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{{infobox Museum
⚫ The '''Timexpo Museum''' in ] is dedicated to the history of ] and its predecessors, featuring exhibits going back to the founding of ] in 1854.<ref name="wilt">{{Cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=HANP&p_multi=WLBB&p_theme=hanp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10F590FA164F0621&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Timexpo Museum|accessdate=2008-06-09|date=2004-03-18|work=The Wilton Bulletin}}</ref><ref name="resid">{{Cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE4D91630F937A15755C0A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|title=Residue from Industrial Past Haunts State|accessdate=2008-06-09|date=2001-06-24|author=Fred Musante|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="TimexCompanyCommunity">
|name = Timexpo
|logo = Timexpo blue logo.svg
|logo_size = 150
|logo_caption = Museum logo
|image = File:Timexpo-20100429-DG.jpg
|caption = Timexpo Museum Exterior with Moai statue
|established = 2001
|dissolved = 2015
|location = 175 Union St, ], ], United States
|type = History museum, ] museum
|owner = ]
}}

⚫ The '''Timexpo Museum''' in ] was dedicated to the history of ] and its predecessors, featuring exhibits dating to the founding of ] in 1854.<ref name="wilt">{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=HANP&p_multi=WLBB&p_theme=hanp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10F590FA164F0621&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Timexpo Museum|accessdate=2008-06-09|date=2004-03-18|work=The Wilton Bulletin}}</ref><ref name="resid">{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE4D91630F937A15755C0A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|title=Residue from Industrial Past Haunts State|accessdate=2008-06-09|date=2001-06-24|author=Fred Musante|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="TimexCompanyCommunity">
{{Cite book {{Cite book
|title=Timex: A Company and Its Community |title=Timex: A Company and Its Community
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|first=Kathleen |first=Kathleen
|year=1998 |year=1998
|isbn=0967508703}}</ref> The ] is located in the ] shopping center and its location is marked by a {{convert|40|ft|m|adj=on}} high replica of an ] ]<ref name="apr">{{Cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6493079_ITM|title=Waterbury, Conn., Approves {{convert|40|ft|m|adj=on}} Statue for City Museum|accessdate=2008-06-09|date=2000-08-19|work=The Waterbury Republican-American}}</ref><ref name="timehome"/> which connects with the museum's ] exhibit. The museum is {{convert|14000|sqft|m2}} with approximately 8,000 dedicated to the two main exhibits: the company's history of timepieces and archaeology.<ref name="timehome"/> |isbn=0-9675087-0-3}}</ref> The ] was located in the ] shopping center with its location marked by a {{convert|40|ft|m|adj=on}} high replica of an ] ] which connected with the museum's ] exhibit.<ref name="apr">{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6493079_ITM|title=Waterbury, Conn., Approves {{convert|40|ft|m|adj=on}} Statue for City Museum|accessdate=2008-06-09|date=2000-08-19|work=The Waterbury Republican-American | first=David | last=Hammer}}</ref><ref name="timehome"/> The museum covered {{convert|14000|sqft|m2}} with {{convert|8000|sqft|m2|}} dedicated to the two main exhibits: the company's history of timepieces and archaeology.<ref name="timehome"/>


