![]() ![]() While the new facility plans to open its doors on Motherâ s Day weekend (May 12-13), an official â Ribbon Cutting’celebration will take place on Saturday, June 2. Redesigned showroom and retail space on the main level, adjacent to the restaurant.Curated historic and educational exhibits displayed throughout the glassblowing gallery that share the process and techniques for this remarkable craft.Wheelchair-accessible elevator lift installed to allow ALL guests access to watch glassblowing.Dramatically designed staircase and highly visible access point to the lower level glassblowing experience relocated to the center of the retail store, immediately inviting guests to visit with the artisans and be captivated by glassblowing firsthand. ![]() Thoughtful, rustic-meets-modern design in the glassblowing gallery that employs reclaimed timbers, locally-recovered barn boards, raw steel, and glass.Expansive, unrestricted viewing area in the glassblowing workshop that puts visitors right into the production facility for one-on-one, intimate access to the artisan glassblowers.Irene may have dealt Simon Pearce and our Vermont neighbors a bitter blow last year, but the restoration process has enabled us to redesign some facets of our iconic Mill in ways that more graciously engage visitors in the Simon Pearce experience.â Says James Murray, â With challenge and hardship, there always comes opportunity. Renovations have completely redefined the guest experience at Simon Pearce, where spellbound visitors once packed tight into a small, dark, retro-fitted viewing area to watch the artisans at work. The restoration and rebuilding of this facility has been an intense nine-month effort led by Andrew Pearce, Director of Special Projects, and James Murray, Executive Director of Product Development and Design. Ireneâ s flooding of the adjacent Ottaquechee River completely destroyed the lower level glassblowing facility, which annually shoulders responsibility for 25% of the brandâ s hand crafted glass production and formerly had a small viewing platform that enabled visitors to watch the pieces being made. While the flagship locationâ s iconic restaurant and retail store have gradually resumed operations room-by-room over the past few months as restoration allowed, the famed glassblowing workshop on the lower level has remained closed until now. The completed Mill will reopen in mid-May, with an official grand reopening celebration set for Saturday, June 2, including all-day events and festivities. Visitors will enjoy a more transparent, intimate view into the glassblowing craft in the dramatically expanded production facility.Īdditionally, several other enhancements have been made to the interiors, layout, and experiential touchpoints to offer guests more unrestricted access to discover the process behind Simon Pearce craftsmanship. This May, the beloved Simon Pearce Mill at Quechee ‘which is the among the top three attractions in Vermont and entertains more than 300,000 visitors each year ‘will be ready to welcome guests again after a multi-million dollar rebuilding effort in the wake of Tropical Storm Ireneâ s significant damage last August. ![]()
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