Celebrate 50 years of the Royal Castle Clock in Warsaw with guided tours, workshops, and more on July 19th.
Did you know the Royal Castle Clock in Warsaw has been marking time for fifty years? Join us on July 19th to celebrate this milestone anniversary with a day full of exciting attractions. Discover the secrets of the castle’s clocks, meet a master clockmaker, and participate in artistic workshops.
Exciting Attractions
This Friday, visitors can enjoy:
- A guided tour to explore various clocks within the castle’s permanent exhibition.
- A meeting with a clockmaker at the Clock Tower, learning about the maintenance of this unique timepiece.
- Lectures by clockmakers from the Warsaw Clockmakers’ Guild, who crafted the Clock Tower’s mechanism.
- A clock and castle knowledge contest.
- An exhibition of students’ artwork from the “Clock of History” competition.
- The opening of a modernized multimedia exhibit “Destruction and Reconstruction of the Royal Castle in Warsaw.”
- A guided tour and educational session at the “Hasior. The Permanence of Experience” exhibition.
- Family coloring activities in the castle courtyard.
The Story of the Castle Clock
The first clock at the Royal Castle in Warsaw was created in 1622. Severely damaged during the bombings of 1939, it remained stopped at 11:15 a.m. until the castle’s ruins were further destroyed in 1944. The new clock, created by Warsaw’s artisans, was inaugurated on July 19, 1974, at 11:15 a.m. The clock, featuring four faces with expressive suns, is adorned with approximately 14 kg of pure gold.