WVMAG

Just got back from West Virginia and went to the West Virginia Museum of American Glass. I visit there every year and its always a great place to visit. If you happen to ever be in the area of Weston WV., you should visit! Its also well worth joining the museum and getting their All About Glass magazine.

Scott

 

You also get a discount on their Monographs which are great resource material.

 

Yes, they have a whole area of things for sale from glass to book and Monographs.
They also have a library where you can do research.

 

There is also a place on their site where you can get corrections etc for some books.

 

I have done quite a few articles for AAG on shakers and related items. This visit was bringing several of my sugar shakers down and getting them photographed for one of their front covers next year. I will be doing an article on sugar shakers and Tom liked the idea of a front cover too! It was interesting to see the process of taking pictures for their covers.

 

I am somewhat familiar with MAG WV, I've always felt it was a people's museum, rather than a curator's museum, not put together to impress other curators.

 

Tom as I recall your familiarity is rather intimate. It certainly has been a worth while endeavor. One which I hope someday to see.

 

is,Yes, its a nice easy going museum and anyone can feel relaxed and free to roam around and if you want to ask a question they certainly will help. Its more dedicated to research.
Its located in an old glass town that is very quiet.
Its worth seeing if you collect glass and perhaps speak with Tom Felt or Dean Six there.
Like I said, I go down every year in conjunction with the Akro Agate convention up towards Clarksburg WV. WV has such a glass history and glass manufacturers were located in so many towns over the years.
Weston, where the museum is, once was home to Westite, a competitor of Akro Agate but was short lived and ended in a factory fire.

 

Here are a couple of nice carnival glass pieces I picked up on the trip. No shakers out there but I also collect carnival glass so that is what I found.
The first is an Ice Blue Northwood Pickle Dish. It has great color!
The second is a Fenton Butterfly and Berry bowl with a rare inside pattern called Hearts and Trees in marigold.

 

Thanks, the Hearts and Trees I bought in a shop just down the street from the WVMAG in Weston, WV. I was waiting for Tom to open the museum and I knew the shop was there so I ran down the street!