Musical Clocks of Early America

October 6 - November 17, 2013

Join the Willard House as we present a very special exhibition of early American-made musical clocks. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see dozens of the most important musical clocks gathered in one place for the first time ever.

Shearing Day with Angel Hair Alpaca

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Celebrate the Spring with the Willard House and Grafton's Angel Hair Alpaca as we invite the community to observe and experience the annual shearing of the alpaca. Bring a picnic lunch to eat on the Willard House lawn!

Volunteers interested in helping at the museum are welcome to contact us at

508-839-3500

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The Willard House

& Clock Museum

11 Willard Street

North Grafton, MA 01520

p. (508) 839-3500

 The Willard House and Clock Museum in North Grafton, Mass.,
Circa 1718, is a festive place with historic roots.

 

Click here for the Annual Fund donations form.   Benjamin Willard began making clocks in his small, rural Massachusetts workshop in 1766. His three younger brothers, Simon, Ephraim and Aaron, quickly learned the trade and began a three-generation clockmaking legacy in the Grafton workshop. Today, over 80 Willard clocks are exhibited in the birthplace and original workshop of the Willard clockmakers, along with family portraits, furnishings and other Willard family heirlooms. Works by all three generations of Willard clockmakers, including famed clockmakers Simon Willard Jr. and Benjamin Franklin Willard, are also displayed. Take a step back in time and witness a unique and important part of America's techological, artistic, and entrepreneurial history with us at the Willard House and Clock Museum.

Call us to schedule a tea in the beautiful main gallery of the museum.  Our unique setting provides a special place for a special tea for your organization.

Special events and workshops are also held during the year for both children and adults. See our current events page. The Museum Shop offers books on Willard clocks and related items, gifts, souvenirs, clock, antiques and collectible glassware and is open during museum hours. Items can be ordered by phone or email.

Please consider becoming a member. Benefits include free admission, use of the museum's research facilities, quarterly newsletter, full online slide show tour of the museum, online picture catalog of the museum's inventory, and more. See membership page.

On February 26, 2010, Collector's Weekly featured an interview with one of our trustees, Gary Sullivan. See the full text of the interview here.

Click here for text of lecture given at the Museum's 30^th Anniversary by John C. Losch. [This document is in Adobe Acrobat format. If you do not have Acrobat reader on your computer you can get it here free: http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/ .]