Group Visits

Guided Tours

Explore our campus, learn more about our teaching studios and see our artists in action. Group tours are great for schools and summer camps, corporate, and nonprofit organizations. A guide will tour your group through our gallery spaces to view our current exhibitions, working artist studios, and teaching studios. Learn more about Reading’s industrial past and our building’s history as the first factory in the United States to manufacture optical lenses.

Capacity: 50 per tour; multiple tours can be scheduled at the same time. Tours last approximately 1 hour.

Note: Free guided tours are offered on a weekly basis. Schedule your tour by clicking here.

Glassblowing Demonstrations

Watch GoggleWorks’ glass artists in action in our state-of-the-art Glassblowing Studio. Get comfortable in the stadium seating while you watch a piece of glass artwork created from start to finish. Our artist-instructors will explain the process along the way and offer a question and answer session at the conclusion of the demonstration.

Capacity: 80 per demonstration. Demonstrations last approximately 1 hour.

Questions?

For reservations, bookings and questions, email GoggleWorks Programs Department at programs@goggleworks.org.