German Clock Museum

Template:Linkless-date Deutsches Uhrenmuseum, the "German Clock and Watchmuseum" is located in the Black Forest town of Furtwangen, a historic center of clockmaking. It features permanent and temporary exhibits on the history of timekeeping. The Museum is affiliated with the local technical college (Fachhochschule).

The museum has an exceptionally broad collection of clocks, with a certain emphasis on regional products from the Black Forest, but it covers clocks and watches from around the world and spanning from prehistoric times to the present.

Among the highlights of its permanent exhibits are:

-- The late 20th century Hans Lang clock, a one-of-a-kind, ultracomplicated, astronomical clock

-- One of the earliest electrically impulsed pendulum clocks, by Alexander Bain (United Kingdom, ca. 1845)

-- The monumental musical automaton clock of ca. 1880 by August Noll

-- A mechanical orrery (planetarium) and a Weltmaschine by "Priestermechaniker" Philip Matthaeus Hahn

-- Several large mechanical musical instruments (street organs)

-- A superb documentary on the history of the cuckoo clock

-- An easy to follow but comprehensive display outlining the history of the wristwatch

-- and many many more horological artifacts.

External links

• Deutsches Uhrenmuseum