The „Glass: The Material“ area in the Glass technology section oft he Deutsches Museum ist he start and introduction tot he exhibition. It highlights the special features of glass – its physical and chemical structure and its properties – and uses models to make the development of melting technology easy to understand.

The book on this area of the exhibition presents the material science and addresses the basic principles of glass production. The exhibition guidebook goes straight to the heart of what glass is and can be considered the key volume in the series “Glass Technology in the Deutsches Museum”.