The Gazette

Czech Village museum’s Clock Tower to add Prague-style astronomical clock features, figurines

Grant Smith, director of facilities for the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, on Wednesday unlocks an opening in the Clock Tower in southwest Cedar Rapids. The tower will undergo rebuilding ...
Artnet

‘What Is Mark Wahlberg Doing There?’: An Artist Gave Prague’s Iconic Orloj Clock a Disturbing 21st-Century ‘Restoration’

In 2018, the iconic Orloj astronomical clock that has been the centerpiece of Prague’s Old Town Square for more than 600 years, was unveiled to the public after an extensive £2.1 million ($2.6 million ...
Astronomy

The secrets and scandal of the Prague astronomical clock

The Prague Astronomical Clock, or Orloj, shows time in several ways, including medieval and modern systems. Figures of the Apostles appear hourly in a moving display. The clock face tracks the ...
The Gazette

Czech Village Clock Tower in Cedar Rapids preparing for its close-up

In late March, the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids announced plans to renovate its flood- and derecho-damaged Clock Tower at the corner of Inspiration Place and 16th Avenue SW ...
WBAL

Prague’s astronomical clock to undergo major restoration

PRAGUE (AP) — Major repairs of Prague's Old City Hall have started, in a process that will see one of the Czech capital's major tourist attractions – the famous medieval astronomical clock – taken off ...
The Idaho Press-Tribune

Prague Astronomical clock figures being repaired

PRAGUE (AP) — Four wooden figures on the Czech capital's famous medieval astronomical clock have been removed for repairs. Clock keeper Petr Skala said Friday that the figures need a regular fix of ...
Ars Technica

Mind blowing video of the 600th anniversary of Prague's Astronomical clock

I felt the same way after just spending a week in Prague. The clock itself and the tower is beautiful, but it's kind of boring to watch it go off every hour. Once you've seen it, it just pisses you ...