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Corning Museum of Glass

October 18, 2018 Leave a Comment

18th century vase

Corning Museum of Glass, located in Corning New York,  houses the largest, most comprehensive collection of glass in the world. It traces the worldwide history of glassmaking over 3,500 years, from its roots in Mesopotamia to the present. Its hands-on displays explain the continually evolving science of glassmaking, demonstrates the art of glassblowing and displays […]

Filed Under: Corning, Destinations, Featured-City, Museums, New York, North America, Travel, United States Tagged With: #myFLXtbex, Chihuly, Corning Museum of Glass, glass art, Tagliapietra

St. Petersburg Florida as Art Capital

December 2, 2017 Leave a Comment

Dali Museum - Discovery of America

We recently spent a few days in St. Petersburg Florida. We last visited the city in 2011 and were pleasantly surprised by the concentration of arts venues in the downtown. We found the same this time, especially the: Dali Museum, with its large, highly representative collection which includes dozens of pictures representing his many styles, […]

Filed Under: Activities, Art, Destinations, Featured-City, Florida, Museums, North America, St. Petersburg, Travel, United States Tagged With: Chihuly

City Center in Las Vegas

July 2, 2021 Leave a Comment

The last time we were in Las Vegas, the huge City Center complex was still being built. But barely, since work on the largest privately funded development in history ($9.8 billion) was stalled by the crash and loss of funding. After the financial and economic crashes and loss of the funding needed to complete the […]

Filed Under: Art, Cities, Dining, Featured-City, Hotels, Las Vegas, Nevada, Restaurants, Sightseeing, Theater Tagged With: Chihuly, Las Vegas, restaurants

The Art of Boston’s Fenway: Museums, Victory Gardens and Yet More Chihuly

November 18, 2014 Leave a Comment

Although our July 4th weekend Boston trip was intended primarily to visit friends and reacquaint ourselves with a “real” Fourth of July celebration, we also took the time, as in all our trips to the city, to reacquaint ourselves with some of the areas we most enjoyed. High on our list was the Fenway. Although […]

Filed Under: Activities, Art, Boston, Massachusetts, Museums, Sightseeing Tagged With: ActiveTravelExperiences, Boston Museum of Fine Art, Chihuly, Fenway, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

The Tacoma/Seattle Art Glass Scene in One Day

August 29, 2021 Leave a Comment

We love art glass—blown glass in every conceivable shape and color. A trip to St. Petersburg, Florida’s Chihuly Collection merely served to whet our appetite. We were, after all, about to head off to Seattle Washington—the virtual birthplace of American glass art and home of “the glass master” himself, Dale Chihuly. We began our periodic pilgrimage […]

Filed Under: Art, Featured-City, Museums, Seattle, Tacoma, United States, Washington Tagged With: Chihuly, Dale Chihuly, glass art, Tacoma