Step through these doors to discover the beautiful world of Heisey glass!
The Heisey Glass Museum is located in Newark, Ohio, about 35 miles east of Ohio’s capital city, Columbus. The museum is situated in Veterans’ Park at Sixth and Church Streets in downtown Newark.
Admission to the museum is free.
Donations are welcome.
A donation of $4 per person is suggested for tour groups of 10 or more.
The museum is closed on the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving Day, Christmas.
If a holiday falls on a Sunday or Monday, the museum will be closed on the Saturday before the holiday.
Ample free parking, including reserved spaces for visitors with disabilities, is available in the lot in front of the museum.
Please be sure to visit the Museum Shop. There you will see a wide variety of sparkling real Heisey glassware for sale. The shop also offers HCA® Glassware, including reissues made in the original Heisey moulds and jewelry and decorative items created by skilled glass artists using broken Heisey glass. For those who want to increase their knowledge, there is also a large selection of books on Heisey and the other great American glass houses of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Established in 1929 by Beman and Bertie Dawes, the Dawes Arboretum provides visitors with a peaceful stroll through nearly 2,000 acres of woods, meadows, and gardens, including a formal Japanese garden. Beman planted over 50,000 trees, including specimens from around the world that would thrive in Ohio’s climate. Visitors may tour the historic Daweswood House Museum, home of the Dawes family.
Built by Native Americans 2,000 years ago, the Great Circle Earthworks and Octagon Earthworks in Newark are two of the eight component sites of Ohio’s Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, which were inscribed as the state’s first and only UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2023. These two examples of monumental landscape architecture in Newark consist of giant geometric shapes formed by low walls of earth carried and placed by human hands between 1 and 400 A.D. The Great Circle includes a fascinating museum, and a visitor center is available at the Octagon; tours are offered at both sites.
The society operates two historic house museums in Newark.
The Works is an interactive museum for all ages with experiences in science, history, art, and more that inspire creativity and wonder. It is home to a planetarium and a working glass “hot shop” that offers daily demonstrations and opportunities to make your own glass.
