Reviews of Oglebay Institute Glass Museum (Museum)

Michael Lewis

Very beautiful pieces

Kelly Kincaid

BEAUTIFUL place

Rick Drake

Wow! What a collector. Don't miss the glassblower.

Jason Edwards

$7 to tour....

Francee Allen

Beautiful glass collection. Glassblowing on site

aaron kingsley

Beautiful showroom!

Ian Phillipps

Not a good place for children. Beautiful artful glass work.

Richard Steele

Great place to stop while visiting Ogelbay.

Wendi Cravener

Beautiful crafting! A little on the pricy side though.

Thelma Cable

Very beautiful glass store with glass blowing demos.

Daisy Flower

Very beautiful pieces. It is well priced

Deno Saur

I love going there in the Christmas time

Catherine Nicholson

Just beautiful here..just lovely

Ed Keating

Beautiful pieces of glassware

Dave Pogue

A great place to find unique gifts!

Rick Sanchez

Too much glass for me.i felt like a bull in a china shop.there is a lot of nice stuff inside if your into glass

Peggy lipscomb

Beautiful!!

Jason McKibben

Very interesting shop. Lots of kitsch.

Arthur Hurlburt

If you even have a small interest in glass and glass the history of the glass business, this is a most stop. It's a great way to spend an afternoon.

Kathryn Hist

In the same area nice place

Cathy Wills

Beautiful place

Brandi Ray

It has become a tradition with my son to go to the Festival of Lights every year. We also pick out a hand blown glass bulb every year for our Christmas tree. It has become a special trip for us to make special memories, and one I hope he can carry on.

Stan Levandowski

The crystal displays

Frank Kelly

Beautiful.

Keith Marshall

Very, very nice. Great displays and a nice tour of their glass blowing studio. The grounds are amazing.

Finny Wiggen

This is a great little stop, and a very pretty park.

Melissa Patterson-Fawley

Pretty cool

Ruther Glen

Great place to view sculpted glass from local DIY and businesses. You can find something for almost any decorative style you have. The reason for four stars are the prices are above most price points that I have seen in similar merchant types and products. Additionally there was little to no help on the merchandise floor for when I had questions.

Kitty Hall

Very informative. Wheeling was thriving city with glass plants pottery wheeling steel stogie factories those were the days.enjoyed the glass museum

Henry Chiu

Good experience of glass making history in United States.

Susan Ata

It was very interesting on how glass was made and the history it played in people's lives.

Christopher neff

Excellent service

Mackenzie Warnick

Very beautiful exhibit of glass and history in the wheeling area!

Stephen Naim

They have interesting glass souvenirs.

Reuben Van Natta

Beautiful authentic glass structures here.

Charita Petrina

A need place to stretch your legs when you drive through Wheeling. A bit of a side trip. Got some great deals on sale items for Christmas (for those who shop all year) at the gift store, as well.

james martin

The Christmas lights are unreal

Suzy Altiri

Nice gift items

Larry Sakacsi

Awsome place

Robin Walker

We enjoyed the Christmess light display

Trudy L

A lot of nice things

Jon Hanna

Interesting place with glass history in the valley. Typical tourist stop.

Ellen Ward

Light display is amazing. Gift shop will definitely put a hurt on your wallet...haha.

Tom Bale

Awesome people and place! Not pet Friendly

Jillian Johnson

Interesting! Loved talking to and seeing the glass maker work

Donna McVehil

Beautiful glass work.

teresena butts

Awesome glass sculptures

Joyce Cipollone

Beautiful glass pieces. Freindly staff.

Cindy LeFebvre

Glass museum is interesting and watching the glass blower was a neat experience.

Phil LeMasters

Great place to purchase a unique gift for someone. Just wish they had bigger section dedicated to West Virginia artists.

Kiera Smith

Glass blowing demonstration is amazing!

Gimme A. Beer

Oglebay is a ripoff regardless where you go.

Dippy613 Dippy613

A little pricey

Majid Khodabandehloo

Beautiful store and Garden!

Celeste Green

HAVEN'T BEEN OGLEBAY SINCE MY DAUGHTER WAS LITTLE! UNFORTUNATELY THE SIGHTS WHERE MUCH BETTER THAN THE FOOD THAT WAS SERVED!

Marguerite Sammon

Amazing pieces of art and selections. Every piece was unique and beautiful!

darth bazinga

Loads of fun museum was fan. Don't miss it. Cabins were great. Atmosphere was dreamy. Peaceful. Ppl were friendly. Giftshop is crazy fun too. Wish I could go back

Sam Sam

Really cool

Nita Wallace

Just breathtaking views

Cynthia Webb

Beautiful display for the Holidays

Brad Evans

Really cool place to see

Robert Napper

Unique gifts with reasonable prices

Dennis King

Fun looking at all the different glass. The demo was fun to watch

Nataly D.

