HOROLOGY - The Index

Horology is the Science of Time, Timekeepers ( Clocks and Watches ) and Timekeeping

Internet Resources on Horological Museums :

( Museums on Watches, Clocks and Time only)

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  1. Museums dedicated exclusively or primarily to Horology:
    1. Australia: Melbourne Clock Museum and Restauration Workshop: 424 Bluff Road Hampton: (Major Griff Brook, Curator.)
    2. Austria: Steyr: Uhrenmuseum Schmollgruber
    3. Austria: Wien: Geymueller Schloessel
    4. Austria: Wien, Staedisches Uhrenmuseum Wien
    5. .... see also
    6. .... see also
    7. Belgium: Mechelen: Horlogerie Museum
    8. China: Shanghai: The Wang Anjian Clock and Watch Collection
    9. Danmark: Aarhus: Det danske Urmuseum
    10. Finland: Finish Museum of Horology (Suomen Kelomuseo) Espoo, Helsinki (Opinkuja 2, Tel. 09-466 900)
    11. France: Besancon: Musee du Temps
    12. France: Cluses (Savoie): Maison de Technique de l'Horlogerie et du Decolletage, (Place du 11 Novembre, F-74300 Cluses, Tel. +33-50 89 13 02)
    13. France: Morteau - Franche Compte: Musee d' Horlogerie (with superb walk through of Museum on the web)
    14. France: Villers-le-Lac (Doubs): Le Musee de la Montre, page by Sandrine Chapotot & Damien Roth
    15. Germany: Bad Iburg (Osnabrueck): Uhrenmuseum, Am Georgenhof 5, D-49186 Bad Iburg, Tel +49-5403- 2888
    16. Germany: Bad Grund (Harz): Uhrenmuseum
    17. Germany: Bad Iburg (near Osnabrueck): Uhrenmuseum
    18. Germany: Chemnitz: Turmuhrenmuseum Heinicke, Tel. 037608-3930
    19. Germany: Dresden: Mathemathisch-Physikalisher Salon
    20. Germany: Frankfurt: Uhren und Schmuckmuseum im Glockenspielhaus
    21. Germany: Furtwangen: Deutsches Uhrenmuseum A world class and broad based collection! Will take several hours to visit for the serious horologist.
    22. Germany: Glasshuette(Sachsen): Traditionskabinett
    23. Germany: Hameln:Dalek Haus der Uhren
    24. Germany: Naunhof bei Leipzig: Saechsisches Turmuhrenmuseum, tel. 034293-32513
    25. Germany: Neu Anspach: Turmuhrenmuseum & Turmuhrenwerkstatt, im Freilichtmuseum Hessenpark, +49-6081-58 80
    26. Germany: Osterode am Harz: Uhrenmuseum
    27. Germany: Rockenhausen - Pfalz: Turmuhrenmuseum am Schloss
    28. Germany: Schwenningen (Schwarzwald): Uhrenindustriemuseum, Buerkstrasse (former plant of Wuertembergische Uhrenfabrik).Working Production machinery for Alarmclocks.!!
    29. Germany: Virtual Museum: The WatchMuseum (sponsored by F.C.I. Chronometries GmbH
    30. Germany: Waffenbrunn (Ostbayern) Uhrenmuseum Rhanwalting
    31. Germany: Wuppertal:Wuppertaler Uhrenmuseum, c/o Abeler, Poststrasse 11
    32. Hungary: Budapest: Iparmuveszeti Muzeum
    33. Japan: Tokyo: Daimyo Clock Museum (run by Japanese Clock Preservation Society) Tel: 03 821 6913, 1-27 Yanaka, 2-chome, Daito-ku, Tokyo
    34. Japan: Fukayama Auto& Clock Museum:
    35. Lithuentia: Klaipeda: Watch and Clock Museum
    36. Netherlands: Frederiksoord:Klokkenmuseum Frederiksoord
    37. Netherlands: Schoonhoven: Nederlands Goud-,Zilver- en Klokkenmuseum
    38. Netherlands: Zaanse Schams UurwerkenmuseumMUSEUM VAN HET NEDERLANDSE UURWERK
    39. Netherlands: Utrecht: Museum of musical clocks
    40. Netherlands: ** List of Duch Clock Museums
    41. Netherlands: ** List of Museums with a clock collection
    42. New Zealand: Whangarei: Chaphams Clock Museum
    43. Slovakia: Bratislava: Muzeum historickych hodin (historical clock collection), tel.07-31 19 40
    44. Sweden: Bloomsberg: Stefanskola (Watch and Clock Museum)
    45. Switzerland: Biel (BE): Omega Museum
    46. Switzerland:Geneva , Musee d'horlogerie et emaillerie, timepieces as work of art.
    47. Switzerland: La-Chaux-de-Fonds (NE): L'Homme et le Temps, The worlds' greatest horological museum!
    48. ......................... other Webpage on: L'H&leT,La Chaux-de-Fonds
    49. Switzerland: La Chaux de Fonds: Musee Girard Perregaux, +41-39-25 3333, open on demand
    50. Switzerland: Le Locle (NE): Musee Chateau des Monts
