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Claphams Clocks - The National Clock Museum
Quayside | Town Basin, Whangarei, New Zealand
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“Fascinating collection”
What a collection of time pieces and clocks. A really quirky museum. Great way to spend time on a... read more
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, Auckland Central, New Zealand
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Awesome learning experience!
Date of experience: January 2021
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Alli C
Nelson, New Zealand
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This has to be the greatest small museum in NZ. Quirky and fascinating. Excellent value. If you are in the area, go and spend some time there, you won't regret a second of it.
Date of experience: November 2020
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Kiwiintheus
Levin, New Zealand
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We really enjoyed our visit to this museum. We were given an intro brief which was fantastic - we aren't normally too interested in these but it was worthwhile. We spent about an hour looking at all the clocks and reminiscing over childhood clocks
Date of experience: October 2020
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MarcusWilkie
Rotorua, New Zealand
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A fine history of time pieces. Friendly staff provided an introduction and demonstration. Particularly liked the two mirror clocks, his and hers pictures with moving eyes, there is a story to those... And checkout the hickory linear clock with the mouse as a pointer.
Date of experience: September 2020
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skypilot38
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Our family, including grand-kids 6 and 8, really enjoyed this museum. The tour guide was very informative and interesting. Every kind of clock you can imagine can be found here.
Date of experience: January 2020
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gehdev
Ashburton, United Kingdom
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After the most courteous of welcomes at reception, we were shown round this clock museum by "Jenny".
Our guide was most skilled in imparting just enough information and activating a number of clocks to hold our interest and attention. Nothing worse than too much information. Jenny got it just right.
For us older ones, it was a trip down memory land with many a "I remember ..... "
Fascinating stuff and an insight into the patience and precision that lies behind horlology.
Well worth a visit. I intend to return.
Date of experience: January 2020
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