Dear Friends, My sincerest thanks to each of you for celebrating the holiday season at YOUR Museum. Your support has meant the world to us this year. Your generosity has provided admission-free visits to over 31,000 guests in 2024. That’s nearly double the number of guests from the year prior! You’ve made […]
Dear Friends, On behalf of the Board of Directors and the staff of Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass, I offer my deepest appreciation for your past support. YOUR museum is providing extraordinary glass experiences due in great part to your thoughtful investment in and advocacy for the arts. We invite you to please consider Bergstrom-Mahler Museum […]
Hello dear Museum Friends, It’s been a very busy fall season and we have lots of great events coming up in the next few weeks in October! I hope you will consider joining us for some (or all) of them. Speaking of joining, have you purchased or renewed your membership to the Museum yet? […]
Fall is in the air at YOUR Museum! Dear Friends, It’s with a warm heart that I am delighted to share wonderful seasonal news! Do you like pumpkins? We have a very special member promotion for YOU! Become a member, renew or gift a membership plus a donation of $5 or more and […]
This spring, we announced the retirement of our two well-loved kilns, and shared an urgent need to replace them. Our classes and outreach — offered across all age ranges and abilities — have been in high demand, often above capacity, with waitlists. The invitation to support the purchase of two new kilns through our “Help […]
We kindly invite you to the admission-free 2024 GLASS Arts Festival, Saturday, August 10th from 10am–5pm. The only festival of its kind with a focus on glass, please join us as we welcome 43 national and international glass artists and the new exhibit by Sharon Fujimoto, our 2023 1st Place Award winner sponsored by Rosann […]
Dear Friends, We have lots to do to keep you cool on those hot summer days. Did you know we offer yoga on our museum lawn? Please consider this your invitation every Tuesday at noon for reflection, exercise, and cool lake breezes — or just to take a few minutes anytime to relax and […]
On behalf of the board and staff, THANK YOU for supporting our kiln campaign, “Help Us Grow.” We are well underway to our goal of $25,000, having already raised over $9,000 for much needed new kilns for our programs and outreach. While still early in the campaign, I am so thankful and encouraged by the outpouring […]
Dear Wonderful Friends, Did you know that in just one year, 1,627 families have participated in our monthly art activity days? Or that 158 Fox Cities Area based students and 15 high schools made and presented glass artwork in our annual exhibition? And 589 community members participated in-house enrichment projects that included glass studio […]
Come Spring Forward with us! We have so many fun activities to welcome the season with you at YOUR museum! Please join us as we celebrate Women’s History Month as part of our Art After Dark series on March 21st from 6-8:30pm, featuring the achievements of women who advocate globally for diversity, equity and inclusion. We […]