The Museum of Glass will be a museum of the 21st Century - an experiential museum - dynamic, spontaneous and evolving. The vision statement for the museum is: "we visualize a center that pulses with life, light and fire. It is a place of discovery, surprise, collaboration and joy that transforms the visitor as profoundly as fire transforms glass." It will be a museum where creativity will be celebrated and will be visible for the public to watch, learn and participate in.

The Museum of Glass will be approximately 75,000 square feet. It will contain glass workshops and an artist studio, exhibition spaces, permanent collection display area, a retail area for the sale of handmade glass art and books, food services area, library, theater and classrooms.

The Museum's programs have been designed to give the broadest experience possible to people of all ages and levels of knowledge. The mandate of the Museum of Glass is to recognize the importance and excellence of glass art as a major international art form and to provide a forum for the open and free discussion of artistic creativity. Its Exhibition Program will be varied in content and presentation, offering visitors divergent opportunities to explore glass art.

The heart of the Museum will be the Workshop Amphitheater where, through the roar and heat of the furnaces, the public will watch the dynamic process of glass art creation unfold. Internationally renowned artists will be invited to participate in an Artist-in-Residence Program, which will allow the public a unique window into the "behind the scenes" aspect of glassmaking by some of the world's finest. An Internship Program will assist and promote emerging artists by providing, for a nominal fee, recent graduates or young professionals with the facilities to develop their art. These young artists will also assist in our Hands-on Educational Programs and develop important communication skills by interacting with the public and school groups.