Opening hours

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Holiday and Special Opening Hours

Saturday, 18th October

National Széchényi Library (OSZK)
Registration desk: 9:00–18:00
General and Special Collections Reading Rooms: 9:00–19:00
Requests from the General Collection’s storage can be submitted until 18:00.
Historical Photography and Interview Collection: 10:00–17:00
Library of Book History, Library and Information Science: 10:00–17:00
Exhibitions: 10:00–18:00 PM
Bookshop: 10:00–17:00

National Library of Foreign Literature (OIK): 10:00–19:00

 

Between 23–25 October (Thursday–Saturday)
Closed

The OIK will reopen with regular opening hours on Monday, 27th October,
and OSZK reopens on Tuesday, 28th October.

 

Saturday, 1st November
Closed

The OIK will reopen with regular opening hours on Monday, 3rd November,
and OSZK on Tuesday, 4th November.

 

 

Registering for a Reader Pass:

  • Tuesday–Thursday: 10.00–17.00
  • Friday and Saturday: 9.00–18.00

 

Reading Rooms of the General Collection:

  • Tuesday–Thursday: 10.00–18.00
  • Friday and Saturday: 9.00–19.00

Repository requests can be submitted: from Tuesday to Thursday and on Saturday until 17.00, on Friday until 18.00.

 

Special Collections:

  • Tuesday–Thursday: 10.00–18.00
  • Friday and Saturday: 9.00–19.00

Requests for documents belonging to the Special Collections can be submitted until 16.30 the day before your planned visit during weekdays and for Saturday until 13.00 on Friday.

 

Historical Photo and Video Collection:

  • Tuesday–Thursday: 10.00–18.00
  • Friday: 9.00–19.00

 

Library of Book History, Library and Information Science:

  • Wednesday–Friday: 10.00–17.00
  • Monday–Tuesday, Saturday: closed

 

Exhibitions:

  • Tuesday–Saturday: 10.00–18.00
    Last entry:
    Tuesday–Thursday: 17.00
    Friday–Saturday: 18.00

 

Bookshop – Infopoint:

  • Tuesday–Saturday: 10.00–17.00

 

Buffet:

  • Tuesday–Saturday: 8.00–17.00

 

 

National Library of Foreign Literature:

  • Monday: 10.00–17.00
  • Tuesday: 10.00–17.00
  • Wednesday: 10.00–19.00
  • Thursday: closed
  • Friday: 10.00–19.00
  • Saturday: closed

The book rental machine next to the entrance is permanently available 24/7.