Museum
National Museum of American History (Smithsonian)
Washington, DC, United States
American watch industry, railroad timekeeping, time standards and the history of time measurement.
The Smithsonian's national collections of timekeeping are presented at the National Museum of American History, which opened as the Museum of History and Technology in 1964.
- Type
- Museum
- Location
- Washington, DC, United States
- Founded
- 1964
- Specialities
- American industry · Time standards
- Official website
- americanhistory.si.edu
Opening hours, admission and accessibility change; please check the official website before visiting.
From this collection in the Atlas catalogue
All 8 records →
Instruments · ca 1750
Sundial by Copp Family, United States, ca 1750
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Clocks · 1769
Clock by Ellicott, Joseph, United States, 1769
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Clocks · ca 1840
Clock by Jerome, Chauncey, United States, ca 1840
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Clocks · ca 1850
Clock by William Bond & Son, United States, ca 1850
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Pocket Watches · ca 1865
Watch by Keller, Helen, Switzerland, ca 1865
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Pocket Watches · 1879
Watch by Gontard, P. H., United States, 1879
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Pocket Watches · ca 1880
Pocket watch by Nicole, Nielsen & Co., United Kingdom, ca 1880
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Pocket Watches · 1886
Watch, 1886
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
