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Here we are in New York!
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First view of Niagara Falls - awesome - that's Canada on the right
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Closeup of American Falls
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American Falls on the left - Horseshoe over yonder
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The Maids of the Mist - one coming, one going
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The river has marvelous colors - Rainbow Bridge goes to Canada
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A Maid of the Mist loads on the Canada Side
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Horseshoe Falls and the Maid of the Mist
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The tower of mist from Horseshoe can be seen from miles away
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Aren't those blue slickers cute?
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The Skylon tower in Niagara Falls Ontario, as seen from the boat
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You can walk up the hill for a closeup view of American Falls
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Sometimes American Falls also has a great mist tower
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A close up view from the river - impressive (and moist)
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So much power
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A misty view of the visitors to Cave of the Winds - American side
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We didn't do Cave of the Winds, but it looked like lots of fun
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Horseshoe Falls with Maid of the Mist
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Looking back at American Falls
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This guy gets paid for reading his book!
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The tower with viewing platform is a great way to view American Falls
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So much water - amazing from close up
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Canadian "Walk Behind the Falls" - we didn't do this either
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Another view from the boat - can't get too many shots of this!
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That's where all those barrels went over the falls - insanity
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Water on the lens, and Judy, beautiful in blue
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We passed a rock full of cormorants in the river
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Our boat wasn't nearly that full
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Standing out on that viewing platform is amazing
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The water bounces up almost as high as the brink of the falls
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Al poses on the trail
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At the brink of American Falls
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It was a very happy day!
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Don't know what this tree is - it has paint-by-number bark
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A rainbow, and Rainbow Bridge
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American Falls, seen from Goat Island
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The Cave of the Winds excursion is a wet experience
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We loved that rainbow
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The boats got really full, later in the day
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Yep - REALLY wet - the tour includes bathing sandals to wear
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That mist cloud can be seen miles before you can spot the falls
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The view over the brink is so spectacular
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Another view of the brink
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East Aurora NY is the home of Fisher Price and their Toy Town Museum
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Not for a carousel, but still gorgeous
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A miniature carousel at the Toy Museum
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A history of Fisher Price toys displayed in a "train" display case
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Decal on a toy car. Is that product for real? Does Medicare know?
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One whole room of toy soldiers . . .
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These guys were local TV stars back in the early days of Buffalo TV
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We loved the marionette displays - this is the cast of Aladdin
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Some imported Asian marionettes
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Electric trains traveled on tracks near the ceiling of the museum
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Al learns posture from the toy soldier
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Outside, parade floats that look very familiar
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Didn't we all have at least one of these way back when?
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Float-sized versions of real Fisher Price toys
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He's adorable
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Big cow, little Al
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Wanna ride the elephant?
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In North Tonowanda, the Herschell "carrousel" museum - remember that spelling
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At one time this was one of the major makers of merry-go-rounds
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We'd never seen a rooster carousel animal before
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I have personality!
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And I'm really gorgeous
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And then we spell it with two esses and two ells!
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There's that rooster again
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Several carvers work at the museum and demonstrate their skill
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This toad was made from scratch, using old photos
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A working carousel at the museum - yes, we rode it!
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A prancing horse
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Old people like carousels too!
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Our guide's favorite horse - she rides it every day before she goes home
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A roller skating cow at a fun shop in Niagara-on-the-Lake in Canada
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Harp sighting!
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Toronto as seen from Niagara-on-the-Lake
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The line back into the US at Lewiston NY - 45 minutes to clear immigration
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East Aurora First Presbyterian Church
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An old church - built in 1818, rebuilt in 1935
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Lots of grand old houses in East Aurora - this is Judy's favorite
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We've seen painted fireplugs, but never any all dressed up
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In downtown East Aurora NY - can you smell it?
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View of American Falls from the Skylon tower in Canada
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Goat Island - a herd of goats once wintered here, and only one survived.
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We took LOTS of pictures from the Skylon tower
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Horseshoe Falls from the Skylon tower
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The giant Sky Wheel in Niagara Ontario, Canada
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American and Bridal Veil Falls as seen from the Canadian side
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Lots of people do the Cave of the Winds tour behind Bridal Veil
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The view from the Skylon tower is fantastic
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We took pictures of our reflections and the Falls in the Skylon windows - pretty neat, eh?
