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.
Galleries
One of the most interesting aspects of glass is how it reacts with light.
From the first telescope to the latest in optical fiber communication, the story of optics is the story of how we...
A fiberglass shell cups the Vessels Gallery. It sets the stage for the story of containers—everyday containers, containers for electronics, containers that resist heat and chemicals. Glass makes...
The planes and angles of the Windows Gallery are the perfect setting for the story of the struggle for the seemingly simple window. They trace a path that leads from the distorted handmade panes...

















