The Clocks of George McFadden August 12, 2008

Animals, angels and imagination... for years, these were the stock-in-trade of local designer George McFadden. Together with his wife, Alyce Kent McFadden, he designed sets for theaters as well as for window displays in Boston-area department stores, most notably Jordan Marsh. When he retired from that work in the 1970s, McFadden focused his energy on fixing and making clocks, especially colorful, animated cuckoo clocks. The Museum presents a selection of these whimsical and charming timepieces in 'The Enchanted Clocks of George McFadden.'