Glass Association Meetings

The Glass Association arranges three or four national meetings per year including an Annual General Meeting (AGM). These meetings are usually held on Saturdays and take the form of visits to museums, glass exhibitions, or factories, located at various locations throughout the country. The visits are also complemented by lectures and talks given by distinguished speakers.

All the Association’s events are informal social occasions and afford members the opportunity to meet fellow enthusiasts. These events often provide a chance to view glass collections not normally open to the public.

Seminars

Weekend seminars are held every other year. The first of these was in Newcastle in 1985 and subsequent venues have included York, Glasgow, Devon, the National Glass Centre (Sunderland), and The World of Glass in St. Helens.

Overseas Events

The Glass Association's first overseas visit was to Liege, the centre of the Belgian glass industry, and subsequent excursions have taken us to Nancy and the Lorraine glass factories, as well as Novy Bor in Czechoslovakia.

Future Events

New overseas visits are usually planned each year. Exact details will be announced on our News page.

To read more about planned Glass Association events, please visit our online events calendar.