Why did the Habsburgs send ambassadors to Constantinople? What kind of preparations were made for the trip, and what was shipping like on the River Danube? On September 1, 2018, Dr. Dóra Kerekes will deliver a lecture entitled “By ship from Vienna to Constantinople – Imperial diplomats and spies in the Early Modern Age” in National Széchényi Library.
An exhibition entitled Centenary of Xiling Seal Engraver’s Society will open in the National Relic exhibition space of our Library on September 3, 2018. Featuring traditional Chinese seals, painting and calligraphy, the exhibition will receive visitors until September 14.
Two staff members of National Széchényi Library will deliver a lecture at the 16th Buda Castle Book Festival to be held from August 31 until September 2, 2018.
Staff members of National Széchényi Library will also take part in the book presentations of the event series entitled 9th Hungarian Cultural Days of Cluj.
Hereby we inform our Visitors that during the event series of the “Festival of Folk Arts 2018” to be held in the territory of Buda Royal Palace (August 16-20, 2018), the Express Elevator will operate daily from 7 a.m. until 12 p.m. On August 16, 2018, it will operate from 6 a.m. until 8.30 p.m.
Dear Visitors,
National Széchényi Library will be closed between July 16, 2018 and September 3, 2018. Our temporary exhibitions will be open during the summer closure, Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Hungary’s oldest digital library, the Hungarian Electronic Library (Hungarian abbreviation: MEK) is proud to present its 18,000th volume, a book on chess by Viktor Akantisz and Károly Rozsnyai.
The seventy precious items of the exhibition, quite a few of which will be exhibited for the first time, present the development of the cartography of the Danube region between 1650 and 1800. The exhibition is based on a rich collection of maps and landscapes that had been established by the marquises of Baden for military purposes.
You and your friends are cordially invited to the opening ceremony of the exhibition entitled CHANGING SPACES. The Danube region on historical maps, 1650–1800, to be held in the Ars Librorum exhibition space of National Széchényi Library. The event will start at 4 p.m. on Thursday August 2, 2018.