Travelling Cheap

A good way to spend your holiday is visiting museums. You can find them all around the world in big cities or small villages. From natural history museums to straw hat or toys museums, wherever you go you will find interesting places and things to discover.

In the United States, more precisely in Bristol, Conn. there is the American Clock & Watch Museum which exhibits the finest collections of clocks and watches manufactured in America. The oldest  clock  in the museum dates from 1680 and the oldest watch dates  from 1595. The visitor will admire more than 1,000 clocks and watches and what is amazing – some of them are still running. Children will enjoy the Mickey Mouse or Bugs Bunny clocks while sophisticated adults will admire elegant watch straps made of different materials.

In Zurich you will find the Uhrenmuseum Beyer showing different pieces: hour-glasses, table clocks, clepsydras or oil-clocks. Take your time and visit L’Artisan du Temps Watch Museum  in Fougeres if you will travel to France. This museum was born from Alain Le Floch’s passion for watchmaking. The museum is situated in a beautiful 16 century building and your visit there will actually start with a visit to the workshop where you can see  the watchmaker at work.

Deep in the Black Forest in Furtwagen you will find another museum: The German Clock Museum containing collections that are 155 year-old. The museum in Furtwagen also exhibits one of the earliest quartz clocks from 1928.

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