Welcome

Welcome to the Association for the History of Glass Limited (AHG).  We are an educational charity set up to advance knowledge and interest in the study of glass for all periods of history and in all parts of the world. Click here for details of the Association.

Membership

If you are interested in any aspect of glass history we would like to welcome you as a member. For payment of a very modest fee you could enjoy the privilages of membership and play an active part in pursuing the Association's objectives. Further details and a membership application form are available here

GLASSAC-08
Glass Science in
Art and Conservation

This three day event was held on 5th March 2008 in Valencia, hosted by the Materials Science Institute of Valencia University. Proceedings are shortly to be published.

Buying and Selling Glass
in Britain 1600-1950

A Study Day organised by The Association for the History of Glass, held on Tuesday 18th March at the Wallace Collection in London. Programme details are available here.

Glass in Architecture

A Study Day organised by The Association for the History of Glass.
This successful event was held on 22nd November 2007.  A review is available in the current issue of Glass News.

The next AHG Meeting

Recent Research on Glass in the BM
Saturday 25th October 2008
This Study Day will take place in the Stevenson lecture theatre at The British Museum.  There will be a programme of oral presentations and presentation of posters - more details will be available in due course.   The Association's AGM will take place in context of the Study Day - all members are encouraged to attend and participate in the AGM .

Website under Construction

We have been experiencing some difficulties with our website over the past six months.  Changes at our Service Provider, some communication difficulties and the unintended deletion of files made our site unworkable, so we are in process of rebuilding.

As you can see, we have changed the appearance of the site - we hope you like the new background colour for our pages (chosen to make it more appropriate for displaying coloured images).   Also we are updating the structure of the site to make it easier to navigate.

Our thanks to visitors who in the past have fed back comments and suggestions - much appreciated.  Please bear with us whilst we rebuild, and keep the comments coming so that we can build your ideas into what we do.

David Martlew

  Association
Verre et Histoire

The French Association for glass and history has a new web site at
http://www.verre-histoire.org
It states its objectives thus:
"Verre et Histoire has the objective of being a place of exchange for people interested in exchange and research in glass studies (including the history of glass, glass in the history of art, history of glass making companies, history of glass making techniques, the social and anthropologic aspects of glass making, physico-chemical aspects of glass, the conservation and restoration of glass, among other aspects).  The organisation wishes to express these interests through publications in traditional and modern media.  The different working groups are open to all French persons as well as those from other nations."

Association Internationale pour l'Histoire du Verre

The Association for the History of Glass has strong links with the Association Internationale pour l'Histoire du Verre, which is the international body concerned with the history of glass.   More information may be found here on the AHIV website.