For decades, Waterbury has been known as the ], despite a decrease in it's manufacturing history over many years. The building that houses the museum is the former executive offices of the Scovill Manufacturing Company<ref name="timehome">{{Cite web|url=http://www.freestone-inc.com/pubs/Timexpo.pdf|title=A Home for Time - The Timexpo Museum|accessdate=2008-06-09|date=2001-10-21|author=D.A. Narducci III|work=The Waterbury Republican American}}</ref> and Century Brass Company, which is the only building left of the 44-acre brass mill complex. Waterbury Clock Company, now ], owes its origins to the Waterbury brass industry as it was founded as a department of brass manufacturer Benedict & Burnham – a local competitor to Scovill – in 1854. Waterbury Clock quickly spun-off as a legally incorporated business on March 27, 1857 due to its early success.<ref name="WaterburyVol2WCC"> For decades, Waterbury has been known as the ], despite a decline in manufacturing over time. The building that housed the museum was the former executive office of the Scovill Manufacturing Company and Century Brass Company, and is the only remaining building of the {{convert|44|acre|m2|adj=on}} brass mill complex.<ref name="timehome">{{Cite web|url=http://www.freestone-inc.com/pubs/Timexpo.pdf|title=A Home for Time - The Timexpo Museum|accessdate=2008-06-09|date=2001-10-21|author=D.A. Narducci III|work=The Waterbury Republican American}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Timex Group owed its origins to the Waterbury brass industry when the original clock company began in 1854 as a division of brass manufacturer Benedict & Burnham – a local competitor to Scovill. Waterbury Clock was spun off and incorporated on March 27, 1857 due to its success.<ref name="WaterburyVol2WCC">
{{Cite book {{Cite book
|title=The town and city of Waterbury, Connecticut, Volume 2 |title=The town and city of Waterbury, Connecticut, Volume 2
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|publisher= The Price and Lee Company |publisher= The Price and Lee Company
|location= New Haven, CT |location= New Haven, CT
⚫ |pages= 377–380
|id= LCCN 98000206
⚫ |pages= 377-380
|chapter= Chapter XXIII The Smaller Brass Companies |chapter= Chapter XXIII The Smaller Brass Companies
|url= http://books.google.com/books?id=H_cLAAAAYAAJ&dq=waterbury%20clock&pg=PA379#v=onepage&q=waterbury%20clock&f=false |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=H_cLAAAAYAAJ&q=waterbury+clock&pg=PA379
|accessdate=2009-11-02}} </ref> |accessdate=2009-11-02|lccn= 98000206
}}</ref>

⚫ The museum focused on important events in Timex Group history, including an exhibit on the ] commissioning Waterbury Clock Company in 1917 to provide ] versions of the ] Ladies Midget ] for soldiers heading overseas.<ref name="TimexCompanyCommunity" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Timexpo Museum and Easter Island Statue (Closed)|url=http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/15239|publisher=Roadside America|accessdate=13 March 2016}}</ref> It included aspects of local history, including letters from ], who ] for a time in nearby ], as well as exhibits concerning the travels of settlers across the ] and ] Oceans based on the explorations of ].<ref name="timehome"/><ref name="other">{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CO&s_site=charlotte&p_multi=CO&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EC32C63F0DF4894&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Here & There|accessdate=2008-06-09|date=2001-05-20|work=The Charlotte Observer}}</ref>

⚫ The museum was approved in 1999 and opened in May 2001.<ref name="for">{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6670594_ITM|title=Waterbury, N.Y., Agency Expected to Move Forward on Museum Project|accessdate=2008-06-09|date=1999-09-20|work=Tribune Business News}}</ref>
⚫ Museum costs were estimated at $4.8 million, with the Naugatuck Valley Development Corporation providing approximately $500,000 and Timex funding the rest.<ref name="funm">{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-5683303_ITM|title=Waterbury, Conn.-Area Officials to Seek Funding for Museum|accessdate=2008-06-09|date=1999-08-27|work=Tribune Business News}}</ref>


⚫ The final cost was $5.45 million, including $2 million from the Naugatuck Valley Development Corporation and the Connecticut Department of Economic Development and Community Development.<ref name="timehome"/>
⚫ The museum focuses on important moments of Timex Group's history, including an exhibit on the ] commissioning Waterbury Clock Company in 1917 to provide ] versions of the ] Ladies Midget ] for soldiers heading overseas,<ref name="TimexCompanyCommunity"></ref> but the museum is not limited in scope. It includes aspects of local history, including letters from ],<ref name="other">{{Cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CO&s_site=charlotte&p_multi=CO&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EC32C63F0DF4894&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Here & There|accessdate=2008-06-09|date=2001-05-20|work=The Charlotte Observer}}</ref> who ] for a time in nearby
], as well as exhibits concerning the travels of settlers across the ] and ] Oceans.<ref name="timehome"/>


