News, events

2018/04/11

At 4 p.m. on April 17, 2018, the facsimile edition of a beautifully decorated memorial album, published jointly with Kossuth Publishing House, will be presented in National Széchényi Library.

The Concordantiae Caritatis in Budapest – conference

2018/04/13

Under the subtitle Devotion and Visual Information Flow in Late Medieval Europe, a German-language conference will be held in the Library on April 18, 2018. The conference will focus on a typological picture book by Cistercian author Ulrich von Lilienfeld, dating back circa 1350.

NSZL Publishing House at the Book Festival

2018/04/10

Between April 19 and 22, 2018, we are looking forward to seeing you at the NSZL stand (46/B), at the 25th International Book Festival Budapest to be held at Millenáris. You can buy our publications and albums, and we will also offer you book presentations and dedication.

Monument conservation conference – Rómer Flóris Plan

2018/04/09

On April 12 and 13, 2018, our Library will host a conference of Teleki László Foundation entitled Rómer Flóris Plan – Renewing Hungarian Monuments in the Carpathian Basin.

130 Years of Hungarian Acting in Arad – book presentation

2018/03/21

At 5 p.m. on Thursday March 29, 2018, presentation ceremony of a book by Katalin Piroska and István Piroska will be held in NSZL. The second volume of a two-part work on the history of Hungarian acting in Arad focuses on the period between 1905 and 1948.

Diversity of the restorer profession – professional day

2018/03/21

On Monday March 26, 2018, National Széchényi Library will be waiting for those interested in the restorer profession with two book restorers’ presentations and a book presentation ceremony.

Paper Art and Book Art – book presentation

2018/03/21

On March 26, 2018, we will present Pál Koncz’s book entitled Papírmívesség és könyvművészet Veszprém megyében a 1820. században (Paper Art and Book Art in Veszprém County in the 18th–20th Centuries).

Transylvania – Through the Eyes of a Man of Kolozsvár – exhibition

An exhibition compiled from the exquisite photographs of Dénes Szabó, a former photographer of Kolozsvár will be opened at 5 p.m. on Friday March 23, 2018. The exhibited items are kept in the collection of National Széchényi Library.

Regiomontanus 550 – chamber exhibition in the Manuscript Collection

An exhibition in honor of the 550th anniversary of the stay of 15th-century mathematician and astronomer Regiomontanus in Hungary will be opened in the Manuscript Collection of NSZL, at 10 a.m. on March 22, 2018.

Beautiful Hungarian Map 2017 – exhibition

Our traditional exhibition presenting the best of maps produced by the Hungarian map making community in 2017 will be open in the Ceremonial Hall of NSZL between March 24 and April 7, 2018.