Dear Readers and Visitors,
On the day of the Night of the Museums, on Saturday 21st June 2025, the library will be open between 9 AM to 4 PM.
Requests to storage room can be made until 3 PM, and the reading rooms for the main collection and special collections can be used until 4 PM.
The Night of the Museums [1] in the OSZK starts at 6 PM. After that you are required to show the official wristband of the event at the entrance.
Thank you for your understanding!
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: [2]
- 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 [3] next to the entrance is permanently available 24/7.