Clock museum in Klaipeda
Updated 17 May, 2015
In 1979, the Lithuanian Art Museum established a clock department, and In 1984, in a restored 19 th -century building, a branch of the Lithuanian Art Museum was opened – the Klaipėda Clock Museum, one of the most truly unique museums in Eastern Europe.
A sundial park was established in the Museum courtyard.
The exhibition at the Clock Museum consists of two parts. The first floor reveals the principles of time measurement and the evolution of clock construction from antiquity to the present day. Visitors are acquainted with calendars and ancient sundials, hourglasses, water, fire, and mechanical clocks, etc.
The second floor reveals the changes in the shape and design of mechanical clocks from the Renaissance to the modern style (16 th -20 th century). This exhibition presents the work of famous European and Lithuanian master clockmakers – Theodor Tarasowig of Vilnius as well as Abraham Louis Breguet and Theodore Perret of Switzerland and others.
Here, there are over 1700 original and rare clocks and reconstructions. This clock exhibition is supplemented with furniture, interior details, and engravings in appropriate styles.
The Museum has these long-term exhibitions:
- The History of the Building that Houses the Clock Museum exhibits photographs of the interior of the museum building from 1914-1924;
- Baroque – the Marvellous Technique of André- Charles Boulle exhibits sumptuous clocks and furniture covered with tortoise shell in the Baroque and Neo-Baroque styles of the 18 th and 19 th centuries;
The Clock Museum organizes celebrations of equinoxes and solstices called The Sun Comes Round and the fundraiser Museum Night. Various events are held in the courtyard for the citizens of Klaipėda and their guests, and throughout the year on Saturdays and Sundays (12 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.) there are carillon concerts of bell music.
Hours
Tuesday – Saturday 12 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday 12 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Closes one hour earlier on the eve of national holidays.
Closed on Mondays and national holidays.
Contacts and information
- Address
- Liepų g. 12, Klaipeda, Lithuania
- Phone no.
- +370 46 410413
- Website
- http://www.muziejai.lt/klaipeda/Laikrodziu_muziejus.htm