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Museum of Glass

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Arthur Erickson
 
location Tacoma
function museum, workshop
contributed by rtaube

It's fitting that Museum of Glass is situated in the hometown of one of the world's most famous glass artists, Dale Chihuly. In fact, a pedestrian bridge, connecting the museum to downtown is called the Chihuly Bridge and features many of the artist's works. Towering over the building is a 90-foot cone made of diamond shaped stainless steel plates. Inside, visitors can witness glassmaking as a spectator sport in the Hot Shop Amphitheater. Often, one can see artists creating exhibits that will appear in the museum a few months later. The rest of the museum is fairly small, but has an excellent collection.

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Museum of Glass
Address
Dock St 1801
United States
http://www.museumofglass.org
Project is public!
Opening hours Monday - Saturday: 10.00 - 17.00 / Sunday: 12.00 to 17.00 / Third Thursday of each month: 10.00 - 20.00.
How to get there? From Interstate 5: * Take Exit 133 (City Center) to I-705 * Take the S. 21st Street Exit * Turn left onto S. 21st Street * Turn right onto Pacific Avenue * Turn right onto Hood Street (just past the Tacoma Art Museum) * Turn right at stop sign onto S. 15th Street which becomes a ramp that curves to the left * Turn left onto Dock Street * Museum of Glass is on the left
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Completion 7- 2002
Floor area/size 7000 m2
ArchitectArthur Erickson
 
Project ID 2327
Latitude/Longitude 47°14'44N 122°26'02W
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