Archive for December 29th, 2011
On a recent trip to the UK, I paid a visit to the Cuckooland Museum. Just as the name implies, the museum is dedicated to preserving 300-plus years of cuckoo clock history. It was started by two brothers, Roman and Maz Piekarski, who were trained as clockmakers from a young age.
At first, the collection was comprised mainly of antique German Black Forest cuckoo clocks. Some of the rare clocks in their collection include the “cuckoo and echo” clock that is one of only six in existence. Timepieces by Black Forest clockmaker Johan Baptist Beha are also on display. For me, the most fascinating clocks were those that reflected more modern styles like Art Nouveau and Art Deco.