Clockarium

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.

Clockarium, Museum of the Art Deco Ceramic Clock in Brussels
  • Le Clockarium, Musée de l'horloge Art Déco en faïence à Bruxelles (French)
  • Het Clockarium, Museum van de Art Deco faienceklok te Brussel (Dutch)
Exterior of the museum
Interactive fullscreen map
Established2000
LocationBoulevard Auguste Reyers / Auguste Reyerslaan 163,
1030 Schaerbeek, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates50°50′54″N 4°24′8″E
TypeHorological museum
WebsiteOfficial 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

References
  1. Clockarium on the website of the Brussels Museum Council.
  2. 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)
  3. SCHAERBEEK Boulevard Auguste Reyers 163 (in French) or SCHAARBEEK Auguste Reyerslaan 163 (in Dutch) on the Inventory of architectural heritage of the Brussels-Capital Region.
  4. The Clockarium building on the website of the Clockarium Museum
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