The Sweeney Collection Gallery

The Sweeney Collection Gallery The Sweeney Collection gallery is dedicated to art glass beads. Located in Milford, CT The collection is currently housed in Glorieta, NM.

We are a new museum based on a collection of beads started by Linda Sweeney. The museum is dedicated to raising awareness of this amazing medium of miniature glass art and recording the history of the artists. There is also a lampwork studio where classes of up to 8 students can be held. Our Mission Statement:
- To educate people about the medium of lampwork beads
-To record the history of the Am

erican glass bead movement
-Become a resource of information and networking for artists, students and historians
-Promote artists' work and market art glass beads
-Support lampwork artists in any way possible
-Support bead related and community charities

Holy smokes! JC has been filling my mailbox this week! A rather special purchase this tjme. She just kills it with all t...
07/22/2026

Holy smokes! JC has been filling my mailbox this week! A rather special purchase this tjme. She just kills it with all the lines! Such concentration.

These colors (ivory and black) are not typical for this artist, but the dot patterns are unmistakeable. If you guessed K...
07/20/2026

These colors (ivory and black) are not typical for this artist, but the dot patterns are unmistakeable. If you guessed Kristina Logan you would be correct! Her latest work.

Look what JC Herrell sent me as a gift! I know! It’s not a JC bead. It is a Cathy Lybarger mask bead that was made at JC...
07/18/2026

Look what JC Herrell sent me as a gift! I know! It’s not a JC bead. It is a Cathy Lybarger mask bead that was made at JC’s studio in Oshkosh, WI in 2002 or 2003. What is unusual about this bead? It is shiny! Not etched. Thank you, JC and Cathy.

Yesterday’s mail! I asked Corina Tettinger for a set of her black and white bracelet sized beads to replace a set that I...
07/16/2026

Yesterday’s mail! I asked Corina Tettinger for a set of her black and white bracelet sized beads to replace a set that I made into a bracelet and gave away. They’re wonderful and no two are alike. She was kind enough to also send a hummingbird pendant along. Thanks so much!

My Mathieu Grodet bead has arrived and boy, does he have a lot to say! This bead is marvelous! Especially the endcaps!
07/15/2026

My Mathieu Grodet bead has arrived and boy, does he have a lot to say! This bead is marvelous! Especially the endcaps!

Gobsmacked! The UPS man came today with my package from Daisuke Takeuchi. After I made my purchase, Daisuke asked me if ...
07/03/2026

Gobsmacked! The UPS man came today with my package from Daisuke Takeuchi. After I made my purchase, Daisuke asked me if I would like anything more. I said I would like the butterfly head he just posted, but that I could not afford it today. (I was being facetious). He replied that he’d like to give it to me, but I knew that something was lost in translation. He said he would send along some murrine with my set of beads and I was thrilled. Today the package arrived with a mess of murrine, some incense, a tea towel, my set of beads AND the amazing butterfly bead! I will try to repost his posts here.

There is a pic of the butterfly bead followed by two photos of each of the 5 beads in the set. Not a matched set. I am over the moon.

ETA: you must go to my personal page, Linda L Sweeney, to see close ups of the butterfly bead and a little video about its creation.

While I was waiting impatiently for UPS to deliver a package from Japan, the mailman came with a package I was not expec...
07/03/2026

While I was waiting impatiently for UPS to deliver a package from Japan, the mailman came with a package I was not expecting. Intriguing! I have been
eyeing her beta fish, unable to decide on which one to
purchase. This is so very exciting! The box has a Happy Birthday note but my birthday is in December…Thanks so much, Deb Crowley, for your lovely gift to the Sweeney Collection!

Another magnificent bead by Mathieu Grodet! What do you suppose LLS means?
06/28/2026

Another magnificent bead by Mathieu Grodet! What do you suppose LLS means?

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W Rutland Road
Milford, CT
06461

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(505) 629-3884

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