This week I visited the glass collection at The Huntington Museum of Art, in Huntington WV.
The Museum, which I used to go to as a child for their Saturday KidsArt program, has a number of beautiful and moving exhibits and collections currently on display (and they are getting a touring exhibit on Marilyn Monroe in July I plan to go back for). The Museum also houses West Virginia's only plant conservatory, full of luscious tropical plants and - for all us glass fans - a breathtaking Chihuly glass sculpture.
The museum has an extensive glass collection, with over 400 pieces of Blenko glass, much of which was donated by former designer Winslow Anderson. Jenine Culligan, the Senior Curator, was gracious enough to take me though their collection (photographs of unusual/hard to find pieces will be the subject of subsequent posts).
The Museum also has - and this was very exciting for me - a library, open to the public, which houses copies of every book published on Blenko, old catalogs, and more. There are also reference works on many other modern glass companies and artists. It is definitely worth spending a day just 'going through the stacks'.
The Huntington Museum of Art is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Call (304) 529-2701 or visit http://www.hmoa.org/ for more information, and directions.
3 comments:
Maybe wrong but I think there are at least 3 other plant conservatories in WV
WV Tech
WVU
and Shepperd College/er University all have large convservatories that are open to the public
there may be others - do a google
tom k
Huntington Museum of Art has a gift shop - the gift shop sells BLENKO so add this to your list of places to buy Blenko.
When you talk about where to purchase Blenko Glass. The Museum also houses a fine collection of watercolor and oil
and many fabric arts are now on display.
Quilian & Rosenberry
Responce to Tom K - I did a google search but found the C. Fred Edwards Conservatory (at the Huntington Museum) listed as the only conservatory in the state.
As a WVU student, I do enjoy The Core Arboretum and the WVU greenhouse.
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