The Clockarium, Museum of the Art Deco Ceramic Clock in Brussels (French: Le Clockarium, Musée de l'horloge Art Déco en faïence à Bruxelles; Dutch: Het Clockarium, Museum van de Art Deco faienceklok te Brussel) is a museum in Schaerbeek, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium, devoted to Art Deco ceramic clocks.
Established | 2000 |
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Location | Boulevard Auguste Reyers / Auguste Reyerslaan 163, 1030 Schaerbeek, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
Coordinates | 50°50′54″N 4°24′8″E / 50.84833°N 4.40222°E |
Type | Horological museum |
Website | Official website |
The museum specialises in faience mantel clocks, which were the first timepieces affordable to everyone and proudly decorating many homes in Belgium and Northern France during the 1920s and 1930s.[1] It is located on the Boulevard Auguste Reyers/Auguste Reyerslaan in an Art Deco house built in 1935 by the architect Gustave Bossuyt.[2][3][4]