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Sandwich Glass Museum

Hourly glassblowing demos and glittering galleries in the Cape's oldest town, where Boston & Sandwich Glass ruled the 1800s.

129 Main St, Sandwich, MA 02563 · Sandwich, MA

About Sandwich Glass Museum

In the 1800s the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company made this little town America's glassmaking capital, and its museum keeps the flame lit, literally. Hourly glassblowing demonstrations show molten glass gathered, shaped, and cracked off the rod, while the galleries trace the factory's pressed and lacy glass from 1825 to 1888. It sits on Main Street in Sandwich village, the Cape's oldest town, steps from Shawme Pond and the Dexter Grist Mill.

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