News, events

2017/03/08

Hungarian Heritage Award Committee of the Hungarian Heritage and Europe Society (Magyar Örökség és Európa Egyesület) granted Hungarian Heritage Award (Magyar Örökség Díj) to the Restoration Laboratory of NSZL for its parchment codex restoration process.

Buffet will be closed on Saturday and Tuesday

2017/03/06

Due to a change in operator, the buffet of National Széchényi Library will be closed between March 11 and March 14, 2017.

Literates and intellectuals in history

2017/03/01

On March 8, 2017, Géza Komoróczy will deliver a lecture in the Library, as part of our event series entitled Orientalists in NSZL.

Digital content on the rise

2017/02/27

The Hungarian Digital Archive of Pictures database contains some 75,000 items. Due to cooperation between National Széchényi Library and the National Cultural Fund of Hungary, more and more electronic journals arrive in the Electronic Periodicals Archive & Database of the Library.

Typography Since Olden Times. 450 years of Nagyvárad typography

2017/02/24

The first printing workshop of Nagyvárad was opened 450 years ago. To commemorate this occasion, an illustrated album on printing history, presenting rare treasures, was published recently. The volume featuring the eventful history, life and culture of Nagyvárad will be presented in NSZL on March 7, 2017.

Zoltán Kodály memorial concert

2017/02/22

On the 50th anniversary of the death of Zoltán Kodály, a memorial concert presenting his vocal works will be held in the church of Óbuda-Hegyvidék Holy Trinity Parish. Choirs, including the Choir of National Széchényi Library, cordially invite you to the concert starting a 5 p.m. on Sunday March 5, 2017.

Bookshop – different opening hours

2017/02/21

This week, the Bookshop of NSZL will have different opening hours than usually. On Wednesday and Thursday, it will be open from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., on Friday it will be closed, and on Saturday the shop will be open to visitors from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Curtius Rufus codex – lecture at Eötvös Loránd University

2017/02/20

Edina Zsupán, research fellow of HAS-NSZL Res Libraria Hungariae Research Group will deliver a lecture entitled Philology Bridging Centuries: Curtius Rufus Codex Owned by Miklós Jankovich at the Open Days of the Institute of Library & Information Science of Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Humanities. The lecture begins at 5 p.m. on February 22, 2017.

Divine Wisdom – Divine Nature – exhibition

As of February 2017, NSZL will host a unique traveling exhibition. Gems of the literature of Hermetic Philosophy, 400-year-old, classic Rosicrucian documents will be presented, which once urged the educated European world to embrace “general, worldwide reformation”.

The Ballads of János Arany Illustrated by Mihály Zichy