The Clock Museum is a very beautiful and unusual museum. It is a favourite one among the lovers of antiquities. It consists of over 3000 clocks, both new and old, of different dimensions and shapes, and the oldest piece of clock in the museum dates back to XV century. There is one of the biggest and most significant clock collection in Europe here. The museum is located in a building from XVII century and it was opened in 1917. Visiting a clock museum is like travelling through time, and it is a travel which shows visitors the development of clocks and the ways in which people used to tell time back in XV century.
Here you can see clocks from all over the world and from different history periods. There is the first clock mechanism from St Stephen’s Cathedral in the museum. This mechanism is the biggest clock in the museum, and the smallest one is so small that it can take the space between a finger and a ring. Wristwatches, cuckoo clocks, sun watches, sand watches of all different dimensions ,shapes and origin are located at this special place.
The astronomical watch from XVIII century that tells time, Solar and Lunar eclipse and a day’s length is one of the greatest museum attractions. There is a wonderful concert hall in this building. The clocks in this hall are actually stars which are numerous, some of them are big, some are small. Each one of these star-clocks has its own music which visitors can enjoy.
Apart from the fact that visiting this museum is very informative, it is pleasant, as well, because each clock is beautiful in its own way- some of them are gilded and so breath-taking that everyone wishes to have one.
Ticket price for the museum
Regular ticket price: 7 €
Reduced ticket price: 5 €
Free entrance for young people up to 19 years of age
Museum opening hours
Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm.
The museum is closed on Mondays
Author of the aricle
Maja Glavaš, Bachelor with Honours in Communicology. Works in Tourism.
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