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The National Watch and Clock Museum (NWCM), located in Columbia, Pennsylvania, is one of a very few museums in the United States dedicated solely to horology, which is the history, science and art of timekeeping and timekeepers.
The National Watch & Clock Museum features North America’s largest collection of timepieces from all over the world. Visitors can see timepieces from every stage of human history - primitive to space-aged.
Since 1960 we have been serving watchmakers and clockmakers through our mission of Supporting and Advancing Horology through Education and Cooperation. Upcoming Events. Watch 100: Introduction to Watchmaking. October 14 @ 8:00 am - October 18 @ 3:00 pm UTC-5. AWCI – Harrison, Ohio. 701 Enterprise Dr. Harrison, OH 45030 United States + Google Map.
Operated by the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors, the Museum features the largest collection of timepieces in North America – more than 13,000 from around the world, including a German table clock from about 1570. Visiting the NAWCC Museum is the closest you can come to time travel.
Today, the museum is recognized as the largest and most comprehensive horological collection in North America. The National Watch & Clock Museum is conveniently located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, less than two hours from Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, and Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre.
From stately grandfather clocks to a SpongeBob wristwatch, and from vintage pocket watches to an atomic clock that will be accurate to within a second for millennia, the Watch & Clock Museum houses more than 13,000 timekeepers and ephemera from around the world.
The National Watch and Clock Museum officially opened to the public in 1977 with fewer than 1,000 artifacts to present to visitors. Since that time,the collection has increased to over 12,000...
