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| The '''Timexpo Museum''' in ] is dedicated to the history of ] watches and their predecessors dating back to the 1850s. The ] is located in the ] and its location is marked by a 40 foot high replica of an ] statue<ref name="apr">{{Cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6493079_ITM|title=Waterbury, Conn., Approves 40-Foot Statue for City Museum|accessdate=2008-06-09|year=2000-08-19|work=The Waterbury Republican-American}}</ref><ref name="timehome"/> which connects with the museum's ] exhibit. The museum is 14,000 square feet with approximately 8,000 dedicated to the two main exhibits: Timex and archaeology.<ref name="timehome"/> | |||
| Waterbury has been known for a long time as the ], despite a decrease in clockmaking in the region over time and it is a former brass mill building, and the 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|year=2001-10-21|author=D.A. Narducci III|work=The Waterbury Republican American}}</ref> that houses the Timexpo Museum, whose exhibits go back as far as the founding of the ] in 1857.<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|year=2004-03-18|work=The Wilton Bulletin}}</ref> Timex was the corporate successor of the Waterbury Clock Company.<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|year=2001-06-24|author=Fred Musante|work=The New York Times}}</ref> | |||
| The museum focuses on important moments of Timex' history, including an exhibit on the ] commissioning Timex in 1917 to provide wristwatch versions of the Yankee pocketwatch for soldiers heading overseas,<ref name="comis">{{Cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F7B12FE4195E494&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Connecticut Watch Museum Takes you on a Trip Through Timekeeping|accessdate=2008-06-09|year=2002-12-01|author=Rich Barlow|work=The Boston Globe}}</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|year=2001-05-20|work=The Charlotte Observer}}</ref> who ] for a time in nearby | |||
| ], as well as exhibits concerning the ttravels of settlers across the ] and ] Oceans.<ref name="timehome"/> | |||
| 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|year=1999-09-20|work=Tribune Business News}}</ref> and finally opened in ]. | |||
| 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|year=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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