One day in 1952, the Corning Glass Works chemist placed a sample of photosensitive glass inside a furnace and set the \[…\] Skip to main content. Open Navigation Menu.

In 1875, it was reorganized as Corning Glass Works. It didn’t help that the country was in economic, political and social turmoil in 1868. Animosities lingered from the Civil War.

Founded in 1951 to celebrate the Corning Glass Works' (now Corning Incorporated) 100th birthday, the museum features many displays, interactive elements and demonstrations related to glass.

Corning Glass Works faced financial peril when imports ended its dominance of the U.S. market for the glass used to encase TV tubes. Amory Houghton helped save the firm founded by his great-great ...

In his corner office at Corning Inc.’s towering steel-and-glass headquarters in Corning, N.Y., CEO Wendell Weeks keeps a small, yellowed piece of paper in a dark wood frame behind his desk ...

Corning Glass Works, now known as Corning Inc., founded the museum in 1951 on the company’s 100th anniversary. The museum is dedicated to telling the story of glass with displays of both art ...