"Changing Times" Exhibit Opens at Kitsap Museum.

"Changing Times," the West Coast Clock and Watch Museum (WCCWM) exhibit at the Kitsap Museum, opened Bremerton, Washington on February 3, 2006 among ceremony, speeches and video presentations by the Kitsap Historical Society. 

Over 100 visitors arriving for the opening of the exhibit were invited to "clock-in" by punching the bell handle of a 1880's vintage time clock. In addition to entertainment, guests were met with ample food and champagne to toast the event. 

The exhibit's focus is divided among local public timepieces of historic importance including street clocks, a Howard tower clock movement, and high grade jewelers regulator style wall clocks from competing jewelry stores, and telegraph offices .  

A key area of the exhibit showcases a variety of nautical themed timepieces that example the community's historic connection to the United States NAVY and the Naval Shipyard. The nautical exhibit includes a rare Seth Thomas weight driven 62, an E. Howard Number 74 Special astronomical regulator with mercurial pendulum and others that demonstrate the Navy presence in Bremerton, Washington. 

Another area spotlights historic domestic clocks from the early history of the region, and a variety of high end collector's clocks. 

The West Coast Clock and Watch Museum is a nonprofit community based organization dedicated to preserving the history of timekeeping and timepieces. The museum is funded in part by donations made by members of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors' Chapter 180 and by visitors to the museum and exhibits. 

The W.C.C.W.M. sends special thanks to Mr. Ernie Lopez, Mr. Stan Mueller, Mr. Paul Middents, and Mr. Leon Jaussaud for their continued dedication to W.C.C.W.M. and for working to make the Kitsap Museum's "Changing Times" exhibit an overwhelming success. 

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West Coast Clock & Watch Museum Exhibits Military Clocks.

In Washington today, The West Coast Clock & Watch Museum announced that they will be sponsoring a special exhibit of clocks and horological items at the Kitsap County Historical Society Museum in Bremerton WA from January 6th through September 16th.  

Housed in a room at the court house, the Kitsap County Historical Society Museum was opened by the newly-formed Society in 1949 with only a small display of historic items gathered from the citizens of the county. Over the following years, in order to meet the needs of Kitsap's growing population and growing museum, the Historical Society purchased a larger building in downtown Bremerton at 280 Fourth Street, in the center of the Arts District.

The Museum is open daily, except for major federal holidays, and is handicapped accessible.  The Archives are open by appointment and are used by a varied group of researchers, including authors, students, government personnel, local citizens and tribal groups.

The focus of the West Coast Clock and Watch Museum exhibit will be on U.S. Navy themed timepieces and timekeepers as a part of day-to-day life in the Pacific Northwest through the early part of the 20th century. 

Admission to the Museum and the West Coast Clock & Watch exhibit is $2.00 for Adults; $1.00 for seniors; free for children under 18 and museum members. The hours of operation are Tuesday - Saturday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (open until 8:00 p.m. on the first Friday of each month.) More information and directions to the special West Coast Clock & Watch Museum exhibit can be found on the Kitsap County Historical Society Museum's website at www.kitsaphistory.org