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Unearthing the Past: Rakow Research Grant used to excavate possible glassmaking site in Egypt

Each year, the Museum makes available one or more Rakow Grants for Glass Research, totaling up to $10,000, with the purpose of fostering scholarly research in the history of glass and glassmaking. One of this year’s recipients, Dr. Anna Hodgkinson, … Read more →

Akhenaten and Amenhotep: Two Egyptian kings on display at CMoG

The newly-acquired inlay portrait of the pharaoh Akhenaten is now paired with the sculptural portrait of Akhenaten’s great grandfather, Amenhotep II, in the Glass Collection Galleries at the Museum. Ruling during significant periods in Egyptian glassmaking history, the pharaohs reigned … Read more →