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The Sandwich Glass Museum, operated by the Sandwich Historical Society, tells the town's history and showcases glass made by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, which Deming Jarves founded in 1825 and which produced colorful pressed glass in Sandwich until 1888. The museum displays thousands of pieces of this internationally exported glassware.
Sandwich Glass Museum is a museum in Sandwich, Barnstable County. It is one of 16 museums documented in Barnstable County, among 6,897 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.
The site sits at 41.7588, -70.5004 near Sandwich. The nearest cataloged historic site is Nye Family Memorial Stone (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Town Hall Square - Korean - Vietnam Wars Memorial, Sandwich Civil War Memorial, and Inn at Sandwich Center - Morse House.
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The Sandwich Glass Museum, operated by the Sandwich Historical Society, tells the story of the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, which Deming Jarves founded in the town in 1825 and which operated until 1888. Jarves chose Sandwich for its navigable harbor, inexpensive land, and abundant wood for fuel, and the works became renowned for mass-produced pressed lead glass in a wide range of colors. The museum displays rare examples of this Victorian-era glassware alongside exhibits on the town's history.
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