    51. ........................ Chateau des Monts
    52. Switzerland: Le Sentier, VD: Jaegre-Lecoultre, Company museum, on demand, tel:+41-21-845 45 21
    53. Switzerland: Le Sentier, VD: Espace horloger , (Grand Rue 2, CH-1347 Le Sentier, tel:+41-21-845 75 45)
    54. Switzerland: Oberhofen (BE): WichterheerMuseum fuer Uhren und Mechanische Musik (Clocks and mechanical music museum)
    55. .... MUMM: Museum fuer Uhren und Mechanische Musik, Oberhofen am Thunersee
    56. Switzerland: Puidoux, VD: Musee des curiosites horlogeres
    57. Switzerland: Schaffhausen: IWC, Company museum, weedays on demand, Tel: +41-53-88 155
    58. Switzerland: St.Imier: Musee Longines(Company museum)
    59. Switzerland: Winterthur (ZH): , Kellenberger Collection, im Gewerbemuseum, new location since September 1999(16th and 17th Century iron and wood clocks)
    60. Switzerland: Zuerich (ZH): Beyer Museum der Zeitmessung
    61. ........................ same Museum:Information in German (halfway down the page)
    62. ........................ same museum
    63. Switzerland: ** List of Swiss Watch Museums (Use "clocks OR watches" as search criteria.
    64. UK: Anglesey , The Lord Fairhaven clock collection at Anglesey Abbey
    65. UK: Basingstoke: The Willis Museum, tel. 01256-465902
    66. UK: Bury St.Edwards, Suffolk IP33 1HF: The Clock Museum, The Gershom Parkington Collection, tel. 01284-757721
    67. UK: Cheshire: Stockport: Leigh Clock Collection at Lyme Hall
    68. UK: Faversham, Kent BellmontThe Lord Harris collection of 300 important timepieces
    69. UK: Isle of Wright: The Alum Bay Museum of Clocks, tel: 01983 754193
    70. UK: London: Clockmakers Company Collection , Guildhall Museum, Aldermanbury, London EC2P 2EJ (Mon-Fry 9 to 5)
    71. UK: Nether Tabley: The Cuckoo Clock Collection , tel. 01565-633039
    72. UK: Prescot: Museum of Clockmaking and Watchmaking, Merseyside L34 3LA. 34 Chruch Street, 0151-430 7787, All year Tuesday through Saturday 1o to 5
    73. UK: Upton (Newark):British Horological Institute -
    74. UK: ***List of British Horological Collections
    75. USA: CT: Bristol: AMCM (Official Website) or American Watch and Clock MuseumACWM
    76. ....... Bristol , Ct
    77. USA: CT: Timexpo, the Timex Museum
    78. USA: OH: Cincinnati: Verdin Clock and Bell museum (incl. Bellcasting)
    79. USA: PA: ColumbiaNational Association of Watch and Clock Collectors - NAWCC
    80. ..... NAWCC museum
    81. USA: IA: Spillville: Bily Clock Museum
    82. USA: IL: Rockford, The Time Museum (Official Website), or at Time Museum(Gordon Ubers site)
    83. USA: OH: Cincinati: Orville Hagens' History of Time display at :American Watchmakers Institut - AWI
    84. USA: MA: Grafton , Willard House, the birthplace of Benjamin Willard, the homestead of the Willard dynasty of clockmakers, and the worlds best collection of Willard clocks.
    85. USA: MA: Sturbridge: J Cheney Welles Clock Gallery at Sturbridge Village
    86. USA: NY: Newark:Hoffman Museum
    87. USA: TX: Pharr: Old Clock Museum

  2. Editors' Personal Favorites: The world's 12 best horological museums:
    1. L'Homme et le Temps - La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland
    2. Time Museum - CLOSED in March 1999: Rockford Illinois USA, will reopen in Chicago on December 31, 2000
    3. Harrisons' seaclocks - at the National Maritime Museum Greenwich (London) UK
    4. Deutsches Uhrenmuseum- Furtwangen, Germany
    5. Museum of the Clockmaker Company - Guildhall - London
    6. NAWCC Museum - Columbia , Pa USA, Completly NEW museum, reopened late October 1999
    7. Uhrenmuseum der Stadt Wien, Austria
    8. Clock Collection - British Museum - London
    9. Muse d'Horlogerie - Geneva , Switzerland
    10. American Watch and Clock Museum - Bristol or Alternate Website (by Gordon Uber), CT USA
    11. Chateaux du Monts , Le Locle Switzerland
    12. Beyer Museum, Zuerich Switzerland


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