Museum
Musée du Temps
Besançon, France
French watchmaking from the Besançon industry, the Leroy 01 grand complication and a Foucault pendulum, in the Renaissance Palais Granvelle.
Besançon became the centre of French watchmaking after Swiss watchmakers settled there in 1793. The museum opened in the Palais Granvelle in 2002.
- Type
- Museum
- Location
- Besançon, France
- Founded
- 2002
- Specialities
- French watch industry · Complicated watches
- Official website
- www.mdt.besancon.fr
Opening hours, admission and accessibility change; please check the official website before visiting.
