“The founder and ideological inspirer of the creation of the Museum of Glass in Lviv is a famous Ukrainian glassmaker, master of thick glass, chairman of the organizing committee of the International Thick Glass Symposiums in Lviv, former rector of Lviv National Academy of Arts, Professor Andriy Bokotey. For the first time, space was allocated for the museum in 1992, a dedicated room in the heart of the city under the Bernardine Monastery. However, it lasted very short, the audience was able to enjoy the opening of the exposition within the framework of the II International Thick Glass Symposium in October 1992. A few months later, information was made public that the then director of the museum, O. Dzindra privatized the premises and reported that there was no place for the Museum of Glass in it. Subsequently, primarily in order to assure the authorities that the future museum will have a truly powerful base under it, Lviv Academy of Arts together with the National Museum in Lviv, Lviv Palace of Arts and “VERTEP Kompania” in the Palace of Arts held an action “Museum of Glass in Lviv”. Even then, as of 1999, a powerful collection of glass was assembled, which was stored in the funds of the National Museum in Lviv. In fact, these are 250 author's works, 150 artists from 26 countries of the world. The collection includes the author's works of world-renowned artists: Erwin Eysh, Andrei Bokotey, Marvin Lipofsky, Jan Zorichak, Theodor Zelner and many others. At the event, the director of the National Museum in Lviv Vasyl Otkovych stressed that his institution, as well as the Museum of Ethnography and Art Craft and the Historical Museum, are worthy to combine their glass collections and transfer them to a newly created specialized center. In 2002 (exactly ten years after the first attempt), the mayor Vasily Kuibida provided the cellars of the Bandinelli Palace on Rynok Square 2, where the Museum of Glass still operates today, for the placement of works of world art. And only in 2006, after a long struggle with technical inconsistencies, humidity, etc. as part of the celebration of the 750th anniversary of the city. Lviv Museum was opened to visitors. From the very beginning, the museum functioned as an independent department of the Lviv Historical Museum.

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From 2006—2012 it was headed by Christina Sodomora. During this period, only one exhibition hall functioned, only occasionally the exposition changed. The museum's collection was systematically replenished with works created within the framework of the International Thick Glass Symposiums, but there was almost no possibility of their exhibition. Part was donated to the funds of the National Museum named after him. Andrey Sheptytsky in Lviv. The 2012 fire was the impetus for radical change. The coordinator of the Glass Museum was a glass artist, head of the Department of Art Glass of LNAM Mikhail Bokotey. Thanks to his highly professional work, titanic efforts, extensive experience and management strategy, the premises were returned, the third exhibition hall was put into operation, the critical humidity problem was solved, and much more. He completely redesigned the exhibition cabinets, built an exhibition model in accordance with the modern trends of museum business of the 21st century with the use of interactive means. Effective anti-crisis management gave its results and on April 19, 2013 a reformatted museum with a new modern exposition and the use of the latest technologies was presented. In 2017, thanks to the initiative of the director of the museum, a different entrance was equipped, which increased the area of the exhibition space and the institution became operational in a new format. The total exhibition area of 120 m² is used in a balanced and rational manner. The oldest exhibits include glassware and beads made in the 1st-2nd centuries AD on the territory of the Roman colonies in the south of modern Ukraine; beads and utensils from the XI—XII centuries, as well as bracelets and fragments of bracelets found during excavations”

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