Museum of Modern Glass Art is a

museum A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...

dedicated to contemporary

glass art Glass art refers to individual works of art that are substantially or wholly made of glass. It ranges in size from monumental works and installation pieces to wall hangings and windows, to works of art made in studios and factories, including gl ...

Odunpazarı Odunpazarı (literally "firewood market" in Turkish language, Turkish) is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Eskişehir Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,120 km², and its population is 422,423 (2022), 47% of the provincial popu ...

Eskişehir Eskişehir ( , ; from 'old' and 'city') is a city in northwestern Turkey and the capital of the Eskişehir Province. The urban population of the city is 821 315 (Odunpazari + Tebebasi), with a metropolitan population of 921 630. The city is l ...

, Turkey. The museum was established with the cooperation of Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality,

Anadolu University Anadolu University () is a public university in Eskişehir, Turkey. Anadolu University Distance Education Faculty (or Anadolu University Global Campus) serves as the national provider of distance education and is a member of the European Associ ...

and Friends of Glass Group in 2007. It was created through the renovation of three historical houses. It is Turkey's first museum of its kind.

Exhibits

The museum exhibits works of 58 domestic and 10 foreign artists. It has 125 works by these artists demonstrating a range of techniques for their production. Works donated by Japanese, Polish, Latvian and German artists are also on display at the museum. The exhibits are displayed in a series of rooms arranged around a central courtyard over two floors. Two of galleries are used for permanent displays, while another is used for temporary exhibition of works by young artists. In addition to the glass exhibits, it also has a glass workshop and a theatre hall. A library and archive centre is also planned for the museum.

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