A Unique Experience Such an interesting museum, staffed by enthusiastic & very knowledgeable volunteers. Look out for the timeball rising & dropping on the hour. Curiously satisfying to watch.....

Great little museum about nautical navigation and time keeping in one of the only Time Ball Towers left in the world. It is run by volunteers so don’t expect slick modern presentations but equally don’t let that discourage you as the friendly welcome more than makes up for that.

Thank for the fantastic time ball history, it was very interesting, staff was very kind and helpful.

Small but brilliant little volunteer run museum. Worth climbing the tower just for the views but it also contains some magnificent timepieces which were important in the development of maritime navigation.

In the days when ship navigation relied on setting the chronometer and using the sun and stars, aided by a sextant, it was imperative to set the ship timepiece reliably. This was done by viewing the timepiece tower with its falling ball as they set sail. The Timepiece Tower retains the ball and mechanism that helped long ago sailors. The small museum is inexpensive and worth a visit to find how naval and military communication took place using visual signals of various types before the first undersea cables were laid. A fascinating story that is nicely explained by the staff and by the displays.

A very interesting piece of maritime history with lots of information boards and fantastic volunteers who provided additional information and answered all of our questions... Well worth a visit if in the area and the Time Ball has been recently restored at significant cost and does its thing every hour during the day...

This is a fantastic place to visit, crammed with a great deal of local, insightful history. There are lots of interactive touch points around the museum and if you're on time, you'll still be able to see the timeball in use! Can highly recommend a visit here.

Think some of technical info not easy to grasp for the uninitiated, and though children are welcomed I don't think it's suitable. Help to use telescopes was not on hand. Some displays not working. A guide would have been appreciated.

Very interesting historic maritime building.

Nice surprising find as you stroll along Deal seafront and certainly worth popping in for an hour. Beautifully restored building packed with quirky artefacts. Fascinating historical origins as part of the early naval communication network that played a vital role in the past. If you're passing, pop in.

Interesting museum. Exhibits on navigation and signalling. The main attraction is the mechanism that operates the time signal.

We popped in as we happened to be passing on a day out. This museum was really interesting. But most of all the couple at the front desk were amazing. A font of knowledge, welcoming, answered all of our questions and explained the best time to see the timeball drop etc. Really made the visit even more interesting so thank you to you both. I also feel like like I learned something about time from this museum that I did not know before. Especially about semaphores, Timeballs and how they used them to work out maritime positioning.

A quirky and interesting museum, i wish I'd had more time to look around. Very reasonably priced for the amount of information and the nice view from the top room.

Fascinating and the volunteers there are really friendly and helpful. Really pleasant surprise this museum.

Really interesting spot. Fabulous exhibition and very knowledgeable and helpful volunteers. Loved it.