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Marian Library

Annual Christmas Exhibit

Each year near the start of Advent, the Marian Library invites all to attend our annual Christmas exhibit. Open to campus and the community, the exhibit is free of charge and family-friendly. It is ideal for group outings, school field trips or an individual experience.

New Displays Every Year

The Christmas exhibit features a selection of Nativities from our vast Crèche Collection, purposefully curated to reflect a new theme. In recent years we have featured Nativities and artwork that illustrate gifts and talents, the natural world, music of the season, and the humble structures where Jesus first found shelter.

Check Back!

Continue to visit our website for updates on next year's exhibit. Information will also be available by following @MarianLibraryUD on Facebook, Instagram and X. If you have questions, please email marianlibrary@udayton.edu or call 937-229-4214.

Nativity figures of Mary holding Baby Jesus, a donkey, Joseph and St. Francis Boy looking at a large Nativity scene Nativity figures including Holy Family and women visitors College student looking at Nativity sets in cases Mother and son coloring pictures at a table Woman looking at a Nativity in a case A Nativity set in a cave setting and made of wood or cork Woman amidst display cases Nativity figures of Mary holding Baby Jesus, a donkey, Joseph and St. Francis Boy looking at a large Nativity scene Nativity figures including Holy Family and women visitors College student looking at Nativity sets in cases Mother and son coloring pictures at a table Woman looking at a Nativity in a case A Nativity set in a cave setting and made of wood or cork Woman amidst display cases