Музей на часовниците, Clock museum in Angarsk, Russia
The Clock Museum in Angarsk occupies a building reconstructed in 1993, with ten halls across two floors covering 480 m². Its display follows the theme "Every time has its own clocks", opening with a memorial hall for founder Pavel Kurdyukov. Cases hold French mantel clocks, German Schwarzwald pieces, Japanese clocks and a wooden pocket watch by the Bronnikov masters.
Pavel Kurdyukov (1908–1985), a watchmaker from Sretenye in the Vyatka region, moved to Angarsk in 1958 and repaired colleagues' clocks, building a collection of about 700 pieces. In 1967 he offered it to the city; it was placed in the Angarsk Museum of Local Lore in 1969, where he worked as a clock master. A new display opened in 1993 in a building reconstructed for the collection.
The Russian hall contrasts a graphic interior in white and red, where a music box plays, a wooden cuckoo calls and the Bronnikov wooden pocket watch is shown. A collection of special-purpose clocks covers tank, aircraft, car and chess models, plus one taken from a clock mine. Cosmonaut Georgy Grechko donated the museum's space clock.
The museum occupies a building reconstructed for the collection in 1993, with ten halls on two floors and 480 m² of exhibition space. The route starts in the memorial hall for Pavel Kurdyukov, then continues through the first-floor halls to the second floor, ending with a display of modern clocks. The museum receives about 13,000 visitors a year.
The collection holds rare French mantel clocks, including one called Saint Bernard that stands out for its elaborate craftsmanship. Equally notable is a wooden pocket watch crafted by Russian artisans from the Bronnikov family.
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