littleton (American, 1922-2013) Optic Wave, 1978. Hot worked and polished optical glass. Gift of the Littleton […]

Board Approves New Acquisitions

Posted on Aug 4, 2016, by

At the June 29, 2016 board meeting, six objects were approved for acquisition. We are grateful to the donors, Myron Bud Stern, PhD, and  Kari Russell-Pool and Marc Petrovic for these gifts to the museum collection. Keith Clayton (American, b.1964) and Deanna Clayton (American), Vessel, 2002. Pâte-de-verre cast glass with electroplated copper. 13 x 6 […]

Board of Directors Approves the Acquisition of Nine Objects for the Collection

Posted on Dec 17, 2015, by

The Board of Directors of Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass approved the acquisition of ten objects for the collection at the board meeting on December 16th: The objects include seven paperweights and two contemporary glass objects. Jerry Silverstein and Robert Zimmerman gifted four weights: Jim D’Onofrio (b.1951), Arizona, USA. Blue Frog paperweight, 1997 David Graeber, New […]

Museum Launches Mobile App

Posted on Jul 9, 2015, by

Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass announces the release of a mobile application that showcases its world-renowned collection. The free application can be downloaded from the Google Play Store. The mobile application allows the user to experience the museum collection through three tours that include “Millefiori: Thousands of Flowers,” “Flowers from Flame,” and “The Mahler Collection of […]