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May 17, 2013
The National Watch and Clock Museum is participating in Blue Star Museums, in partnership with the National Endowment of the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 1,800 museums across America. Free admission for active-duty military members and their families runs from Memorial Day, May 27, 2013, through Labor Day, September 2, 2013. Active-duty military include Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, and active-duty National Guard, and active-duty Reserve members.
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May 10, 2013
The Chapter Relations Committee recently received an application for a new specialty chapter. The idea for this chapter was an outgrowth of last year’s symposium on carriage clocks. The lead organizers for this International Carriage Clocks Chapter are Dr. Stan Boyatzis, Keith Potter, Doug Minty and Carl Sona, all from Australia. The chapter petition includes 55 members from around the world. As soon as the remaining organizational documents are received and reviewed by the Chapter Relations Committee, the application will be forwarded to the Board.
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May 3, 2013
This week has been a busy one here in Columbia. Joe Cohen’s courses on watch valuation and clock valuation finished this past week and Gregg Perry’s three day seminar on clock conservation finishes Saturday. Stephen Nelson also on Saturday hosted the second webinar on reassembling a Vienna regulator clock. Approximately 100 persons registered for the webinar. There is one more webinar in what is in total of four webinars on the disassembly and reassembly of a Vienna regulator. Katie, our Education Director and I met with Program Chair Pat Holloway on Friday to discuss ways to bring more horological programming to the members and the public.
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April 26, 2013
We have recently updated our business memberships and added several additional benefits. We now have the Business Member Directory not only on the main www.nawcc.org
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April 19, 2013
Last Wednesday, our website 4sale.nawcc.org was upgraded to the latest version. This was to address some incompatibilities between various web browsers and the old version and also to take advantage of enhancements in the newer version. The cost of the upgrade installation was $49. The annual cost of upgrades and support for the site is $279. Marcus Harris our communications director will be working the next several weeks on streamlining the site to make it easier to use. The 4Sale site currently has almost 1,100 NAWCC members registered on the site and almost 1,800 registered non-members who can purchase from auction and classified listings where sellers are willing to sell to the public. We encourage sellers to use the built in PayPal link to automate auction sales especially when selling to the public.
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April 12, 2013
After years of effort, we have been notified that the National Watch & Clock Museum has been awarded Accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). This is the highest national recognition for a museum. Accreditation signifies excellence to the museum community, to governments, funders, outside agencies, and to the museum-going public. Of the nation’s estimated 17,500 museums, 1,005 are currently accredited. The National Watch & Clock Museum is one of only 35 museums accredited in Pennsylvania. A big thank you is due Noel Poirier, our museum director and all the staff who have worked for years on this effort. The Board and former Museum Trustees are also to be commended for their long-term dedication to this goal.
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