About the West Coast Clock & Watch Museum
 Opened
September 16, 2000 and housed in the Whatcom Museum in Bellingham
Washington, the West Coast Clock & Watch Museum is the premier
horological collection on the West Coast. The museum is a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit community based organization and supported solely on the
donations of supporters in the National Association of Watch and Clock
Collectors' Chapter 180, Friends of the West Coast Clock and Watch Museum
and other gifting Chapters.
Apart from serving as a subject matter expert in the field
of horology for the west coast, the museum delivers four basic services to
visitors and the community: exhibition, education, restoration and
preservation.
 The
W.C.C.W.M. exhibit resembles a 19th Century clock maker's shop. Visitors
are amazed at the scope of the collection and the examples of craftsmanship
in each timepiece. The collection currently showcases hundreds of clocks
and watches, some of which are their only know examples. The exhibit is
popular with youth and senior groups. In the first year of operation, the
exhibit had over 100,000 visitors.
 From
Harrison's discovery of longitude (allowing transatlantic and transpacific
navigation and trade possible) through the standardization of Rail Road
time keeping (making rail travel safer and more predictable) and Henry
Ford's amazing watch collection (contributing to his perfection of
standardized assembly and it impact in the industrial revolution,) a
comprehensive horological education program provides an interesting
perspective of world, national and local history from a time measurement
point-of-view.
 The
supporting members of the Museum have completed many restoration projects
throughout the years, including the restoration of the hosting Whatcom
Museum's tower clock. The West Coast Clock & Watch Museum continues to
be dedicated to global restorative efforts in horology. Current
restoration projects are detailed in the Services
pages. Community partners can contact the Museum for information on
restoration projects by navigating to the Contact
page.
Preservation projects are aimed at preventing the decay or
destruction of old or unused timekeepers. The museum will accept any
historic, rare or antique timepiece for preservation. Upon successful
preservation, the Board of Directors, with the supporting members of Chapter
180, determines the viability of restoration and exhibit. For more
information on preservation efforts, see the Services
page.
Photos in order are:
Whatcom Museum at night
W.C.C.W.M. Exhibit Space #1
French Cartel Clock - 100 lbs of Bronze
TOSCO Clock - Whatcom Museum's Tower Clock |
