Libbey House Presents the Glass City Lecture Series: Toledo—The Glass City, 1888 to 2022

Daily Dose  |  03/29/2022 9:00 am

The Libbey House Foundation and The Arts Commission presents a lecture series throughout 2022 that will highlight the rich history that has made Toledo “The Glass City.”  The lectures are part of a world-wide celebration of the International Year of Glass, as designated by the United Nations. 

Each of the planned lectures will focus on a different aspect of glass in Toledo. The lectures will be held at the former home of Edward Drummond Libbey, the city’s only National Historic Landmark, as well as at other venues. 

Speakers will include historians, glass industry executives, researchers, curators, and collectors. The series will focus on Toledo’s unique role in fostering the development of both industrial glass and art glass.  The series is grouped into three themes: The Roots of Toledo Glass, Toledo Glass Innovation, and Toledo Glass and American Aesthetics. 

The cost of each spring lecture is $10, which includes a wine and cheese reception. Proceeds will go to the Libbey House Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the Edward Drummond and Florence Scott Libbey House in Toledo’s Historic Old West End. 

To register for the spring lecture series, and for more information on the series as it develops, please visit the Libbey House Foundation’s website at libbeyhouse.org

The schedule of events, dates, and speakers for the spring lectures are listed below.  Topics and details on the fall lectures will be forthcoming.  

2022 Spring Lectures:

The Roots of Toledo Glass  (All spring lectures to take place in the Libbey House.  A reception will start at 6 p.m., and lectures at 7 p.m.)

  • Thursday, April 21—”The Roots of Libbey Glass:  1818 to 1920,” by Julie McMaster, archivist, Toledo Museum of Art
  • Thursday, April 28—“Michael Owens and the Automatic Bottle Machine:  1900 to 1940,” by Barbara Floyd, author of The Glass City: Toledo and the Industry That Made It
  • Thursday, May 5—“Flat Glass:  Libbey-Owens-Ford, Pilkington, and NSG,” by Kyle Sword, Manager of Business Development, Architectural Glass North America, NSG Group
  • Thursday, May 19—“Glass That Can Be Anything:  Owens Corning and the Story of Fiberglas,” by Joe Wagner, Director of Marketing, Owens-Corning

There is limited seating at each lecture, so make your reservation now by visiting their website or their Square Marketplace: https://libbey-house.square.site/

The Libbey House offers accessible parking in the lot behind the house off Woodruff, adjacent to an accessible ramp.

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