Clockarium
{{Short description|Museum of clocks in Brussels, Belgium}}
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{{Infobox museum
| name = Clockarium, Museum of the Art Deco Ceramic Clock in Brussels
| native_name = {{unbulleted list|{{native name|fr|Le Clockarium, Musée de l'horloge Art Déco en faïence à Bruxelles}}|{{native name|nl|Het Clockarium, Museum van de Art Deco faienceklok te Brussel}}}}
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| image = Bruxelles-Schaerbeek-Musée du Clockarium-01.JPG
| imagesize = 250px
| caption = Exterior of the museum
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| mapframe-caption = Interactive fullscreen map
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| coordinates = {{coord|50|50|54|N|4|24|8|E|type:landmark_region:BE|display=inline,title}}
| established = 2000
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| location = {{lang|fr|Boulevard Auguste Reyers|italic=no}} / {{lang|nl|Auguste Reyerslaan|italic=no}} 163,
1030 Schaerbeek, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
| type = Horological museum
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| website = {{URL|www.clockarium.org}}
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The Clockarium, Museum of the Art Deco Ceramic Clock in Brussels ({{langx|fr|Le Clockarium, Musée de l'horloge Art Déco en faïence à Bruxelles}}; {{langx|nl|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.
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.{{Cite web |title=Clockarium |url=https://www.brusselsmuseums.be/en/museums/clockarium |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=Brussels Museums |language=en}} It is located on the {{lang|fr|Boulevard Auguste Reyers|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Auguste Reyerslaan|italic=no}} in an Art Deco house built in 1935 by the architect Gustave Bossuyt.[http://www.opale-opaal.be/gustave-bossuyt/ Gustave Bossuyt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518072549/http://www.opale-opaal.be/gustave-bossuyt/ |date=18 May 2015 }} (in French) or [http://www.opale-opaal.be/gustave-bossuyt-2/ Gustave Bossuyt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418020542/http://www.opale-opaal.be/gustave-bossuyt-2/ |date=18 April 2016 }} (in Dutch){{Cite web |title=Clockarium – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural |url=https://monument.heritage.brussels/fr/Schaerbeek/Boulevard_Auguste_Reyers/163/20702 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=monument.heritage.brussels |language=fr}}{{Cite web |title=The Clockarium building in Brussels |url=https://www.clockarium.org/museum/photos_museum.htm |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=www.clockarium.org}}
See also
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References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Clockarium Museum}}
- {{Official website|http://www.clockarium.org/}}
{{Museums and galleries in Brussels}}{{Schaerbeek}}
Category:Art Deco architecture in Belgium