Clockarium
The Clockarium is a museum in Schaerbeek, in the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium, devoted to the Art Deco ceramic clock.
Musée le Clockarium | |
 Exterior of the museum. | |
  Location within Brussels | |
| Established | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Location | 163 Auguste Reyers Boulevard B-1030 Schaerbeek, Brussels |
| Coordinates | 50.8484°N 4.4022°E |
| Type | Horological museum |
| Website | www |
It specializes into the faience mantel clocks, which were the first timepiece affordable to everyone and proudly decorating many homes in Belgium and Northern France during the 1920s and 1930s.[1] It is located on the Reyers boulevard in a stylish Art-Deco house built in 1935 by Belgian architect Gustave Bossuyt.[2][3]
See also
References
- "Clockarium on the website of the Brussels Museum Council". Archived from the original on 2015-03-29. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
- Gustave Bossuyt (in French) or Gustave Bossuyt (in Dutch)
- The Clockarium building
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