The American Clock & Watch Museum

The American Clock and Watch Museum is located in Bristol, Conn., a town considered the world leader in clock manufacturing during the industrial revolution.

The museum is housed in the 1801 Federal-style home of Miles Lewis that was renovated to showcase the history of clock making and how mass-produced clock parts helped make clocks available to the general public, not only for the rich.

When the museum first opened its doors in 1954, there were approximately 300 clocks on display and a small library containing 50 books. The museum’s collection has grown to over 6,000 timepieces with approximately 2,500 clocks and 3,500 watches. The research and archive library housed at the museum consists of thousands of books, catalogs, photographs, and documents.

Visitors to the museum will find more than 1,500 clocks and watches on display including advertising clocks, punch clocks, grandfather clocks, blinking-eye clocks, railroad watches, character watches, and even Hickory Dickory Dock clocks.

CRIS Solution

Providing an audio tour of the American Clock and Watch Museum through a visitor’s smartphone or mobile device enables individuals who are blind or print disabled with improved access to public spaces that their friends, colleagues, and neighbors enjoy. The audio tour tells the story of how clocks, once available only for the rich, became available to the general public during the industrial revolution.

Welcome

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Graham Clocking

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Four Clock

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Tall Case Clock

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Peddlers Clock

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Jerome Clock

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TV Clock

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Barnes Clock

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Grandfather Clock

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Banjo Clock

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Shop Clock

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Watch Clock

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Borden Clock

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Immigration Clock

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Stained Clock

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Tower Clock

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Looking Clock

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Box Clock

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Novelty Clock

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Evolution Clock

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Eli Terry Clock

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100 Maple Street
Bristol, CT 06010

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