Dali: Seen Through Glass October 21, 2009

On display at the museum is a rarely seen collection of 20 pate de verre glass sculptures Dali produced from 1968 to 1984 for Daum Cristal, France. Pate de verre, an ancient glassmaking technique dating back to the Egyptians over 3,500 years ago, was rediscovered in the nineteenth century and revived by Daum Cristal during the art nouveau movement of the early 1900s to present.