Editing Nativity scene (section)

==Associations and notable collections==
The [[Universalis Foederatio Praesepistica]], World association of Friends of Cribs was founded in 1952, counting today 20 national associations dedicated to this subject. The Central office is in Austria.<ref>{{cite web|title=Universalis Foederatio Praesepistica|url=http://www.unfoeprae.org/about|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202225421/http://www.unfoeprae.org/about|archive-date=2013-12-02}}</ref>

In the United States and Canada [[Friends of the Creche]] has over 200 members, with a major conference every two years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Friends of the Creche|url=http://www.friendsofthecreche.org|access-date=23 November 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222908/http://www.friendsofthecreche.org/|archive-date=2 December 2013}}</ref> FotC maintains a list of permanent exhibits of nativity scenes in the United States and a list of permanent exhibits of nativity scenes in other parts of the world.

The [[Bavarian National Museum]] displays a notable collection of nativity scenes from the fifteenth through nineteenth centuries.

Every year in Lanciano, Abruzzo (Italy), a nativity scene exhibition (called in Italian "Riscopriamo il presepe") takes place at Auditorium Diocleziano, usually until 6 January. An average of one hundred nativity scenes are shown, coming from every region of Italy. There are also many nativity scenes made by local kindergarten, primary, secondary and high school. The event is organised by Associazione Amici di Lancianovecchia<ref>{{cite web|title=Riscopriamo il presepe 2014|url=http://www.amicidilancianovecchia.it/moduli/DEPLIANT2013-presepe.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219001257/http://www.amicidilancianovecchia.it/moduli/DEPLIANT2013-presepe.pdf|archive-date=2014-12-19}}</ref>

Museums dedicated specifically to paper nativity scenes exist in Pečky (Czech Republic).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://papirove-betlemy.sweb.cz/|title=Papírové betlémy|website=Papirove-betlemy.sweb.cz|access-date=8 November 2021}}</ref>

[[File:NativityScene ChristkindlmarketChicago 12190011a.jpg|thumb|A static outdoor nativity scene in the United States, (''Christkindlmarket'', [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]])]]