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Glas Museum Wertheim

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Glasvoegel | © Bert Schwarz 2025

Wertheim becomes the second largest center of the German laboratory glass industry after Mainz when a glassworks is established here in 1950. In 1972, this development receives a further boost with the construction of another glass melting plant, where glass wool is produced.

Arbeitsplatz des Glasbläsers | © Bert Schwarz 2025

Right on the first floor, you can see how glass is made. It's not just glass art on display here; you can also watch a glassblowers doing their fascinating work.

Glasfiguren | © Bert Schwarz 2025

For us, the museum is like a path that guides us through more than 3,000 years of the history of glass as a material.

'Maggi'-Flasche | © Bert Schwarz 2025

Design has staying power. Everyone is familiar with the shape of this bottle. Not exactly, because it is the original design of the Maggi bottle, which is still basically manufactured today.

Glasschmuck | © Bert Schwarz 2025

Glass and jewelry have been linked for millennia. Here you will find selected pieces of jewelry to admire ... and perhaps even to dream about.