Uhrenmuseum zum Rösli
The Uhrenmuseum zum Rösli is a small horological museum in Zurich, Switzerland that was founded in 2006.
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The museum is open by appointment and located in a historic building on Röslistrasse 46, about 3 kilometers north of the city center on the route to Oerlikon (Take Streetcar no. 7 to stop Röslistrasse).
Collection
[edit]The collection focusses on clocks although there are a few watches as well. It is particularly rich in rustic clocks of Switzerland, mostly with wooden movements, and forged iron clocks of the Gothic period. There is a good collection of Renaissance timepieces and of Neuchatel type pendules as well. Altogether several hundred clocks are displayed.
History
[edit]The building, constructed as a farmhouse in 1802, in 1856 became the local schoolhouse till 1887, when the teacher Johann Gisler bought it as his residence. His son Heinrich Gisler was a lifelong passionate collector of clocks, a tradition carried on by Heinrich's daughter Martha Gisler. Martha later befriended another local clock enthusiast named Hans Neufeld. The museum houses the clocks owned by the “Uhrenstiftung Martha Gisler & Hans Neufeld”.
See also
[edit]- Other local horological museum: Uhrenmuseum Beyer
- Horology
References
[edit]- Kaelin, Peter (2006-06-07). "Die Entstehung des Uhrenmuseumss Roeslistrasse (Pressemitteilung)" (in German). Zurich. p. 1.