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Experience Mary Through Exhibits

Marian Library faculty and staff curate exhibits to highlight our collections and provide opportunities for education and inspiration.

Free and Open to the Campus and the Public

Visitors to the Marian Library are invited to take self-guided tours of exhibits in our gallery spaces. These exhibits are often paired with educational programming for the UD community. Students in all disciplines engage with exhibits through class visits, curatorial learning, lectures, performances, open house-style events or just by stopping by.

We also create virtual exhibits that can be viewed anytime, from anywhere.

Current and Upcoming Exhibits

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The City of the Mount segment of the Mirror of Hope. Central is a replica of UD's Chapel of the Immaculate Conception
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Mirror of Hope: 25 Years of Visual Storytelling link-arrow link-arrow

Through richly detailed Old and New Testament scenes, the 12-foot-long, 8-foot-high sculpture "Mirror of Hope" prompts reflection on the story of human salvation with the Nativity scene at its center. Celebrate the sculpture’s 25th anniversary as you explore its inspiration and artistry in the recently refreshed Marian Library Crèche Museum.

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Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus take shelter inside ruins with visitors. The Star of David shines through an opening in the crumbling wall.
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Seeking Shelter Christmas Exhibit link-arrow link-arrow

After they were turned away from the inn in Bethlehem, Mary and Joseph sought shelter elsewhere. In Nativity sets, different traditions place Jesus’ birth in a stable, in a cave or among ruins. Artists depict local architecture, like an adobe or a yurt, and repurpose objects to stand in for the shelter, such as a coconut shell or a piece of pottery. Explore a variety of shelters in this year’s selection of Nativity sets from the Marian Library Crèche Collection.

Gallery Spaces

Located in the Marian Library on the seventh floor of Roesch Library.
Female student looking intently at an open book in a display case and writing on a clipboard

Marian Library Gallery

This gallery features rotating exhibits of art and other material from the Marian Library's collections. The Marian Library Gallery also hosts traveling exhibits and displays the work of visiting artists.

A man and woman stand and look at a display case featuring a Nativity set

Crèche Museum

A semipermanent exhibit with new selections each year from the Marian Library Crèche Collection accompanies the popular “Mirror of Hope” art installation.

We often host exhibits in the Stuart and Mimi Rose Gallery located on the first floor of Roesch Library.
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