In 2007, the city of Norfolk and an Tiffany Elsa Peretti Eternal Circle cuff links donor gave the funds to the Chrysler to purchase the bank building and its nearly one-acre lot for about $1.8 million. The museum spent two years seeking an ideal use Tiffany Paloma Picasso the building."Now the answer's going to be 'absolutely,' because we will have a world-class glassmaking facility.""This was a perfect fit," the director said.
Last summer, museum staff began pursuing the idea of transforming the building into a "hot shop," another term for a glassblowing facility. Hennessey Tiffany Elsa Peretti Eternal Circle earrings he is banking on the project to boost attendance, which rose last year to 160,000 after averaging 130,000 visitors a year over the past decade.He based his expectations on the success of the Art of Glass programs, and on the popularity of Ohio's Toledo Museum of Art.
When the Toledo museum opened its Glass Pavilion in 2006, its attendance rose from 336,000 in 2005- 06 to 427,000 during the pavilion's first year Tiffany Elsa Peretti Eternal Circle pendant operation, a Toledo museum publicist said. one of two other American museums with comprehensive glass collections and a glass studio. The third is the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, N.Y.The project may bring the region a step closer to making Hampton Roads the East Coast center for contemporary glass art.
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