The Museum Reference Library
The library of the Finnish Glass Museum is Finland's largest specialist library in its field. At present, summer 2005, it contains 7539 titles and 9000 volumes. The library and the museum's archives are intended for use by researchers and other interested bodies. The library is open during office hours, but users are requested to make an appointment.
Examples of keywords
Aalto, Corning, crucibles, Diatret glass, Egyptian glass, filigreed glass, glass in mythology, glassmaking machinery, grinding, history of windows, history of Bohemian glass, Norwegian glass art, oil heating in glassmaking, optical glass sculpture, Pilkington, Ratina glassworks, sheet-glass processing, soundproofing glass, stemmed glass techniques, Still, Venetian glassmaking, Waldglas (forest glass), Åvik glassworks.
The main categories of library material
| 05 |
Journals. Periodicals |
| 069.7 |
Publications of the Finnish Glass Museum |
| 069.748 |
Glass museums |
| 069.8 |
Research conducted by the Finnish Glass Museum |
| 621.32 |
Electric lamps |
| 666.1 |
The glass industry. Glassmaking |
| 666.1.022 |
Processing of raw material |
| 666.1.031 |
Melting glass. Glass furnaces |
| 666.1.032 |
Shaping glass, general features. Glassblowing |
| 666.1.038 |
Annealing. Heating. Hardening |
| 666.1.053 |
Working glass by machine and hand. Cutting. Drilling. Lathing. Grinding. Engraving. Frosting |
| 666.1.058 |
Painting and other means of decoration |
| 666.11 |
Glass objects, general. Glass |
| 666.12 |
Raw materials, general |
| 666.15 |
Sheet glass, general, window glass |
| 666.16 |
Rolled plate glass. Window glass. Ornamental glass. Cast glass. Glass reinforced with metal threads |
| 666.17 |
Hollow glass. Glass vessels. Bottles. Pipes etc. |
| 666.185 |
Pressed glass |
| 666.189.1 |
Spun glass. Glass wool |
| 666.21 |
Crystal glass |
| 666.22 |
Optical glass |
| 666.27 |
Glass beads. Miniature glass objects. Glass jewellery |
| 666.28 |
Engraved glass, ground and frosted glass. Processed glass, general. |
| 748 |
Glass art |
| 749.25 |
Lighting fixtures |
| 902 |
Archaeology |