Sandwich Glass Museum

Our Mission

The mission of the Sandwich Glass Museum and the Sandwich Historical Society, Inc., is to promote a broad understanding and appreciation of Sandwich town history, with particular emphasis on the unique contribution of the glass industry to the local community, the region, the nation, and the world.

Our History

The Sandwich Historical Society was founded in 1907, when a group of concerned citizens came together to begin to collect, preserve and exhibit the history and material culture of the town of Sandwich. In 1923-4 they bought a building, had it moved to the corner of Tupper and Main Street, and renovated it. In 1925 the Society held its first glass exhibit to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company in 1825. From this point on the building became popularly known as the Sandwich Glass Museum. Over the years the museum as grown, added new wings for additional gallery space, and in 1985 a new Lobby and Museum Shop was opened to welcome the community and the museums’ many visitors. Today the museum now offers a hot glass furnace with live glass blowing demonstrations daily, a new theater with a continuous presentation about the first 200 years of the town’s history, and a new Museum Shop.

Our Services and Programs

Come and explore the history of glassmaking on Cape Cod during the 19th century. There are fifteen galleries in which the museum exhibits over 6,000 pieces of glass produced at the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 1825-1888. Learn how a single glass factory transformed a quiet farming and seaside community into a thriving town that gained worldwide fame for its beautiful high quality blown, pressed, cut and decorated flint glassware. Children’s activities, hot glass demonstrations, and Museum Store. Special exhibitions and contemporary glass artists change annually. There are walking tours of historic Sandwich Village in season.

Fees Charged

Admission: $6 adults; $1.25 children (6-14). Group rates available. Bus parking available.Handicap accessible. Passport to the Arts venue.

Hours/Schedule

Special Exhibition: Pressing Business – The Glass Industry of South Boston-Guest Curator Joan Kaiser- March 1-July 15,2012;
Sandwich Redux, In Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Contemporary Studio Glass Movement – August – October 31.
Contemporary Glass Artists: Sayuri Kingsbury Feb. 1 – March 31;
Eben Horton April 1 – July 29; Raj Kommenini August 1 – October 31.
Open February and March
Wednesday – Sunday 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM
April-December, daily, 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Closed Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and January – Visit our website: www.sandwichglassmuseum.org

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