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'Little Nooks from Great Books' miniature rooms at Love Library Oct. 31

Released on 10/26/2009, at 2:00 AM
Office of University Communications
University of Nebraska–Lincoln

WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 31, through Dec. 17

WHERE: Love Library, 13th and R Streets

Lincoln, Neb., October 26th, 2009 —
Gryffindor common room
Cabin interior from

Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 26, 2009 -- "Little Nooks from Great Books," the traveling exhibit of the Kruger Collection of Miniature Furnishings and Decorative Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will be on display at UNL's Love Library, 13th and R streets, Oct. 31-Dec. 17.

The exhibit features scenes from "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"; "Little Women"; "Little House on the Prairie"; "Peter Pan and Wendy"; "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" and "Felicity Learns a Lesson: A School Story." Specific scenes include the cabin interior from "Little House on the Prairie" and the Gryffindor common room from Harry Potter, among others.

The exhibit is free and open to the public.

The Kruger Collection is a 1-to-12 scale collection of approximately 20,000 miniatures compiled by Eloise Kruger and donated to the UNL College of Architecture in 1997. For more information contact DiAnna Hemsath, curator/collections manager, at (402) 472-3560 or by e-mail, or visit http://krugercollection.unl.edu.