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Corning
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Forty miles southwest of Ithaca, world-famous
Steuben Glass
has been manufactured in the otherwise undistinguished town of
CORNING
since Frederick Carder started making his characteristic Art Nouveau pieces in 1903. The excellent
Museum of Glass
in the Corning Glass Center traces its history from ancient heads and amulets to modern sculptures and paperweights. Also in the complex, where glass is omnipresent in mirrors and motifs, are the Hall of Science and Technology, full of push-button exhibits, and the Steuben Glass factory itself, where every stage of the production process can be viewed from behind (glass) screens (daily: July & Aug 9am-8pm; Sept-June 9am-5pm; tel 607/937-5371; $11).
The
Rockwell Museum
, ten minutes' stroll away at 111 Cedar St and Denison Parkway (Mon-Sat 9am-5pm, Sun noon-5pm; $5; tel 607/937-5386), has more than two thousand pieces of Steuben glass, plus antique toys and a strong collection of Western art - and is not to be confused with the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. For further information on these attractions, and for help in finding accommodation, contact the
visitors bureau
at 5 W Market St (tel 607/936-6544 or 1-866/946-3386, Other useful information
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