The village of White Mills, between Honesdale and Hawley, has a rich heritage—an industrial past brought to life at the Dorflinger Factory Museum. It’s one of the stops on the Pocono History and Art Trail. Come along for a glimpse at this brilliantly curated era of cut glass from the Pocono past.

It is a veritable feast for the eyes—wall to wall, window to window—inside this nearly decade-old Dorflinger Factory Museum. And the man behind it all, Jim Asselstine, beams with pride for the story of crystal and craft preserved here.

"We definitely are proud of what we've done. Our objective was to really create a very special location here and to tell a very special and important story, and we hope that we've been able to do that."

That special and important story has a main character—Christian Dorflinger, a French immigrant. The name is synonymous with White Mills and cut glass. The exquisite displays showcase Dorflinger’s work—and the work of the industrial village built around the factory more than a century ago.

"The stories are about the people who lived in White Mills and worked in the factory, and also how this glass was used in society. This luxury tableware was made for the wealthiest families in the country, for international embassies, for the government, for the White House. We want to tell that part of the story as well—the role this glass and the products of this company played in society overall."

When folks head out on the Pocono History and Art Trail and stop here at the Dorflinger Factory Museum in White Mills, Jim wants to give them a sense of what they’re in for. The space is immense—and spectacularly gorgeous, flooded with natural light and filled with stunning exhibits.

"The first area of the museum, right here, focuses on how the glass was made. We have examples of equipment used in the Dorflinger factory to do engraving, cutting, acid etching, decorating, and also exhibits on how the glass was blown."

All this luxury glass—etched and meticulously cut—is on display for a mere five-dollar entry. Visitors 18 and under are free. And as they say, the experience is a home run.

"This baseball bat is one of the most popular items in the collection. It was made for a local man named Eddie Murphy in 1913, when he played on the Philadelphia Athletics team against the New York Giants in the World Series."

There’s even a sparkling wedding set made at the turn of the 19th century for one of New York’s wealthiest families—the Vanderbilts.

"Christian Dorflinger made glassware for eight presidential administrations, starting with Abraham Lincoln in 1861 and continuing through Woodrow Wilson."

More than 2,000 pieces of glass from this very factory are preserved here. The beautiful bluestone building, restored. The adjacent office building now houses all this beauty.

And it’s not far from another Dorflinger museum featured before on Pocono Television Network—the Dorflinger-Suydam Wildlife Sanctuary.

"The whole idea was to complement what we already had in White Mills with the Dorflinger-Suydam Wildlife Sanctuary and the Dorflinger Glass Museum, which also has an outstanding collection of Dorflinger glass. The idea was that there are things we can do here that we couldn't do there, or vice versa. And between the two of them, you get the full story."

Inside the factory museum, there's also an event space—just one floor below the exhibits—and a fully intact boiler that once helped power the factory, now surrounded by local art.

All of this is just one of dozens of stops on the Pocono History and Art Trail, accessible on mobile devices with ways to check in at each museum or art stop.

Here at the Dorflinger Factory Museum, it’s a blend of both art—a lost art—and history. And through generations of Dorflinger workers still living in White Mills today, that history lives on.

"Inevitably, when fourth graders come through the factory on school visits, several of them will have ancestors who worked in the Dorflinger factory. That’s a really neat part of the history of this company and its long-standing roots in the community."

Join us on the Pocono History and Art Trail at and stop by the Dorflinger Factory Museum for rich history—still shining after all these years.