Such beautiful quiet place. I enjoyed the outdoors a lot. The Oglebay's home was huge and amazing displays.

Ryan Retone

Fun way to spend an hour or two

Jeff Axthelm

Amazing glass worth the drive from any where

Diane Sherlock

Amazing workmanship. Good prices

not a channel so leave

Had a great time and learned a lot. It was a small museum but it was fun to go through and see all the beautiful and intricate glassware. They also have a in house glass blower that can tell you about the whole process as he makes glass pieces in front of you to be sold upstairs.

Cindy Trescott

Fun

Candida Van Natta

Best glass art I've ever seen.

H.E.R love

Love it!!!

Hamidou Dicko

Amazing place to share with your family

Jan Rowley

Great place!! Been going there for a long time!

Oleg Tsygan

Loved the artwork, some amazing pieces displayed, and available for sale.

Margie Proctor

So clean and so much to do. A wonderful place to bring your family.

Robin Richards

Beautiful place, one of my favorite places to go when I'm visiting family.

Mike Yeary

Alot of beautiful art pieces from the region staff is very friendly and helpful

Donna Phillips

After buying a wristband and checking the time, I went here 30 minutes before closing only to have the curator closing the museum. I was told when nobody shows up by a certain time they close early. I was very upset and disappointed. This person was also sarcastic to me. The only flaw to what had been a nice visit .

bigbenfmont

Really cool place with lots of artists on display

Amber Strock

Love the festival of lights

Vicki Scheeler

Went to see the magnificent lights. Stopped in to browse the gift shop. Lovely evening with friends.

uocolonial1

Truly aren't many stores and museums like this. If you choose to miss visiting here you made a mistake.

Rhonda Wright

Gorgeous glass pieces.

Russ Mackiewicz

Great family adventure. We go at least once a year

Sondra Carey

Loved it here. Drove from Ohio to experience it.

L V

Beautiful glassworks!

James Omalley

A great display of glass objects from the heyday of glass making in the Ohio valley.

Timmy Tone

Cool little nick knack shop and neat to see but unless you're a collector it is only am OK visit.

Seeking Riesling

This was a pretty neat little museum. Hands down, the glass blower demonstration was the most interesting. She was making paperweights that day and showed us how she made colored flowers in the glass, how she put multiple layers of glass together to make the object, how she uses tools to shape it and then how it is put in an insulated box to cool overnight. She talked to us and we asked all kinds of questions. In the gift shop, we noticed all the glass was arranged by artist. So we asked which one was the work of the glass blower we'd just seen do the demonstration. We were pointed in the right direction and bought one of the pieces she'd made. I thought it was really cool to be able to buy something made by the glass blower we'd seen and talked to. There's a range of prices on the gifts in the shop. There are a few cute little items, but some of the larger vases are $80-$350. We noticed that not everything in the gift shop is made there- one section had Polish glass pieces. Anyway, I was wishing some of the vases there were about half the price they actually were. The rest of the museum was neat. It has displays of different types of glass and explains about local companies that made glassware. Unless you are a big glass enthusiast/collector, I suppose there are only so many glass vases and candy dishes you can look at before you might get a little bored. This museum has about that amount. Still, it's worth the $7.

David Greider

Nice gift shop

Rhonda Rowe

Beautiful

Marlena Mink

Love this place great memories were made here

Brad Ritner

I recently visited the Mansion Museum during the Oglebayfest event. I had the pleasure of meeting and talking to Savannah Allen who was at the reception desk of the museum. She is a very pleasant and professional addition to your staff who was very attentive to the people who stopped in. She was informative and helpful in answering the questions people were asking. She made my experience and time spent talking with her a pure delight. Please let her know how much I appreciated her time and effort! Sincerely, Brad Ritner, a Wheeling native and former resident of Bridgeport, Ohio. ☺

Raquel Stoneking

I was absolutely blown away by this establishment!!! Everything was gorgeous and I wanted to buy everything in the store

Mary Ann Kunold

A wonderful showcase/store upstairs with items to purchase. The real magic is below where there is a beautiful display of glassware and the history to go with it. There is also a glass artist & furnaces on site who does a demonstration and explains the process step by step. We had a young woman who was fantastic & extremely knowledgeable. We really enjoyed the Institute of Glass @ Oglebay.