News, events

2018/09/24

We are looking forward to seeing you at our program entitled “In the wake of language relics, codices and old books”. To be held on Friday September 28, 2018, the event is related to Researchers’ Night 2018. The program will include a mini exhibition and a mini conference.

Replacement of server

2018/09/19

Dear Users, one of the servers running our online services is down and out. Its content will be moved to a new server by the IT staff of NSZL. During the process, several of the Library’s online services will be unavailable. Thank you for your understanding and patience.

Director-General of the National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco visited NSZL

2018/09/18

Director-General of the National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco Abdelilah Tahani visited National Széchényi Library on September 5, 2018.

Graphig – Pop-up exhibition on 170 years of Hungarian caricatures

The history of Hungarian caricatures started in 1848 with the launch of Charivari Dongó, the first Hungarian satirical magazine. In 2018, the Group of Hungarian Caricaturists will celebrate a double anniversary in NSZL: the 170th anniversary of Charivari Dongó and the150th of Borsszem Jankó. The pop-up exhibition will be set up jointly by CAFé Budapest and National Széchényi Library.

Digital Library is out of service today

2018/09/17

Due to technical reasons, Digital Library will be out of service on September 17, 2018.

Limited use of the General Reading Room

2018/09/03

Digitization workplaces will temporarily be installed in the General Reading Room located on Floor 7 of the Library building, so currently there is a limit on the use of this room.

Personal history of Hungarians in the United States

2018/09/05

As part of Mikes Program, Nóra Deák made oral history interviews with members of the Hungarian communities living in the East Coast of the United States.

The Library Choir at the 8th Esztergom Liszt Week

2018/08/30

Our Library Choir cordially invites you and your friends to two concerts to be given by the choir – on August 30 and 31, 2018.

By ship from Vienna to Constantinople – lecture

2018/08/28

Why did the Habsburgs send ambassadors to Constantinople? What kind of preparations were made for the trip, and what was shipping like on the River Danube? On September 1, 2018, Dr. Dóra Kerekes will deliver a lecture entitled “By ship from Vienna to Constantinople – Imperial diplomats and spies in the Early Modern Age” in National Széchényi Library.

“Centenary of Xiling Seal Engraver’s Society” – exhibition

An exhibition entitled Centenary of Xiling Seal Engraver’s Society will open in the National Relic exhibition space of our Library on September 3, 2018. Featuring traditional Chinese seals, painting and calligraphy, the exhibition will receive visitors until September 14.