Innovation Center

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Innovation Center

Innovation Center

Glass changes the world—see how in our award-winning, state-of-the-art, interactive science and technology exhibit called the Innovation Center. Do It! stations let you bend light, bend glass and bend your imagination.

A 300-foot bridge connects three floating pavilions. A huge glass egg suspended from the ceiling is a bulb-like theater where the development of electric light and the TV picture tube radiates from the "filament." Casserole dishes are the building blocks of a tower that encloses the story of the lucky accident that made casserole dishes possible. A glass floor, two stories in the air, is a vantage point from which to watch the story of strengthened glass. Overhead, hanging windshields form a glassy sculpture. The famous 200-inch disk stands as the symbol for The Corning Museum of Glass. Welcome to the Glass Innovation Center.

In the Glass Innovation Center, meet the inventors whose ideas changed the world. Discover how their strokes of genius, their hard work, or sometimes a lucky accident gave us the glass we take for granted. Dabble with glass chemistry. See the power of optical fiber to carry us into the future. See yourself in the strange reflection of a flight simulator mirror.

Glass science and technology can be found around every corner at The Corning Museum of Glass. Throughout time, from obsidian to optical fiber, glass has changed the way we live and learn about our world – and what lies beyond it.

Flagon or Amphora - Artwork
Libyan Desert Glass - Artwork
Basin with Raven's Head Seal - Artwork
Retort - Artwork
Burmese Kerosene Lamp with Fish - Artwork
Glass Chemistry Game - Page
"2 qt. Baking Dish (Casserole) and Cover #101" - Artwork
200-inch Disk - Artwork
Prism from a WWII M9 Tank Periscope - Artwork
Prince Rupert's Drop - Video