Each year during the winter months at the National Museum of Cambridge Glass, the whole place is given a thorough cleaning, including removing and dusting the glass in the permanent exhibit cases. All of the work is done by NCC volunteers, and the Sample Room, Dining Room and Members' cases are cleaned out and replaced by new displays.

For this year, the Sample Room contains Cambridge Swans, from the collection of Bill Alexander, and you'll want to see these for sure. The Dining Room is adorned with Cambridge Heatherbloom items, mostly in the "Gloria" pattern, provided by Rich Bennett. Rich also has loaned the Museum many items from his collection of rare and unusual Cambridge, and these are on display in the Members' cases. Our Museum page has a slide show of the items new for 2008. Check it out.

The Board of Directors has requested that the Annual Report for the year ending December 31, 2007 be placed on the web site. Since this information is relevant only to members of NCC, you will find it located in the members-only section of this web site, which is password protected. The username and password can be found in your copy of the Crystal Ball.

The results are in, and the 2008 Auction resulted in over $39,000 in gross receipts. A more detailed analysis of what this means for the NCC will be coming later, but clearly this was a successful venture. Here is the list of items, with the winning amounts. It is in PDF® format, so you will need the Adobe Reader to view it. You can still see some of the items that were up for sale in the auction on our 2008 Auction page.

Ohio members of NCC can see the National Museum of Cambridge Glass as part of the January Discover Ohio Travel Segment. The Ohio Division of Travel and Tourism has an ongoing relationship with the Columbus NBC television station, WCMH TV-4, to produce a monthly themed Discover Ohio travel segment for the Noon News show. Our January travel segment focus is "Ohio's Glass Heritage." It will air live on Thursday, January 10. During the 2 - 3 minute travel segment, 3 or 4 sites/events around the state will be featured during a live interview with Ohio Tourism PR Manager Tamara Brown. Each site will be discussed for roughly 20 - 30 seconds.

December 23, 2007 - A New Look for our web site

In an effort to improve our web site, we have undertaken to give it a whole new look. You will find much of the same information that you had in the past, but with a more modern-looking overall design. The font has changed, as well as the background and layout. The overall design of the articles from the Crystal Ball remains the same (in the members-only section). We are anxious to hear from our members, with constructive criticism and concerns. Let us know if you like it, too. Use the feedback form for your comments. Thanks.