The Morven Museum and Garden in Princeton is stepping back in time to the era of tall case clocks

The exhibit "Striking Beauty" features more than 50 clocks handmade in New Jersey between the years 1720 and 1820.

Curator Elizabeth Allan, also the museum's interim director, says the clocks are a unique window into the state's Colonial and early Federal periods.

"These clocks were made by men in New Jersey who often were born as British citizens and then became revolutionaries in their lifetime fighting in the American Revolution. And then ended their lives as American citizens,” Allan says.

All of the clocks are functional and are on loan from museums and private collections on the East Coast.

The exhibit will be on view until February 2024.