Corning

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Corning

Elderhostel Glass Museum

 

Chemung river

Corning, city, Steuben County, southern New York, on the Chemung River; incorporated as a city 1890. The city is famous for the Corning Glass Works, which was established in 1868 and produces a variety of glass products. It also is the site of the Corning Museum of Glass, the Rockwell-Corning Museum, and a junior college. Settled in 1789, Corning was named in 1837 for Erastus Corning, a New York railroad executive and congressman. The city was badly damaged by flooding in 1972. Population 12,953 (1980); 11,938 (1990); 11,080 (1998 estimate).

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map of Corning, New York

 

Corning Company building

 

Clock Tower in Centerway Square

 

Centerway Square

 

 

Information Center

 

Baron Steuben Place

 

Centennial sculpture on Market street

 

Rockwell Museum of Western Art

The Rockwell Museum of Western Art completely redesigned in 2000-2001, owns the largest and finest collection of Western Art in the Eastern US. From classic masterworks to exciting emerging artists, this treasure of a museum offers you engaging new ways to look at America. Ignite your imagination.

 

Experience the West as you never have before and see its people, places and ideas through the eyes of over 150 artists.

 

Bison breakout

 

along Market street

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Elderhostel Glass Museum

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