Curator Andrew Johnston will give visitors an inside look into Time and Navigation, a new exhibit opening April 2013. This exhibit will explore how revolutions in timekeeping over three centuries have influenced how we find our way.
The Ask An Expert lecture series at the National Mall building is presented every Wednesday at noon. A Museum staff member talks to the public about the history, collection, or personalities related to a specific artifact or exhibition in the Museum.
Participants should meet at the Welcome Center in the Milestones of Flight gallery (Gallery 100).
This timekeeper was the first American-made marine timekeeper taken to sea. William Cranch Bond, a 23-year-old Boston clockmaker, crafted it during the War of 1812.
This artifact is in the National Museum of American History's collection. It will go on display in the Time and Navigation exhibition, scheduled to open at the National Air and Space Museum in 2013.