Museum of Glass Turns Five

Next week, the Museum of Glass will celebrate its fifth birthday. When it opened in 2002, it was known as the Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art.

Recently the museum has shortened the name to just Museum of Glass and narrowed their focus to a single medium. Their ads on the radio drive the point home. “All Glass. All the Time.” Their website reads “Hot Glass. Cool Art.”

They like. Short sentences.

In an interview with Exit133, Museum of Glass Executive Director Tim Close discussed the 5th Anniversary Exhibit, “We want to keep the Museum of Glass relevant, exciting, and interesting. Our Anniversary Exhibit is going to draw in young people like never before.”

Any examples of the art?

“We have one artist who has been pressing their fist against a glass window pane since she was 6 to see if her arm would really go through it since, as I’m sure you know, glass is a liquid. She’s hasn’t moved her fist in the last 65 years. We’re going to bring her, pane and all, to Tacoma. We hear she’s almost through.”

“We also have a special art piece that we think will really draw the crowds for this exhibit,” Close said. At this point, Close reached into his desk drawer and pulled out something very small and very beautiful.

“I give you, the iPhone.”

My gaping mouth must have spoken volumes so he continued.

“This is one of the finest pieces of glass art we’ve seen in many years. We’re going to put one in our new gallery and we think it’s really going to boost attendance during the next month. I’m banking on people paying to get in to see this incredible piece of glass. I mean, it’s a phone, an iPod, and a web browser all wrapped up together. How can you go wrong?”

“I am blown away. This is incredible!” I told him. “How did you get Steve Jobs to let you have an phone for the exhibit? And how did you get an iPhone before 6:00 this evening?”

“Well sir,” he said, standing up from his desk. “I’ll tell you a secret.” And with that Tim Close grabbed his moustache and pulled it right off. And that’s when it became clear. Tim Close IS Steve Jobs! With different glasses! And a moustache! 

Now if we can just get him to relocate his company here ……

Disclaimer: We may occasionally stretch the truth or make things up on Fridays… but only when there’s a disclaimer. Everything else is absolutely true. Trust us.

Update

Erik Hanberg sent this in to us. It was taken at the Southcenter Apple Store. First visit to Exit133 from an iPhone perhaps?