News, events

Eternally Júlia – Faces and Question Marks. Temporary exhibition

The exhibition built on the basis of the rich stock of National Széchényi Library, completed with relics belonging to the collection of Petőfi Literary Museum, will present Júlia Szendrey’s role played in literature and private life.

404 – Who will preserve the internet?

2018/10/03

On Thursday November 15, 2018, National Széchényi Library will host a professional day on the tasks of public collections related to the archiving of web and other internet content. The professional day is a sequel to the one held on October 13, 2017.

Years of Disarray 1908–1928. Treasures of the Collection of Posters and Small Prints in the Czech Republic

2018/11/13

Treasures of NSZL’s Collection of Posters and Small Prints were on display again at a prestigious exhibition. Six posters by Sándor Bortnyik travelled to Olomouc, Moravia.

Firefighting practice

2018/11/12

The Metropolitan Disaster Management Directorate of Budapest will hold firefighting practice on Floor 5 of the Library, at the main entrance and on the corridors on November 13, 14 and 15, 2018, from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m.

Handing over of evangelical codices

2018/11/10

In 1950, fourteen codices belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary were deposited in National Széchényi Library. On Sunday November 11, 2018, the volumes will ceremoniously be returned to the property of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Concert from Edvard Grieg’s works

2018/11/07

The Choir of National Széchényi Library cordially invites you and your friends to a memorial program compiled from Edvard Grieg’s works, to be held on November 16, 2018. The composer will be remembered by Mária Eckhardt, Széchenyi Award-winning music historian, choir master of the Library Choir.

Opening ceremony – The Corvina Library and the Buda Workshop

2018/11/06

On November 5, Minister of Human Resources Miklós Kasler opened the unique exhibition entitled The Corvina Library and the Buda Workshop, which will be open for three months as of November 6, 2018.

Bibliotheca Corvina Virtualis – completely renewed internet service

2018/11/05

NSZL’s new internet service allows its users to fully overview fifty-five corvinas kept in Hungary and nine corvinas owned by Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel. Bibliographies, descriptions of book bindings, and several curiosities can also be accessed on the Hungarian and English language website.

8th World Congress of Hungarian Librarians

2018/10/24

The 8th World Congress of Hungarian Librarians will be held on November 6 and 7, 2018. The slogan for this year’s program is the following: European Culture – National Heritage. Venue of the second day of the world meeting will be National Széchényi Library.

The Corvina Library and the Buda Workshop – exhibition

The exhibition opening on November 6, 2018 aims at exploring a so far hidden, less emphasized aspect of King Matthias Hunyadi’s library. In addition to the codices ordered from Italy, similarly precious and decorative manuscripts were made in the royal court as well. The aim of the exhibition is to explore and present the systematic and grandiose endeavor, serving the formation of the royal library in the court of Buda.