Random pics from the museum

This may look like a model galleon, but it's really a clock to announce important dinners at court. When it was in working condition, it moved along the table with mast tops twirling; a miniature organ played music in the hull; the front cannon would fire, lighting a fuse to fire the other guns; and the seven Electors processed in front of the Holy Roman Emperor on his throne beneath the main mast. As an added bonus, it even functioned as a clock. There's a clock dial under the main mast and the sailors in the crow's nests strike the quarter hour.

Only one thing to say about this: Rock Beats Scissors


And this one goes in because it's a beautiful piece of sculpture.