We are located in Millville, Cumberland County, in southern New Jersey. We are approximately 45 miles southeast of Philadelphia, PA, and 40 miles west of Atlantic City. The Village is easily accessible from the New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway, and Routes 47, 49 and 55. 

WheatonArts is a not-for-profit arts organization. We are a leading resource of American craft with an emphasis on the medium of glass, a stronghold in New Jersey's cultural history. Programs include museum and gallery exhibits; interpretive demonstrations in various craft mediums; an artist fellowship program; outreach and on-site school programs; and collector's seminars. All serve to educate a multi-level audience on the role of the crafts in both traditional and contemporary life.

Programs are presented in the following facilities at WheatonArts:

• The Museum of American Glass houses one of the world's largest collections of American glass. Over 6,500 pieces are on display in the 20,000 square foot exhibit area.
• Glass Studio in the T. C. Wheaton Glass Factory is a fully functioning glass studio architecturally modeled after the original 1888 factory. Studio artists using both traditional and contemporary techniques work side by side in this studio, recognized throughout the country as a valuable resource to the glass art community.
• Craft Studios: Ceramics, Flameworked Glass and Woodcarving are demonstrated and interpreted to visitors by skilled artists.
• Down Jersey Folklife Center researches and documents regional expressive traditions in New Jersey's southern eight counties. The Center will present ongoing programs based on this research for a wide variety of audiences.
• Gallery of Fine Craft is dedicated to excellence in the development of studio glass art and regional craft through the representation of established and emerging artists.

The Creative Glass Center of America (CGCA) awards fellowships to emerging and mid-career artists working in glass. Fellowship recipients are provided with housing, materials and a monthly stipend. Artists are encouraged to collaborate and exchange ideas, experiment with glass and refine artistic concepts and techniques.

Saturday Morning Enrichment Program
A cooperative project with the Millville Schools continuing education department. Open to Millville and non-Millville residents. Approximately 40 students (grades 2-6) work with professional staff artists in ceramics, origami, basketweaving, paper, and glass. Designed as an alternative to Saturday morning television, this program runs for 8 weeks during February and March.

Hands-On Crafts Experiences
This intense hands-on experience is highly praised by teachers. It is available to elementary classes, grades 3 to 6. Students work with staff artists in ceramics, paper and glass. Preparation materials are sent to teachers prior to their visit so that this short-term experience can be put into a context of learning about the history and process of the craft arts.

Student Docent Tours
Grade level, curriculum related tours of the Museum of American Glass for elementary classes, grades 4 to 12. Communication with the museum staff gives a teacher the option of relating the tour to specific curriculum involving a specific time period of study, as well as art and New Jersey history.

With the guidance of one of our master glass artists, you have an opportunity to shape hot molten glass and create a paperweight design, make beads or blow a bowl or vase form.

Make A Vessel Fee: $135.00 plus $12.00 s&h

Appointment must  be scheduled through the Glass Studio at extension 139.

Gift Certificates available in the Arthur Gorham Paperweight Shop at extension 152. Call between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday, April through December. Call between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Friday, Saturday and Sunday, in January, February and March.

Same day appointments may be available. Check in at the Glass Studio, Paperweight Shop and Gatehouse. You must be 16 years of age with a guardian's signature age 16 to 19.

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It is our belief that the arts give understanding and voice to the wide range of human thought and feeling, and add immeasurably to the quality of our lives. We believe that the relationship between contemporary art, the artistic tradition from which it has grown, and the approachability of the craft mediums, provide a doorway to the arts at a variety of educational and emotional levels. Creating a single site that weaves and interprets the development and coexistence of Folk Art, Decorative Art, Contemporary Art and the American Craft Movement has given us an opportunity to offer a panoramic view of American craft, with programs accessible to a diverse audience.

Sensitivity to the need for the preservation of Southern New Jersey's glassmaking heritage was the genesis of the organization. Placing this local resource within a national context is the inspiration from which we have established our role as a museum and craft center. The presentation of American glass history through collections, archives, a library, and exhibits, illustrates the development of American Craft. This has allowed us to broaden the perspective gained by New Jersey residents and offer a resource of American Glass to a national and international audience.

We believe the arts must be an integral part of the education of all citizens, with special emphasis on school age children, as a part of their basic education. Therefore, WheatonArts will actively support state and national education goals, which recommend the arts to be integrated into the core curriculum of New Jersey students.

A commitment to artists is central to our philosophy. By establishing relationships with artists who dedicate themselves to the long term process of mastering a craft medium as well as the artist experimenting with those mediums as a growth experience, WheatonArts acknowledges the responsibility to provide and maintain a supportive and unique environment for artists to learn, create, interact, present and market their work.

Yes. In January, February and March we are open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. We offer reduced prices because the Craft Studios are closed and the train is not operational. April through December, we are open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

No. We are not affiliated in any way with this “for profit” manufacturing company.

No. The only exception is the Festival of Fine Craft which takes place the first weekend in October.

The train is operational from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

With an admission ticket it is a charge of $1.00 per person for one ride. This includes Friends and guests with complimentary passes. Children five and under are free.

Without an admission ticket it is a charge of $2.00 per person for one ride.

Train tickets may be purchased at the Gatehouse or the General Store. Or you may pay the train conductor directly.

Student groups and their chaperones will not be charged extra for the train ride.

The Museum of American Glass will help you identify an item for a fee of $5.00. You may drop off the item and pick it up at an arranged time.

Wheaton Industries, Inc. produced these bottles in the 70s and 80s, not WheatonArts. They no longer produce them. We can send you a packet of information about these bottles upon request.

We do not provide appraisal information. Go to “Links” on our web site and look under "Collectibles." The listed sites will be helpful.

No.

The gazebo may be used for small wedding ceremonies during our open hours only at a minimal charge of $150.00. You are welcome to have your wedding pictures taken on our grounds, also during our open hours only and with written permission from the administration office. 

The Event Center facility may be rented for large receptions, with your caterer approved by Wheaton Arts. Any questions regarding wedding ceremonies and photographs should be directed to Doris Abeling, Events Coordinator, at 800-998-4552 or 856-825-6800, extension 104. She is available Wednesday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.