CORNING, NY (WENY) -- The Corning Museum of Glass (CMOG) has been featured in Time Magazine's list of "The World's Greatest Places of 2025." The list featured 100 different places to visit from across the globe.

The TIME Magazine story described CMOG as the "white-hot heart of international glassmaking."

"It's a real singular honor for the organization to be on such a visible list," said CMOG President and Executive Director Karol Wight. Adding "It's perfect timing because we are approaching our 75th anniversary next year in 2026, and to have this mark of distinction is a thrill for me."

CMOG recently reopened a redesigned glass making studio. The studio provides a hands-on experience where visitors can make their own glass sculptures. The redesigned studio also debuted a new cutting wheel. The cutting wheel allows visitors to have their designs cut right into a plate of glass.

"There is no place like Corning, New York, and there is no other place like Corning Museum of Glass. Both the town and the museum have this wonderful focus on this spectacular material of glass, and at the museum you can see it manifested through art, history, and science," Wight said.

The museum was also featured in Newsweek's "Best Art Museum" list in January 2025.

In 2026, the Corning Museum of Glass will celebrate its 75th anniversary. White said she is looking forward to the events being planned for next year, as well as the events planned for this year, including an "Exhibition of Brilliant Color" coming to CMOG in May 2025.

"I sincerely hope that it drives a lot of great visitation to the museum and by extension the community of Corning because it's a huge boom economically to have this facility here to serve the town and the region," Wight said.

Wight also said the museum has seen an uptick in visitors coming to the studio section of the museum since the renovation.

For more information on the Corning Museum of Glass and the programs they offer, you can visit their website here.

Corning Museum of Glass is located at 1 Museum Way, Corning, NY 14830.