Buechner, Thomas S., 1926-2010
Variant namesThomas Scharman Buechner was an artist who turned to working at museums, who became the founding director of the Corning Museum of Glass and director of the Brooklyn Museum, where he oversaw a major transformation in its operation and displays.
In 1951, he was named as the founding director of the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York which he created as a place where historic and modern glass works were displayed. Buechner was named as director of the Brooklyn Museum in 1960, making him, at 33, one of the youngest museum directors in the country. He was hired by Corning Glass in 1971, where he served as president of the firm's Steuben Glass division from 1973 to 1982 and headed the Glass Museum there from 1973 to 1980.
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| associatedWith | Brooklyn Museum. Office of the Director. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Brooklyn Museum. Office of the Director. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Brooklyn Museum. Office of the Director. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Corning Museum of Glass | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Detroit Institute of Arts Research Library & Archives. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Hauberg, John H. (John Henry), 1916- | person |
| associatedWith | Hauberg, John H. (John Henry), 1916-2002. | person |
| associatedWith | Steuben Glass, inc. | corporateBody |
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| Corning | NY | US | |
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| Glass art |
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Person
Birth 1926-09-25
Death 2010-06-13
Americans
English
