Glass Museum a colorful piece of history

Sunlight streams through the windows of The Glass Museum in Dunkirk, shining on a colorful part of Jay County history.The museum, located at 309 S. Franklin St. in the state’s self-proclaimed glass capital, is filled with approximately 5,500 pieces of glass from 115 factories from around the world, including local glass factories, Indiana Glass Company and Saint-Gobain Containers.“For most people in town (the museum) is part of their heritage,” said museum curator Mary Newsome. “They or their family have worked at one of the (glass) factories ... Now it’s even more important because (glass production at Indiana Glass has stopped). We need to preserve the history,” added Newsome, a former Indiana Glass employee.

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• By By JENNIFER WILMES-
• July 23, 2014