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Niagara Falls USA, from the Canadian side
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View of the Skylon Tower from below
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Horseshoe Falls
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Lots of wet tourists - and why it's named "Maid of the Mist"
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Another view of the American side
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Giant colored floodlights from that building illuminate the Falls at night
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Can't get too many views of Horseshoe Falls
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We ate at the restaurant below Skylon Tower
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All that water!
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View from the restaurant
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Pizza, soup and a spectacular view
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Oh yeah, that view
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View of Horseshoe Falls from the casino in Canada
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The Casino is also pretty spectacular
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But not as spectacular as the water
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That's the USA way over there
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We didn't see the skywalker, so we took a picture of the poster
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The Chocolate Moose at a Canada tourist trap
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A member of the Royal Canadian Moose Patrol
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The Whirlpool in the Niagara River
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This 60 acre large bend in the river is a giant natural whirlpool
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The Whirlpool jet boats are a big attraction
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An aerial tram traverses the whirlpool
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It goes way over there and back
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Really wild water down there
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All of the whirlpool basin is in Canada - the USA is that point of land on the right
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At the Butterfly Habitat, carriage rides are popular with kids and wedding couples
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The butterfly habitat in Canada was wonderful
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We love butterflies
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This one was so unusual
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We hope you love butterflies, 'cause we took lots of pics!
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These are Blue Morphos
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These are the same Blue Morphos, folded up - amazing!
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The habitat has lots of butterfly-friendly plants
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Butterflies can survive with severe wing damage
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We didn't learn the names of most of them
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It's hard to get the close-ups in focus
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So many varieties
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Butterflies only live for a couple of weeks
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They provide fruit plates for the butterflies
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Lovely
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A newly hatched beauty with an admirer
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A mating pair
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These are gorgeous
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Wow - two of them on Judy's finger!
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Such pretty colors
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Delicate
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Camouflage
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The butterfly nursery
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More camouflage
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Just can't get enough of them
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Back to the good old USA - this time the wait was an hour!
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On the US side, an all day trolley pass for the state park costs $2
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The Red Coach Inn is a great place for lunch, just a block from the falls
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A ride in a tethered balloon is a popular attraction
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Niagara Park was originally an Indian reservation
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The point of no return above American Falls
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The aquarium was part of the package tour
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Sturgeon in a tank
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Looks friendly . .
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Turtle race
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We found Nemo
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Anemones are wonderful
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A sea lion performs at the aquarium
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Sea Lion and trainer strike an affectionate pose
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Cute little fellows
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A few seals lived in an outdoor exhibit
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That's the Horseshoe Falls mist on the left
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The Discovery Center was included in the Niagara package
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We liked the blue bridges - that's lots of blue paint!
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A pedestrian walkway advertises the attractions in Buffalo
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The entrance to the Corning Museum of Glass features a Chihuly sculpture
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Glass fruit looks so yummy
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A table of supplies for the glass artist
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Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka made glass flowers you can't tell from the real thing
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The Blaschkas made exact models of sea creatures for museums and schools - all in glass
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Then they spent years making botanical models in glass
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The Blaschkas made thousands of models for institutions all over the world
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They had no employees - just two guys working from a spare bedroom!
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Museum staff use these tools in restoration of glass artifacts
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A huge glass peony - made in one piece
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Corning once made these Pyrex irons - no fooling!
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One of Judy's favorites
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The pickup isn't glass - all the flowers are, though
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Another Dale Chihuly work (with music!)
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Beautiful colors in these shell shapes
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Another of Judy's favorites
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All of this artist's works are life sized representations of clothing
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This Mesopotamian bowl was made several hundred years BC
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These are also ancient glass jars
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An Italian cut glass work of art
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The museum features glass from ancient to modern times
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The largest Tiffany work ever commissioned for a private home
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This glass wall was featured in the first Steuben store on 5th Ave. in NY
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We watched one glass blowing demonstration before we had to leave