Museum for Clocks, Jewelry and Art Frankfurt am Main
The Museum for Clocks, Jewelery and Art Frankfurt am Main , briefly known as the Frankfurt Clock and Jewelery Museum , is located in Frankfurt-Höchst on Dalbergplatz . The museum is housed in the Glockenspielhaus , a property on Hostatostraße . The museum is run by the non-profit association of the same name.
Due to water damage, the museum was closed for ten years from 1998. It was reopened in mid-December 2008 and has been open to the public several days a month since February 2009.
exhibition
The museum shows exhibits from several centuries in five exhibition rooms . Weapons, tools, coins and specialist literature of the time are shown to classify the exhibits in their respective epoch. The collection includes historical tower clocks , pocket watches from different countries, a gemstone cutting shop, counterfeit objects and a chronological sequence of clocks from the past to the present.
As a special feature, the museum also shows twenty-seven escapement models by master watchmaker Karl Geitz , the founder of the Hessian watchmaking school . Construction drawings and explanatory texts are available for each of the models.
Impressions from the museum
Baroque pocket watch
Showcase for watchmaker Georg Martin Seidel
Baroque carriage clock with case
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karin Schäufler: In the Museum of Time. Frankfurter Rundschau from December 19, 2008
- ↑ Höchst Kreisblatt dated December 23, 2008: Go on a journey through time with watch experts.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 7.8 " N , 8 ° 32 ′ 51.4" E