The North American Sundial Society is an association of people from a wide variety of disciplines who are interested in the study, development, history, and preservation of sundials and the art of dialing throughout the continent.

The Society is an association (convened in 1994) for those who view the sundial as something more than a simple garden decoration.

There was a time, not that long ago, when an appreciation of dials in all their various forms was an integral part of the scientific and mathematical training of any well-educated person.

NASS hearkens back to such a time and offers sundial enthusiasts at all levels of expertise an opportunity to learn, to interact, and to exchange ideas and information.

Phoenix, AZ - Large ground-level circular concrete slab, with Roman numerals.

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New: Sawyer Dialing Prize. See the new tab under conferences. Read about the origin of the NASS Sawyer Dialing Prize and the recipients over the last decade.

Meet Other Sundialist at the 16th Annual Conference

This year the North American Sundial Society will hold its annual conference Thursday through Sunday 12-15 August 2010 in Burlington, VT.

Book now at the conference hotel:

BURLINGTON, VT

1068 WILLISTON ROAD SOUTH BURLINGTON, VERMONT 05403 UNITED STATES

Hotel Front Desk: 802-863-6363

Hotel Fax: 802-863-3061

During our sundial tour, NASS dialists will stop at the Inn at Shelburne Farms on the shores of Lake Champlain for lunch. The inn was originally the 19th-century country home of Dr. William Seward and Lila Vanderbilt Webb. Restored in 1987, the inn today retains its historic character and continues the tradition of warmth, informal elegance and hospitality enjoyed by guests for more than a century.

Confirmed talks this year include: Antique Hour Lines, Dialing With Dollars, The Last Scratchings of an Old Bird, Paper, Sundials, James Hartness and Russell Porter - Sundials and Sunclocks, Sundials on Malta, The Sundial of Ibn al-Shatir, and Geotagging Sundials.

Join us this year. If you have a 5-10 or 25 minute presentation you would like to give, or if you have sundials, photos, books, etc. that you would like to display, please email us the details. Email: nass-president@sundials.org right away.

Deadline for Conference Registration is July 8, 2010.

Make check drawn on a US bank payable to NASS and send to:

Fred Sawyer, 8 Sachem Drive, Glastonbury CT 07033 USA. Or email the registration information and send PayPal funds to sundial.society@cox.net .

City of Bowie Announces Sundial Winner

Gino and Judith Schiavone, members of the North American Sundial Society, are winners of the City of Bowie sundial contest to build and install a dial in front of the New City Hall under now construction. The value of the project is $90,000. Completion is expected in Oct 2010.

Click here to Read More       Click here to Read About Gino Schiavone    

October 23-24, 2010 NASS Goes to the Mall in Washington, D.C.

The North American Sundial Society and the Analemma Society are proud to be Official Partners of the inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival that will be held in the greater Washington DC area in October 2010.

The Festival, which will be the country’s first national science festival, is a collaboration of over 500 of  the country’s  leading science and engineering organizations and not-for-profit societies with the aim to reignite the interest of our nation’s youth in the sciences.

The North American Sundial Society and the Analemma Society are joining together to present sundial activities during a two-day Expo on the National Mall on October 23-24, 2010 .

The Expo will have hundreds of activities to give children, teens and adults the opportunity to explore all facets of science & engineering. NASS and the Analemma Society are proud to contribute activities that encourage the ancient art of gnomonics through fun, hands-on activities including the construction of paper sundials and observing the sun through an eye-safe solar caster.

People across the Unites States are encouraged to hold similar events in their communities the same weekend that hundreds of thousands of people celebrate science on the National Mall. For more information on all Festival events and how you can get involved, visit  www.usasciencefestival.org.