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IT maintenance at the OIK
2024/04/08
We would like to inform our readers that on Thursday, 11 April 2024, the website and catalogues of the National Library of Foreign Literature will be temporarily unavailable due to IT maintenance. We kindly ask for your patience and understanding!
More cultural treasures made freely available by the NSZL on the National Day
2024/03/15
The manuscripts of Ferenc Kölcsey’s prose works and six of his previously unknown poem fragments, manuscript letters and poems by Julia Szendrey, as well as 19th century photographs, including daguerreotypes of the Egressy family, have been made available to the public in the NSZL’s Copia and Fototér content service.
Chinese delegation visited our library
2024/03/18
On 13 March 2024, Judit Gerencsér, Deputy Director General, and Zoltán Lewalt-Jezierski, Head of Cabinet, welcomed a three-member delegation from the Embassy of the People's Republic of China to our institution.
The National Library of Foreign Literature (OIK) reopens
2024/03/28
All OIK services will be available again from 8 April 2024.
The beginnings of Hungarian portrait photography in the 1840–50s
The exhibition, which will be open until 14 June 2024, will not only showcase the special technique photographs in the collection, but also briefly explore the era of experimentation, the way photography has evolved from the camera obscura to the mass-produced cabinet card.
Tolkien Day at the National Library of Foreign Literature
2024/03/20
Tolkien Day is back this spring! This year, the long-standing event will include a special event: the opening of the Tolkien Collection at the OIK, where all Tolkien lovers are welcome. 
The exhibition that leads you to yourself
2024/03/12
Our temporary exhibition The Forms of Time opens on 12 April 2024.
Holiday opening hours
2024/03/26
From 29 March to 1 April 2024, the reading rooms and exhibitions of the NSZL will be closed. On Tuesday, 2 April, we will be open as usual.
Open day on 15 March 2024
2024/03/05
To mark the anniversary of the 1848–1849 Revolution and War of Independence, we are pleased to welcome our visitors with a whole day of free events!
Corvinas "returned home" from Turkey and newly found 19th century photographs in our online content services
2024/02/05
The 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Hungary and Turkey was the occasion to celebrate Hungarian and Turkish cultural traditions.


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