Exhibition
                   The Baltimore Hebrew Institute located at Towson University
                                    September 6 - October 14, 2011

September 27, 2011:    Small art leaves big impression

The Baltimore Hebrew Institute which is located at Towson University maintains a collection of miniatures.

Towson University Archivist Nadia Nasr is exhibiting the library's collection of 29 bronze miniature sculptures and 13 medallions by Louis Rosenthal.

An opening reception for the exhibit is planned for Tuesday, September 6, 2011 from 5:30 to 7:30pm and the exhibit will be at Cook Library through October 14, 2011. 

More exhibition information is listed below and at this webpage: http://cooklibrary.towson.edu/lazarus/

Emma Lazarus: Voice of Liberty, Voice of Conscience Cook Library 3rd floor
September 6 - October 14, 2011

Emma Lazarus: Voice of Liberty, Voice of Conscience, examines the life, intellectual development, work, and lasting influence of this poet who wrote the iconic words "Give me your tired, your poor,/ Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" that are engraved on a plaque located at the Statue of Liberty.

In conjunction with the Emma Lazarus exhibit, the library's collection of 29 bronze miniature sculptures by Louis Rosenthal, a Jewish artist and immigrant who trained in Baltimore in the early twentieth century, will be put on display.

Photographs of the exhibit will be displayed on this page.