Adventures with Isabel: Lee's Marble Museum

Mom and I hit some of the stops in the Nebraska Passport passport program, and this was one of them.

Lee's Marble Museum is a small, free museum attached to a antique shop.  Lee has more than a million marbles.  He's an affable older gentlemen, who graciously showed us around and answered our questions.

In the photo above, Mom is holding part of a glass cane, which is how marbles are made.  The glass is mostly clear, with layer of colored glass included.  When making a marble, the cane is heated, and a glob of glass is cut off the end of the cane and put into a hollow metal rod.  The glass glob spirals down the tube and comes out perfectly round and cool enough to retain its shape.

Prior to 1935, marbles had traces of uranium in them and would glow under black light.

I'd say if you are headed down I-80 and in need of a quick break, Lee's Marble Museum is worth a stop.  We enjoyed our visit and even did some shopping.  It was a fun little interlude.