MUSEUMS AND EXHIBITIONS
This section presents horological museums, but also institutions directly related to the Horologist (watchmaker) world, such as museums dedicated to machines and tools or to arts and crafts, just to name a few examples. Exhibition spaces or museums devoting part of their space to collections of watches and clocks may also be included.
SWITZERLAND
- Musée International d’Horlogerie – La Chaux-de-Fonds – Neuchâtel 🎥
- Musée de la Boite de Montre – Le Noirmont – Jura 🎥
- Maison des Mascarons, Musée régional du Val-de-Travers – Môtiers – Neuchâtel 🎥
- Musée d’Horlogerie du Locle, Château des Monts – Le Locle – Neuchâtel
- Espace Horloger de la Vallée de Joux – Le Sentier – Vaud
- Uhrenmuseum Winterthur – Winterthur – Zurich
- Musée de la Mécanique d’Art et du Patrimoine de Sainte-Croix (MuMAPS)
- Haus zum Kirschgarten, Clock Collection
- The Space of Horologist (watchmaker) Urbanism
- Museum of Rural Life and Crafts – La Chaux-de-Fonds
- Museum of Art and History of Neuchâtel (watchmaking and goldsmithing)
- Musée de l’Hôtel-Dieu Porrentruy MHDP (watch collection)
- IWC Schaffhausen museum – Schaffhausen (reservation required)
- Longines Museum –Saint-Imier _ Bern (by reservation only)
- Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet – Le Brassus – Vaud
- Omega Museum – Biel – Bern (reservation required 72 hours in advance)
- Patek Philippe Museum – Geneva
EUROPE
Germany
- Deutsches Uhren Museum – Furtwangen – Baden-Württemberg
- Dorf & Uhrenmuseum – Gütenbach – Baden-Württemberg
- Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon – Dresden – Saxony
- Saarländisches Uhrenmuseum – Püttlingen / Köllerbach – Saarland
- Schwäbisches Turmuhrenmuseum – Mindelheim – Bavaria
- Uhrenindustriemuseum – Villingen-Schwenningen – Baden-Württemberg
- Uhrenmuseum Glashütte – Glashütte – Saxony
Austria
Denmark
Spain
- Palacio Real (Madrid) (watchmaking collection)
Finland
France
- Museum of Clockmaking and Profile turning – Cluses – Haute-Savoie 🎥
- The Clock Museum – Villers-le-Lac – Doubs
- Museum of Arts and Crafts – Paris – Paris
- Museum of Comtoise Clocks and Automatons – Morteau – Doubs
- Time Museum – Besançon – Doubs
- Watchmaking Museum – Morteau (under renovation)
- Japy Museum – Beaucourt – Territoire de Belfort
- Paul Dupuy Museum of Precious Arts – Toulouse – Haute-Garonne
- Watchmaking Museum (Saint‑Nicolas‑d’Aliermont)
- The Louvre – Permanent exhibition on watchmaking – Paris
Great Britain
- The Clockmakers’ Museum – London
- Museum of Time Keeping & The British Horological Institute – Newark on Trent – Nottinghamshire
- Coventry Watch Museum – Coventry – West Midlands
- The British Museum Clocks & Watches (2 rooms) – London
- National Museums Liverpool (2 rooms) – Liverpool – Merseyside
- Royal Observatory / Royal Museums Greenwich (Harrison Chronometers) – London
Italy
- Museo Galileo – Florence
- Museo dell’orologio da torre – Uscio
- Museo dell’orologio da torre – San Giacomo
- Museo Poldi Pezzoli – Milano
Lithuania
Netherlands
Portugal
Czech Republic
Romania
MIDDLE EAST
Israel
- The Museum for Islamic Art – Jerusalem (A permanent gallery displays an exceptional collection of watches and clocks)
Islamic Republic of Iran
ASIA AND OCEANIA
Russia
- Time and Clock Museum – Moscow
- Moscow Kremlin Museums – Permanent horology exhibition – Moscow
- Moscow Polytechnic Museum – Permanent exhibition – Moscow
- The Russian Clock Museum – Orel
- The Hermitage Museum – Permanent horology exhibition – St. Petersburg
- Angarsk Watch Museum – Angarsk
People’s Republic of China
- Palace Museum (Fengxian Temple – Forbidden City) – Beijing
- Macau Timepiece Museum – Macao
- The Seagull Watch Museum – Tianjin
- Dalai Time Museum – Shanghai
South Korea
AMERICAS
Canada
Mexico
USA
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