Museum Of Times

The museum is dedicated to the art of capturing time. There is a huge amount of intricate clockwork and time pieces to see. On the walls hang pictures that in some depict time, either in the form of manufacturing clocks and watches or, in a more religious sense, portray the finite amount of time a human being has on earth before death, in the form of a skeleton, arrives for the ultimate visit. The museum also featured an exhibition by Marcel Prunier, entitled "Drawing the Crazy Years," i.e., the 1920's +/-, with great drawings of Josephine Baker.

When you’ve had enough of fine arts museums, this one is great. In a beautiful palace it displays tapestries, paintings and best of all time pieces and clocks.

Everything about watches and only about watches from the Middle Ages to quite perfect and modern models. If you have time and you will be in this city then you can visit this museum. Downstairs there is a cafe where you can drink wonderful coffee with cakes, that also look like clockwork.

Go to place for history lovers. As the name suggests, it’s a museum of times aka watches. You can see variety of watches from the past. It’s almost like a fun time travel experience. But there are no explanations in English only in french. And the entry fee of 5€ seems ok but I think depending on the season it’s free sometimes. I was a bit disappointed as the collection seems scattered. Nevertheless there are so many interesting watches to see. If you have time you can visit all the 3 floors. We were in a hurry so did not explore in detail.

A beautiful museum about the watch making industry in Besancon. It has a lot of interesting watches from various centuries, some being truly incredible for their time. First two floors is only watches, while on the third floor you can find a huge layout of Besancon, and also the entrance in a tower from which you can see the whole city, with explanations for all the buildings.

What a wonderful museum and a lovely giftshop.

It's almost a time travel walking around the museum. Really good collection. For international travelers there should be English captions. Don't miss the souvenir store in the ground floor.

Well worth a visit. Not a museum only about clocks or watches, but also some nice pieces of art.

Great place to explore. The history of time pieces is quite fascinating. Here in Besancon it is their specialty... time. There are 3 floors to explore and a beautiful space. Many stairs to climb but elevator option as well. The place closes down for lunch from 12-2pm, like many places in the area. If you go in the morning you can go back after 2pm on the same ticket, that's a plus. We paid 5 euro for entry, totally worth it. Don't miss the paintings and gorgeous tapestries also on display in the museum.