Videos

Explore the many-faceted world of these antique clocks.
Press play to begin your journey into the extraordinary global story of antique Mennonite wall clocks.

 
 
 
 

Press play to learn how the Virtual Museum of Mennonite Clocks is connecting people globally, through these unique historical artifacts and their wonderful stories.

 

Press play to watch this video featuring Lothar and Ingrid Mölmann, modern-day custodians of the Schulz clock.

Press play to follow a discussion by museum specialists on Arthur Kroeger's approach to restoring Kroeger clocks.


How clocks work

Press play to watch this video which shows a Mandtler clock, made in 1905, ticking.

Press play to watch this video which shows how an escapement works on a Kroeger clock.

Click play to watch this video which shows a rope drive vs. the chain which was used to drive later clocks.

Listen to the sound of an historic Kroeger clock hour bell made ca. 1910 in Rosenthal, in what is now Ukraine.