The SW Museum of Clocks & Watches has as its mission:

The preservation of timepieces and the Horological arts for today’s visitors and the unborn generations yet to come into the Realm of Time.

The museum goals are to:

- Showcase its extensive collection
- Do hands-on restoration and
- Be a Texas educational resource 

And in doing so, bring horology to life!

Our History:

It all started with a broken clock up a ladder in a tower... The Caldwell County Courthouse underwent a stunning restoration effort by Dale Stahlhut (now deceased) in 1994, but the clock in the tower remained unpredictable, and finally quit altogether.  In 2006, clock restorer Gene Galbraith went to work, and so did the clock.    

After opening the tower for a guided tour, Gene and his colleagues in the clock-makers’ world decided Lockhart was the perfect location for a clock museum, ideally on the square in the shadow of the wonderful clock tower.  The only other major museums in the country devoted to clocks and watches are in Columbia, PA, and Bristol, CT.  The Southwest Museum of Clocks and Watches is now a well-known tourist attraction for Lockhart, drawing visitors from all over the world.

In addition to its many attractions, the museum has enacted a Tower Clock Initiative in which its president and volunteers repair defunct Tower Clocks to “like-new” condition throughout Texas and beyond. Time lives on through the Museum! 

For more museum information,
please call Anna Ybarra at
​+1 (512) 256-3853
​[email protected]
Mail may be directed to: 
SW Museum of Clocks & Watches
109 East San Antonio St.
Lockhart, TX 78644
www.swmuseumofclocks.org