The Clockarium, Museum of the Art Deco Ceramic Clock in Brussels (French: Le Clockarium, Musée de l'horloge Art Déco en faïence à Bruxelles; Dutch: Het Clockarium, Museum van de Art Deco faienceklok te Brussel) is a museum in Schaerbeek, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium, devoted to Art Deco ceramic clocks.
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| Established | 2000 |
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| Location | Boulevard Auguste Reyers / Auguste Reyerslaan 163, 1030 Schaerbeek, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50°50′54″N 4°24′8″E / 50.84833°N 4.40222°E |
| Type | Horological museum |
| Website | Official website |
The museum specialises in faience mantel clocks, which were the first timepieces affordable to everyone and proudly decorating many homes in Belgium and Northern France during the 1920s and 1930s.[1] It is located on the Boulevard Auguste Reyers/Auguste Reyerslaan in an Art Deco house built in 1935 by the architect Gustave Bossuyt.[2][3][4]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Clockarium". Brussels Museums. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ Gustave Bossuyt Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in French) or Gustave Bossuyt Archived 18 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)
- ^ "Clockarium – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels (in French). Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "The Clockarium building in Brussels". www.clockarium.org. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
External links
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Media related to Clockarium Museum at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
