On April 5th, Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass celebrates 60 years of serving our community as a free museum, where all are welcome to relax, learn and connect with their inner artist. What the museum has evolved to today was made possible by the generosity and foresight of Evangeline and John Nelson Bergstrom and a […]
In Memoriam Geraldine (Gerrie) Casper September 11, 1917-October 8, 2016 Former curator of Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass, Geraldine (Gerrie) Casper, who had a long productive career with the museum from 1968 to 1989, passed away on October 8, 2016. Gerrie began her work under the direction of curator Evelyn Campbell Cloak to assist with publishing […]
Evangeline Hoysradt Bergstrom was born in Ithaca, NY on May 23, 1872 and was the only child of Dr. and Mrs. George W. Hoysradt. She attended the Anna Brown School for Girls. John Nelson Bergstrom was born in Neenah, WI in 1874. He was the eldest of six children, John Nelson, Willis, Diedric W. II, […]
Mr. Ernst Mahler grew up in Vienna, Austria. In 1914, he emigrated to the US and took a position with Kimberly-Clark Corporation in Neenah. A distinguished scientist and executive, Mr. Mahler developed the process of making cellucotton, an absorbent cotton wadding from processed wood used to bandage wounds during World War I and later in […]