The museum closed at the end of September, 2015, because of low attendance.<ref>{{cite web|title=Timex Museum Prepares to Shut Its Doors|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/18/arts/design/timex-museum-prepares-to-shut-its-doors.html?_r=0|work=New York Times|accessdate=13 March 2016|date=September 17, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Waterbury's Timex museum slated to close|url=http://www.wfsb.com/story/28873818/waterburys-timex-museum-slated-to-close|publisher=WFSB|accessdate=13 March 2016|date=April 22, 2015}}</ref>
⚫ The museum was approved to go forward in 1999<ref name="for">{{Cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6670594_ITM|title=Waterbury, N.Y., Agency Expected to Move Forward on Museum Project|accessdate=2008-06-09|date=1999-09-20|work=Tribune Business News}}</ref> and finally opened in May 2001.
⚫ Museum costs were estimated at $4.8 million, with the Naugatuck Valley Development Corp providing approximately $500,000<ref name="funm">{{Cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-5683303_ITM|title=Waterbury, Conn.-Area Officials to Seek Funding for Museum|accessdate=2008-06-09|date=1999-08-27|work=Tribune Business News}}</ref> and Timex funding the rest.
⚫ The final cost was $5.45 million, including $2 million from the Naugatuck Development Corporation and the Connecticut Department of Economic Development and Community Development.<ref name="timehome"/>


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History museum, horology museum in Connecticut, United States
Timexpo
Museum logo
Timexpo Museum Exterior with Moai statue
Established2001
Dissolved2015
Location175 Union St, Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
TypeHistory museum, horology museum
OwnerTimex Group USA, Inc.

The Timexpo Museum in Waterbury, Connecticut was dedicated to the history of Timex Group and its predecessors, featuring exhibits dating to the founding of Waterbury Clock Company in 1854. The museum was located in the Brass Mill Commons shopping center with its location marked by a 40-foot (12 m) high replica of an Easter Island Moai statue which connected with the museum's archaeology exhibit. The museum covered 14,000 square feet (1,300 m) with 8,000 square feet (740 m) dedicated to the two main exhibits: the company's history of timepieces and archaeology.

For decades, Waterbury has been known as the Brass Capital, despite a decline in manufacturing over time. The building that housed the museum was the former executive office of the Scovill Manufacturing Company and Century Brass Company, and is the only remaining building of the 44-acre (180,000 m) brass mill complex. Timex Group owed its origins to the Waterbury brass industry when the original clock company began in 1854 as a division of brass manufacturer Benedict & Burnham – a local competitor to Scovill. Waterbury Clock was spun off and incorporated on March 27, 1857 due to its success.

The museum focused on important events in Timex Group history, including an exhibit on the U.S. Army commissioning Waterbury Clock Company in 1917 to provide wristwatch versions of the Ingersoll Ladies Midget pocketwatch for soldiers heading overseas. It included aspects of local history, including letters from Mark Twain, who lived for a time in nearby Hartford, as well as exhibits concerning the travels of settlers across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans based on the explorations of Thor Heyerdahl.

The museum was approved in 1999 and opened in May 2001. Museum costs were estimated at $4.8 million, with the Naugatuck Valley Development Corporation providing approximately $500,000 and Timex funding the rest.

The final cost was $5.45 million, including $2 million from the Naugatuck Valley Development Corporation and the Connecticut Department of Economic Development and Community Development.

The museum closed at the end of September, 2015, because of low attendance.

See also

References

  1. "Timexpo Museum". The Wilton Bulletin. 2004-03-18. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
  2. Fred Musante (2001-06-24). "Residue from Industrial Past Haunts State". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
  3. ^ McDermott, Kathleen (1998). Timex: A Company and Its Community. ISBN 0-9675087-0-3.
  4. Hammer, David (2000-08-19). "Waterbury, Conn., Approves 40-foot (12 m) Statue for City Museum". The Waterbury Republican-American. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
  5. ^ D.A. Narducci III (2001-10-21). "A Home for Time - The Timexpo Museum" (PDF). The Waterbury Republican American. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
  6. Anderson, Joseph; Prichard, Sarah Johnson; Lydia Ward, Anna (1896). "Chapter XXIII The Smaller Brass Companies". The town and city of Waterbury, Connecticut, Volume 2. New Haven, CT: The Price and Lee Company. pp. 377–380. LCCN 98000206. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
  7. "Timexpo Museum and Easter Island Statue (Closed)". Roadside America. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  8. "Here & There". The Charlotte Observer. 2001-05-20. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
  9. "Waterbury, N.Y., Agency Expected to Move Forward on Museum Project". Tribune Business News. 1999-09-20. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
  10. "Waterbury, Conn.-Area Officials to Seek Funding for Museum". Tribune Business News. 1999-08-27. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
  11. "Timex Museum Prepares to Shut Its Doors". New York Times. September 17, 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  12. "Waterbury's Timex museum slated to close". WFSB. April 22, 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2016.

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