A giant Easter Island head (40 foot tall), visible from I-84, woos travelers to investigate a brick edifice labeled "Timexpo." It's the old Scovall brass mill manufacturing building, transformed into a museum of clock and watch history by the Timex corporation.
Timexpo is laced with its share of interactive exhibits. Visitors can design a Timex watch, or watch an old-timer on certain days perform watch and clock repairs.
A curving "Time Tunnel" pulsating with lights and clashing sound snippets leads to a change in theme -- segueing from art montages of clocks and watches, to the Moon -- colliding with Earth? -- and finally to a row of solemn stone faces. The Easter Island head (called a "Moai") now should make more sense, sort of. The "Gallery of Exploration" ponders the Mysteries of Easter Island, where 800+ mysterious monolithic heads still reside, and how ancient seafaring techniques were rediscovered by author Thor Heyerdahl on his Kon-Tiki expeditions.
What does this have to do with watches? Heyerdahl was friends with the Timex owners; his Kon-Tiki expedition was partly funded by them. Just goes to show that even an ancient corporate sponsorship can keep on tickin'...