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Musée du Temps

History and tradition
Technique and industry
Besançon
France
Musée du temps
Musée du temps
Musée du temps
The museum's collections combine two fields of interest: firstly the watch collection of the Museum of Visual Arts which is technically the first public collection in France and secondly the collections of the Museum of Local History. Yet the assortment does not end there – technological objects of all kinds, 1,500 clocks and watches, drafts and cases, more than 100 grandfather clocks, Comtoise watches, pendulum clocks and many more are complemented by a selection of more than 2,000 watch-related etchings from the 16th to the 19th century, tools, machines and scientific instruments from the past and today. Among these, visitors can find equipment from high-tech laboratories, resonators and oscillators of quartz, micro-manipulators and robots….
Address

Musée du Temps

96 Grande rue
(Palais Granvelle)
25000
Besançon
France
+33 3 81 87 81 50
Opening hours
Tuesday - Friday: 10:00-12:30, 14:00-18:00 ,
Saturday - Sunday: 10:00-18:00

Closed on

47.235819, 6.026819

Affiche LIP
Besançon
Lip.ology

Founded in 1867 by Emmanuel Lipmann, Lip is one of the companies that have shaped the destiny of the French watchmaking industry. The MDT would like to explore Lip's power of attraction. Why is this ...

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