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Welcome to The Age of Glass exhibition. Discover how this material has revolutionised medicine, energy generation, telecommunications, nutrition, architecture and art. Find out everything that glass can also do to help us achieve the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN: 17 global challenges aimed at eradicating poverty, protecting the planet, and ensuring the prosperity of the world’s inhabitants.

This website has been developed by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) with the support of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) within the framework of the International Year of Glass 2022.

VISIT THE EXHIBITION

Welcome to The Age of Glass exhibition. Discover how this material has revolutionised medicine, energy generation, telecommunications, nutrition, architecture and art. Find out everything that glass can also do to help us achieve the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN: 17 global challenges aimed at eradicating poverty, protecting the planet, and ensuring the prosperity of the world’s inhabitants.

This website has been developed by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) with the support of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) within the framework of the International Year of Glass 2022.

EXPLORE THE EXHIBITION

Explore the exhibition

PANELS

A transparent but essential material
#1
Glasses that cure
#2
Glass-ceramic materials in dentistry
#3
Solar energy
#4
Wind power and photobioreactors
#5
Optical fibres: the cornerstone of the global communications network
#6
Rare-earth doped glasses
#7
A brief history
#8
Allied against climate change
#9
Glass containers for food and drink
#10
What is a container factory like?
#11
A circular material
#12
An industry in evolution
#13
Sustainable glass production: the furnace for the future
#14
Glass art: the challenge of environmental sustainability
#15
Glass art:
challenging the statu quo
#16
Glass in museums
#17
Glass museums in the 21st century
#18
Education in glass
#19
Gender quality and diversity
in the world of glass I
#20
Gender quality and diversity
in the world of glass II
#21