The Association for the History of Glass is an educational charity whose aims are to advance knowledge, education and interest in the study of glass of all periods of history throughout the world.
Our members’ interests include archaeology, art history, conservation, museum studies, glass collection and glass science.
The latest edition of Glass News
is out now – free to members.
Click on link to access archive
of earlier issues.
Upcoming Meetings
Autumn Meeting 2025
We are making plans for our Autumn meeting which we intend to hold as an online event in conjunction with our AGM.
Please get in touch if you have a proposal for a short presentation on any aspect of ancient and historical glass at secretary@historyofglass.org.uk
Recent Events and Meetings
Spring Meeting 2025
Glass in Architecture and Construction in the Ancient and Historical Worlds
Friday 16th May
We were delight to have so many people join us at the UCL for our reccent study day. For information about our speakers, see our past meetings.
Exciting Grants News!
Owing to the continued support of our members, we have been able to increase our Grants budget for the year 2024/25 by half! We are moving from a total of £2,000 to £3,000 to support research, projects and activities to advance the study of the history of glass Applications always open!
Glass in the World
One of our lovely Board Members, Dr Tom Derrick recently appeared in an Australian ABC podcast aimed at children, to talk about the history of making glass. Have a listen!
Website Changes
There have been many website changes recently – please bear with us while we work through teething issues. If you notice issues, please email web@historyofglass.org.uk.
