Three new showcases offering an assortment of Pasturi tal-Presepju – traditional crib figurines are among the temporary exhibitions being hosted by Il-Hagar museum during the festive season, including an impressive selection of paintings by Gozitan artist George Scicluna.

The Privileged Outcasts – in videorooms 1 and 2, include figures modelled in Gozitan clay or terracotta by three sons of the late renowned Gozitan Lorenzo Farrugia: Carmelo, George and Saviour.

Other artists represented are recently deceased Lino Fardell of Zejtun and the late statuary Carmelo Agius of Pietà. Creations in clay and papier-mâché by this last’s son Joe and by the late Manuel Axiak of Tarxien, as well as some modelled in Maltese raw clay in the nineteenth century are also on display.

The two other artists are Gozitan Joe Camilleri with his terracottas and Paul Buttigieg of Lija who moulds in wax.

Visitors, who are welcome during the normal opening hours of 9am to 5pm seven days a week, can also view a traditional crib specially constructed for this Christmas and some seasonal philatelic cards and stamps.

There is no entrance fee to all levels of this cultural centre located in St George’s Square, Victoria. It will be closed on December the 25th and January the 1st.

The museum said that “support by the Gozo Ministry’s Cultural Heritage Directorate is gratefully acknowledged.”

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