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Holiday and Special Opening Hours
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We kindly inform our readers and visitors that our library will operate with modified opening hours on 18th October, between 23rd and 25th October, and on 1st November 2025.

+40 Corvinas: The digital collection of the National Library enriched with new treasures
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On Tuesday, 16th September 2025 at 10:00 AM the National Széchényi Library held a ceremonial press conference to announce the donation of forty digitalized Corvinas from the Austrian National Library. Thanks to this contribution, the majority of the surviving Corvinas can now be accessed online by researchers and enthusiasts alike via the Bibliotheca Corvina Virtualis website.

Memoirs of retired ambassador John William Shirley in the National Library
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On Wednesday, 10th September 2025 the National Széchényi Library formally received the memoirs of retired U.S. Ambassador John William Shirley (1931–) and the documents related to the Sárospatak Scholarship Foundation during a ceremonial event.

Participation in the Conference of the China National Publications Import & Export Corporation
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Between 2nd and 6th July 2025 China hosted the professional meeting named International Forum of Library Directors, which was also attended by Dávid Rózsa, Director General of the Hungarian National Library.

Uzbek delegation visits the National Library
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On 25th June 2025 a delegation from the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Budapest paid an official visit to the National Széchényi Library of the Hungarian National Museum Public Collection Centre.

International Library Dialogue in Scotland
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Between 15th and 17th June 2025 Dávid Rózsa, Director General represented the Hungarian national library at the annual general meeting of CENL in Edinburgh.

Visit of the delegation of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency to the National Library
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The aim of the meeting was to lay the foundations for long-term, institutionalized cultural and scientific relations.

An international delegation of library professionals visited the National Library
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On 29th July 2025 a delegation from the International Library and Information Science Society (I-LISS) paid an official visit to our library to explore opportunities for future cooperation.