Ended 2025 the right way after a year that has been a lot in my personal and professional life. Finally visited the wonderful @stainedglassmuseum.bsky.social in Ely. Absolutely fantastic and can highly recommend.

Our online autumn series of talks are now available to book! Join us for what promises to be a great series on three Arts and Crafts women artists! Tickets: the-stained-glass-museum.myshopify.com/collections/...

✨ Stained Glass Glossary: Glass Paint ✨ The special type of paint applied to glass by modern and medieval artists alike is different to the kind of paint you might use on a canvas or on the wall. Find out more about vitreous paint in this video!

✨Stained Glass Glossary: What is Tracery? ✨ Find out more about this often overlooked part of a window, the tracery, in our new glossary video!

✨ Stained Glass Glossary: What does Grisaille mean? ✨ You may have heard or seen the term grisaille used when describing stained glass, but what does it mean? Watch our video, which includes examples from the museums collection to find out more!

✨Stained Glass Glossary: What is a Quarry?✨ Find out more about the specialist terms, techniques and tools used when discussing stained glass, and find out all about quarry glass in our video!

As part of #InternationalWomenDay we have written this article about five trailblazing stained glass artists from our collection here at the museum. Read the full article on Europeana.eu, the European Commission's digital cultural collection, here: www.europeana.eu/en/stories/f...

This roundel was made and designed by stained glass artist Harcourt Doyle in 1939 as a wedding gift to his friends. Their son later donated the piece to The Stained Glass Museum in memory of his parents, Arthur and Joan Platt.

We had a great visit from Littleport Primary School this week as they learnt all about portraiture. They enjoyed seeing lots of stained glass examples from regular to regal! They also enjoyed recreating #KehindeWiley’s St Adelaide too with our new fantastic knitted (and sparkly!) orb & sceptre!

Hello! Hola! Bonjour! 🙋‍♀️ Did you know that our free digital guide, which is available via Bloomberg Connects, is available in over 40 languages? Wherever you are in the world, our digital guide can be downloaded and translated into a language of your choice and enjoyed.

Applications for our Student Bursary place on our upcoming Study Tour to Leicestershire this spring are now open! Open to undergraduates, postgraduate & recent graduates too, find more information & our short, simple application here : stainedglassmuseum.com/toursandlect... #ArtHistory

We loved having @petri-anderson.bsky.social’s beautiful glass on display here back in 2023 & you can hear Petri talk about his work, including this exhibition in a talk he gave for us here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYgP...

Find out more about another of the panels recently added to our gallery 👇🏻 This ‘Musician Angel’ was designed by Edward Burne-Jones 1865 & made by Morris & Co The church was made redundant in the 1990s and is now the home of a Sikh Temple!

We had so much fun at this mornings SGMini ‘Fabulous Faces’ themed session! From making monster faces to playdough on our light table, it was fun for all ages! Our next session is ‘Under the Sea’ themed in February the-stained-glass-museum.myshopify.com/products/sg-...

If you are a #HomeEducator in or near Ely with a child aged 11+, join us this January for our new 6 week Illuminate course and earn your Arts Award Discovery qualification! Find out more & book online here: stainedglassmuseum.com/home-educato...

We run a great programme of workshops throughout the year at The @stainedglassmuseum.bsky.social - check out this video from a two day painting workshop with artist Derek Hunt earlier this year! Our 2025 workshop programme is now available to book - find out more: stainedglassmuseum.com/Workshops

If you’re looking for the perfect gift to give or receive this festive season, do check out our online shop & find a fantastic range to suit all tastes and budgets the-stained-glass-museum.myshopify.com

Hello! We're new to @bsky.app so let us know what kind of things you'd like to see from us here! In the meantime, enjoy this video about one of our newly displayed pieces, Pictures of Violence (1982) by the Bristol based artist, Rosalind Grimshaw