The National Széchényi Library is open to visitors in summer too

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2023/07/05

SUMMER OPENING HOURS

The NSZL does not take a break in the summer either. From 10 July to 21 August, research and leisure activities will continue to be available, details of which can be found on the library's website. The book lending machine in the lobby of the National Library of Foreign Literature will continue to operate 0–24.

The summer opening hours of the NSZL from 10 July 2023 to 21 August 2023 are as follows:

Registering for a reader pass

  •     Monday: CLOSED
  •     Tuesday: 14.00–18.00
  •     Wednesday–Friday: 10.00–16.00
  •     Saturday: CLOSED

General Collection reading rooms 

From our General Collection reading rooms the southern reading rooms are open to the public:

  •     Monday: CLOSED
  •     Tuesday: 14.00–19.00
  •     Wednesday–Friday: 10.00–17.00
  •     Saturday: CLOSED

Submitting library stack requests:

  •     Tuesday: 14.00–18.00
  •     Wednesday–Friday: 10.00–15.00

Special Collections reading rooms

  • Monday: CLOSED
  •     Tuesday: 14.00–19.00
  •     Wednesday–Friday: 10.00–17.00
  •     Saturday: CLOSED

Requests for Special Collection documents can be submitted until 16.30 on the day before your planned visit.

Historical Photo and Video Collection

  •     Monday–Tuesday: CLOSED
  •     Wednesday–Friday: 10.00–17.00
  •     Saturday: CLOSED

Library of Book History, Library and Information Science

  • Monday–Tuesday: CLOSED
  •     Wednesday–Friday: 10.00–17.00
  •     Saturday: CLOSED

The Library of Book History, Library and Information Science is closed between 9 and 18 August.

Exhibitions:

  •     Monday: ZÁRVA
  •     Tuesday: 14.00–19.00 (tickets available until: 18.00)
  •     Wednesday–Friday: 10.00–17.00 (tickets available until: 16.00)
  •     Saturday: CLOSED

Bookshop:

  •     Monday: Closed
  •     Tuesday: 14.00–19.00
  •     Wednesday–Friday: 10.00–17.00
  •     Lunch break: 13.00–13.30 (Wednesday–Friday)
  •     Saturday: CLOSED

Buffet:

  •     Tuesday: 14.00–18.00
  •     Wednesday–Friday: 10.00–17.00

National Library of Foreign Literature:

  •     Monday–Tuesday: 10.00–17.00
  •     Wednesday: 14.00–19.00
  •     Thursday: CLOSED 
  •     Friday: 10.00–17.00
  •     Saturday: CLOSED

The book lending machine will continue to operate 0–24.