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 The
National Watch and Clock Museum
was officially opened to the public in 1977 with fewer than
1,000 items. Since that time, the collection has increased to
over 12,000 items and the museum has undergone several expansion
projects. The latest expansion opened in October 1999 and
featured an entirely new and redesigned exhibit space, as well
as a new two-story addition. Today, the museum is recognized as
the largest and most comprehensive horological collection in
North America. The National Watch & Clock Museum is
conveniently located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, less
than two hours from Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, and
Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre.
The Museum collection is international in
scope and covers a wide variety of clocks, watches, tools, and
other time-related items. The largest collection is of
nineteenth-century American clocks and watches. However,
additional collections include early English tallcase clocks,
Asian timepieces from Japan and China, and timekeeping devices
from Germany, France, the Netherlands, and Russia.
Chronologically, the exhibits take you on a tour through the
entire history of timekeeping technology from early
non-mechanical devices to today's atomic and radio-controlled
clocks.
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