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Calendars through the Ages · Gift Shop

Calendars and timekeeping objects to give as gifts: 2026 wall and page-a-day calendars, classic clocks for time-lovers, a few curiosities from the long history of measuring days, and a small kids’ selection. See also the museum store (telescopes, globes and classroom tools) and the recommended books.

Looking for something else? Browse all 2026 calendars on Amazon or desk clocks.

Wall & Page-a-Day Calendars (2026)

  • New York Times Crossword Page-A-Day Calendar 2026

    New York Times Crossword Page-A-Day® Calendar 2026

    A year of daily crosswords edited by Will Shortz, easier early in the week and harder by Saturday, with the solution on the back of each page.

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    Smaller version: NYT Mini Crossword Page-A-Day 2026

  • Audubon Birds Page-A-Day Calendar 2026

    Audubon Birds Page-A-Day® Calendar 2026

    A full-color bird photograph for every day of the year with notes on species, range and behavior — the long-running Workman/National Audubon page-a-day.

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  • Audubon Nature Wall Calendar 2026

    Audubon Nature Wall Calendar 2026

    Twelve large-format landscape photographs of pristine American wilderness, one per month, on responsibly sourced paper.

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  • Met Impressionism and Post-Impressionism Wall Calendar 2026

    Impressionism & Post-Impressionism Wall Calendar 2026

    Thirteen Monet, van Gogh, Renoir, Pissarro and Morisot paintings from the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection, reproduced one a month.

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    Also: Masterpieces engagement (weekly) calendar · Art: 365 Days of Masterpieces day-to-day

  • 365 Cats Page-A-Day Calendar 2026

    365 Cats Page-A-Day® Calendar 2026

    A new reader-submitted cat photograph every day, with a caption, breed note or tip on the back.

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    Dog version: 365 Dogs Page-A-Day 2026

  • 365 New Words-A-Year Page-A-Day Calendar 2026

    365 New Words-A-Year Page-A-Day® Calendar 2026

    A vocabulary-builder calendar from the editors of Merriam-Webster: definition, pronunciation, sample sentence and etymology for one new word a day.

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  • The 2026 Old Farmer's Almanac Moon Wall Calendar

    The 2026 Old Farmer’s Almanac Moon Wall Calendar

    Monthly lunar imagery and moon-phase data for every day of the year, plus tide times, planting-by-the-moon notes and folklore.

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    Companion: Country Wall Calendar · Weather Wall Calendar

Watches & Clocks for Time-Lovers

  • Braun BNC008 digital travel alarm clock, black

    Braun BNC008 Digital Travel Alarm Clock

    Pocket-size negative-LCD travel alarm with snooze and backlight — one of the canonical Dieter Rams / Dietrich Lubs designs in continuous production.

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    Finishes: black, white. Analog classic: Braun BC12 bedside alarm

  • Mondaine A997 Swiss Railways aluminum desk/wall clock

    Mondaine Swiss Railways Desk/Wall Clock (125 mm)

    The official Swiss Federal Railways clock face — designed by Hans Hilfiker in 1944 — in a small aluminum case that stands on a desk or hangs on a wall, with the trademark red lollipop second-hand.

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    Larger 25 cm wall: A990 white; A990 black

  • Karlsson Mini Flip wall clock

    Karlsson Mini Flip Wall & Desk Clock

    A modern take on the 1960s Solari split-flap display: brushed-metal case, hinged numeral leaves that audibly flip the minute and hour, battery-powered.

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    Also: white mini flip · no-case white on brass stand

  • La Crosse WT-3102B atomic radio-controlled wall clock

    La Crosse Technology WT-3102B Atomic Wall Clock

    A 10″ analog clock that auto-syncs to the WWVB atomic time signal from Fort Collins, Colorado, and resets itself for Daylight Saving Time without ever needing setting.

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    Larger 12″: WT-3129S silver · WT-3129B black

  • Seiko Six City World Time Wall Clock

    Seiko 24″ Six-City World Time Wall Clock

    Six dials in a single panel showing New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong — the kind of multi-time-zone wall display once found behind hotel reception desks.

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Calendar & Time-Keeping Curiosities

  • The Story of Time, edited by Kristen Lippincott

    The Story of Time

    The catalog of the National Maritime Museum’s millennial exhibition: 250-plus illustrated artifacts — clocks, calendars, paintings — with essays by Umberto Eco, E. H. Gombrich and others, edited by Kristen Lippincott.

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  • ROKR perpetual calendar 3D wooden puzzle (LK201)

    ROKR Perpetual Calendar 3D Wooden Puzzle (LK201)

    A 26-piece laser-cut wooden kit that builds into a working mechanical perpetual calendar covering the years 2018–2040 — an evening project, then a desk object.

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  • Rome RM1334 12-inch polished brass armillary sundial

    Rome RM1334 Polished Brass Armillary Sundial, 12″

    A solid-cast brass armillary sphere with a 12″ time-band and 16″ gnomon — a real working garden sundial in the classical celestial-equator form.

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    Larger 18″: RM1336

  • OrgaNice 30-minute and 5-minute hourglass timer set

    OrgaNice Hourglass Sand Timer Set (30 min & 5 min)

    A pair of borosilicate-glass sand timers on beech-wood bases — the older sibling of the kitchen egg-timer, sized for Pomodoro-style work blocks.

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For Kids

  • Melissa & Doug Turn & Tell Wooden Clock

    Melissa & Doug Turn & Tell Wooden Clock

    A learn-to-tell-time wooden clock with click-stop hands, colour-coded hour and minute numerals and 13 double-sided practice cards. Ages 4–7.

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    Younger sibling: Shape-Sorting Clock (ages 3–6)

  • Edmund Scientific Star and Planet Locator (planisphere)

    Edmund Scientific Star and Planet Locator

    The classic plastic planisphere — rotate the disc to your date and time and the window shows exactly the constellations overhead. Useful from late elementary school upward.

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    Two-pack: Set of 2

  • True Genius Caesar's Calendar wood puzzle-a-day

    True Genius Caesar’s Calendar Puzzle-a-Day

    A wooden brain-teaser inspired by a Roman ivory gaming-board fragment: 365+ unique daily arrangements where the goal is to leave today’s month and date showing. Ages 8+.

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Amazon links use the WebExhibits Associates tag webexhibits-calendars-20; purchases support the exhibit. Calendar items are dated 2026 editions verified in print at the time of publication; product covers and details on Amazon may shift between editions. See also the museum store for telescopes, globes and classroom tools.

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