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National Széchényi Library will be closed before the Easter holidays on Good Friday April 19 and on Holy Saturday April 20, 2019. Happy Easter! We are looking forward to seeing you again in NSZL from 9 a.m. on Tuesday April 23.

Opening hours

You are cordially invited to the opening ceremony of the interactive exhibition entitled Memories’89 – At the Border of a New Era, which focuses on memories of the change in political regime. The ceremony will start at 11 a.m. on Friday April 26, 2019 in the Manuscriptorium Exhibition Space of NSZL’s Manuscript Collection.

Research of a mysterious Persian manuscript discovered in Pannonhalma will be presented by the next, April lecture of Season 4 of cultural historical series entitled “Orientalits in NSZL”. As part of the series featuring internationally renowned Hungarian researchers into the East, the lecture will be delivered by Éva Jeremiás, Iranist, professor emerita of Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE).

Armenians are considered to be the world's first Christian people, who had preserved their faith in the Christian-Muslim contact zone (on the territories of the Persian, Ottoman and Russian Empires) for centuries, often in the total absence of statehood. The exhibition entitled Unity and Variety.

In recognition of his outstanding literary activity, our colleague, Dr. László Boka, literary historian, Director of Research and Academic Affairs at National Széchényi Library and Head of NSZL Publishing House was awarded Attila József Prize.

The first Beautiful Hungarian Map competition dates back to 1996. The aim has been to raise the level of Hungarian map culture and help beautifully made maps gain more ground. To achieve this aim, the Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics of Eötvös Lorand University and the Map Collection of NSZL invite entries to win the title of “Beautiful Hungarian Map” every year.

Dear Visitors,