Opening hours

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Unusual opening hours in 2024

Date    Building Reading Rooms
20 January (Saturday) Open – Open Day
Day of Hungarian Culture		 Open
15 March (Friday) Open – Open Day Closed
29–30 March (Friday–Saturday) Closed Closed
1 May (Wednesday) Closed Closed
11 May (Saturday) Open – Open Day
Day of Families		 Open
22 June (Saturday) Open – Open Day
Night of Museums		 Open
20 August (Tuesday) Open – Open Day Closed
23 October (Wednesday) Closed Closed
1 November (Friday) Closed Closed
23 November (Saturday) Open – Open Day
Foundation Day		 Open
24 December 2024 – 1 January 2025 Closed Closed

 

 

We would like to inform our readers and visitors
that on 7 (Saturday) and 14 (Saturday) December 2024,
our institutions will be open according to modified opening hours.

 

National Széchényi Library

General Collection Reading Room:
10 am – 5 pm (stack requests can be made until 4 pm)

Special Collections Reading Room:
10 am – 5 pm

Library of Book History, Library and Information Science:
10 am – 5 pm

Exhibitions:
10 am – 5 pm (last entry: 4 pm)

Bookstore and buffet:
10 am – 5 pm

 

National Library of Foreign Literature
10 am – 5 pm

 

 

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.