Spillville, Iowa: Bily Clocks Museum
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- Address:
- 323 S. Main St., Spillville, IA
- Directions:
- On Main St./Hwy W14, a block north of Bridge St./Hwy B16.
- Phone:
- 563-562-3569
- Admission:
- Adults $9.
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Bachelor farmer brothers Frank and Joseph Bily carved clocks -- most of them huge and animated -- every winter for over 50 years.
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They seem to be allowing cell phone photos on the first floor. People were taking pictures and no one told them not to. I got two detailed shots but was too self-conscious to take more.
[AR, 07/26/2023]The second floor of the museum contains clocks that the brothers collected but didn't build, and an assortment of odd things that accumulate in pioneer museums: a coin collection, old photos of the town, a carved golf ball, a two-headed pig in a jar, etc. Photos are allowed upstairs.
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Better check your snapshots to see if you captured the ghosts of the Bily brothers yelling "No!"