What's On - World of Glass

New Exhibitions

In Gallery 1, 2 and 3 from Saturday 10th July 2021

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Little Wonders

Gallery 3 from 10th July 2021

The Wonders of illustration.

An incredible exhibition exploring the art of illustration. See how children’s books are put together, marvel at the works of Maxine Lee Mackie, Emma Jayne, and Lois Tierney. Come and have your photo taken next to the Viking.

Emma jayne

lois tierney

Maxine Lee Mackie

Maxine Lee Mackie (wolf)

In Isolation

In Gallery 1 from 10th July 2021

Work from various artists and their direct response to the theme of isolation and work created while in lockdown.

In Isolation

Between the Pages

In Gallery 2 and mezzanine from 10th July 2021

To coincide with the Library’s arrival at The World of Glass, we asked artists to respond to the following brief: A picture Paints a thousand words. Explore and celebrate the world of books, lettering and illustration.

Between the Pages

Between the pages

Visitor Experience

Museum, Hot glass studio, Film Show, Jubilee no9

Paid Attractions

Pilkington Glass Collection & Earth into Light

Museum permanent collection

One of the most important glass collections in the UK. Ancient Glass (Roman and Egyption), Medieval, Asian, right the way through to European and Contemporary.

Earth into Light tells the story of St Helens and its place at the heart of the Industrial Revolution.

Cone Tunnels

victorian lounge

Glass Blowing Demonstrations

Hot Glass studio (timed displays)

Marvel at our Glass Blower Marcin, as he blows hot glass and makes something special.

Hot Glass Studio – 1

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Jubilee No 9

Over the Canal to the tank house

The Number nine Tank House is the best surviving example of a late 19th century glassmaking tank furnace building in England, comprising the building, its cone and furnace. You can explore the tunnels beneath. Make sure you put on a hard hat!

Rod J

06/06/2021

Nice place Enjoyed a quick trip with kids over half term, staff nice and friendly good way to waste a few hours.

HankMcS

19/09/2020

Informative and interesting I visited the museum which was actually closed at time of visit but a lovely chap opened it up for me to explore. The pieces in the glass part are fascinating with a lot of historical content. The museum of St. Helens part was small but equally as interesting. Learnt a lot about this small northern town. After the walk around I was shown a lot of brochures for other places to visit while I was up north. Although it's small it has a charm about it. We'll worth a visit

debsmMerseyside

15/07/2020

cheap and lovely I went with my husband and 3yo daughter. we were charged £8pp but this charge inc a 12m membership. there was more to see than i originally thought and they change their art displays every 6-8 weeks.

Billy17359

20/03/2020

Well worth a visit Really good place to visit. Educational and fun. There are lots of art to purchase and much to see. The staff are professional and very helpful.

WaRPiG

02/01/2020

History of Glass a very worthwhile visit to the Glass museum, I never knew some of the information which was given at this

alan472016

21/11/2019

What a wonderful surprise. We did not have high expectations of this visit but, wow, what a surprise. The welcome started at reception and we were shown how to get round the museum to all the exhibits and special exhibitions. The local history section was so well presented and a total surprise. Very interesting industrial archaeology The cafe was so refreshing with 'home-made' food quality. A great day out for all ages. There are a couple of things the management need to consider - the web site does not do the experience justice and there is no mention of accessibility for wheelchairs etc - it is fully accessible but they don't say so! The entrances into the kiln lack signage.