Current Traveling Exhibits:
Little Nooks from Great Books
August 21, 2009 - October 25, 2009
October 31, 2009 - December 17, 2009
The Kruger Collection of Miniature Furnishings and Decorative Arts is pleased to announce a traveling exhibit of miniature rooms based on popular children’s books. The exhibit, “Little Nooks from Great Books,” 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 endorses reading and educates viewers on historical furnishings. After completing a successful run in seven Lincoln Public Schools during the 2008-2009 school year. Free and open to the public

View of the Harry Potter roombox
Recent traveling exhibitions have been:
James McNeill Whistler: 40 Years of Printmaking
The Sheldon Musuem, 12th and R Streets, Lincoln, NE
May 26, 2009 - September, 20, 2009
Little Nooks from Great Books
Lincoln Public Schools, Lincoln, NE
September 2008-June 2009
Holiday Miniatures 2008, Durham Museum, Omaha, NE
(November 1 thru December 28, 2008)
Holiday Memories, Omaha Durham Western Heritage Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
(November 21, 2006 - January 7, 2007)
Miniature Memories, The Historic General Dodge House, Council Bluffs, Iowa
(August 15 - December 31, 2005)
It's a Small World, The Plainsman Museum, Aurora, Nebraska
(May 1 - 31, 2005)
Check back to see where the Kruger Collection will be visiting next.
If your museum or gallery would like to host the Kruger Collection, please contact the curator at dhemsath2@unl.edu, 402 472-3560.

