Corning Museum of Glass

About

The Corning Museum of Glass sits at 1 Museum Way in Corning, New York, in the Finger Lakes Wine Country region. Its collection covers 3,500 years of glass and glassmaking, from ancient pieces to contemporary art, drawn from a permanent holding of nearly 50,000 objects.

Most visits center on the Hot Shop, where the Museum runs live glassmaking demonstrations throughout the day, every day, in the Amphitheater. Guests can also pay a small fee to make their own glass souvenir with help from the Hot Glass Team, and one-hour family-friendly tours run daily from July through Labor Day on a first-come, first-served basis. Outside of scheduled tours, the galleries are self-guided and open at your own pace. A Café near the Museum Shops serves hot entrees, pizza, soups, and sandwiches, with indoor and outdoor seating.

Regular hours run daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., April through December, with the Shops staying open until 6 p.m. through September 7. Winter hours (January through March) are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday through Sunday, with the Museum closed Wednesdays. Admission tickets are valid for the whole day, so there's no need to arrive right at your reserved time.

Primary parking is in the Welcome Center lot off I-86 Exit 46, a short walk from the Museum entrance. From mid-May through mid-October, a free shuttle connects the Welcome Center lot, the Museum's Admissions entrance, the Rockwell Museum, and downtown Corning's historic Market Street, which is otherwise reachable on foot across a pedestrian bridge about half a mile away.

Accessibility

The Corning Museum of Glass is wheelchair accessible. The Museum states that all entrances are reachable by wheelchair and that every public floor connects by elevator or ramp, though it does not publish details on outdoor path surfaces, door widths, or curb cuts around the campus.

Accessible parking spaces are in the Courtyard lot behind the main building and in the Welcome Center lot off I-86 Exit 46; all parking areas require some walking to reach the Museum. If you need special accommodation getting from your car to the entrance, call Guest Services at (607) 937-5371. From mid-May through mid-October, a free, wheelchair-accessible shuttle runs continuously between the Welcome Center lot, the Admissions entrance, the Rockwell Museum, and historic Market Street.

Free manual wheelchairs are kept at the Admissions Lobby, Courtyard Entrance, Welcome Center, Studio, and Rakow Library, available first-come, first-served with no advance reservation. The Museum does not have motorized wheelchairs or scooters to lend, so bring your own if you need one. All restrooms on campus are handicap accessible, including family and all-gender restrooms in the Welcome Center, the Foyer, and the Contemporary Art + Design Galleries.

For guests who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, the Amphitheater Hot Shop has assistive listening devices (headset, lanyard, or induction loop) for the glassmaking demonstrations, and ASL interpreters can be arranged with at least two weeks notice by emailing [email protected] or calling (607) 438-5401. The same contact can set up tours for guests who are blind or have low vision, or loan a sensory backpack with sunglasses and noise-dampening ear muffs from the Admissions Desk. Many, though not all, of the Museum's videos carry closed captions.

Service animals are welcome throughout the Museum. Beyond what's listed here, the Museum does not publish specifics on tactile paving, braille signage, or sensory-friendly hours, so call (607) 937-5371 ahead of your visit if those details matter for your trip.

Checked by Accessible America, August 2026. Report a change

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Photo credits

• Modern glass and steel exterior of the Corning Museum of Glass building.: User:Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source)
• Glassblowing furnaces and tools inside the Corning Museum of Glass Hot Shop.: Sally Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0 (source)
• The tall Little Joe glass tower rises above trees at the Corning Museum of Glass.: Dorevabelfiore, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)