The gallery will be open on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's day. UD's Marian Library contains the world' s largest and most comprehensive collection of printed materials on Mary, the mother of Jesus. The library owns more than 800 nativity scenes.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Other examples in the exhibition include a simplistic portrayal of Mary, Joseph, Jesus, a shepherd and angel carved from one piece of wood. The piece, created by a Hungarian artist, is set in a bed of stone pebbles. Another scene, created by an artist from Ghana, uses red clay figures and features Mary lying on her side with baby Jesus on the floor beside her. In another carved wood piece, created by Mexican artists with handicaps, large faceless figures are set in a rough hut carved from soft cork wood. The knobby-headed figures are set a against a simple chalet backdrop.