MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. (AP) - A nonprofit museum dedicated to western Pennsylvania’s glass manufacturing history has closed.
The board of directors of the Mount Pleasant Glass Museum announced the decision Thursday.
The museum was founded in 2013 and focused on three glass factories in Mount Pleasant during the 20th century: Bryce Bothers, L.E. Smith and Lenox. Glass from those plants was on display.
Board president Sandy Spence says the group hopes to show its collection in other nonprofit museums.
Spence says preserving the collection is the museum’s first priority. He says the museum is being dissolved so “the collection will thrive in other more stable locations.”
The museum had been closed for the winter and reopened this month. Admission was free, though a donation of $5 per person was suggested.
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