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Karol Wight, president and executive director of The Corning Museum of Glass, announced today that senior curator of modern and contemporary glass, Tina Oldknow, will retire in September 2015. Since 2000, Oldknow has been responsible for all curatorial aspects of the glass collections dating from 1900 to the present.

“Tina’s impact on our organization over the past 15 years has been tremendous,” said Wight. “She has transformed the displays and collections of the Museum, curated numerous popular exhibitions, is known as a leading expert in the field, and is simply a marvelous colleague."

When Mike Sorge thinks about the new expansion at the Corning Museum of Glass, he isn't thinking about glass.

Sorge, who owns Sorge's Italian Restaurant on Market Street in Corning, is more excited about the extra customers the new wing is expected to bring to his business and others.

The museum plans to unveil the highly-anticipated 100,000-square-foot North Wing on Friday, and local business owners and tourism officials are preparing for an increase in tourism spending when visitors come to Corning. Last year, more than 400,000 visitors came to the museum.