The Clock Museum in Klaipeda is a bright attraction of the city. This museum is located there although there are no special historical reasons.

The museum is located in the center of Klaipeda in an old mansion, which, like many similar buildings, was built actively in Lithuania in the 18th century. This mansion was built by the English merchant Johann Simson. In 1855, the mansion passed into the possession of Dr. J. Matray, who rebuilt it. After that, the building had changed owners several times. They had just lived in the house without adding anything to it. In 1984, the building was transferred to the ownership of the National Museum of Art. So the Clock Museum was opened. It had only one exhibition about the development and history of watchmaking.

Now the territory in front of the museum is ennobled. There is an open-air exhibition complex with a lot of sundials of different times. In summer, the sundial is decorated with fresh flowers, which gives it a special festive and beautiful appearance. Chairs are placed on the lawns around the clock. Lithuanians are happy to spend their free time there.

In the museum building itself, exhibitions are divided by subject. On the first floor, visitors are told and shown how time was measured in different epochs and what structures were used for this purpose. You can observe ancient lunar and solar calendars. In the "watchmaker's workshop" all the tools and details are shown in detail with the help of which a real clock appears from a set of small nuts and bolts.

The second floor of the museum contains a wide variety of hand and wall clocks, including porcelain clocks and pocket clocks of unusual shapes. They are all divided by style: Baroque, Renaissance, Empire, classicism, eclectic, and modern. The watches presented there amaze with their splendor and execution. There is, for example, a clock that depicts a young couple. All the facial features and clothing items are made in great detail. Especially impressive is that all this was made and painted by hand by special masters.

The Clock Museum of Klaipeda is a case when it is better to see once than to read or hear a hundred times.