News, events

2018/08/24

Two staff members of National Széchényi Library will deliver a lecture at the 16th Buda Castle Book Festival to be held from August 31 until September 2, 2018.

Book presentations at the 9th Hungarian Cultural Days of Cluj

2018/08/15

Staff members of National Széchényi Library will also take part in the book presentations of the event series entitled 9th Hungarian Cultural Days of Cluj.

The 32nd Festival of Folk Arts in Buda Royal Palace

2018/08/14

Hereby we inform our Visitors that during the event series of the “Festival of Folk Arts 2018” to be held in the territory of Buda Royal Palace (August 16-20, 2018), the Express Elevator will operate daily from 7 a.m. until 12 p.m. On August 16, 2018, it will operate from 6 a.m. until 8.30 p.m.

The Ambassador of Spain visited our Library

2018/07/27

On July 25, 2018, the Ambassador of Spain paid an official visit to NSZL where she looked at the treasures of the Hungarian national library.

Summer closure

2018/07/19

Dear Visitors, National Széchényi Library will be closed between July 16, 2018 and September 3, 2018. Our temporary exhibitions will be open during the summer closure, Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.

18,000 items in the Hungarian Electronic Library

2018/07/23

Hungary’s oldest digital library, the Hungarian Electronic Library (Hungarian abbreviation: MEK) is proud to present its 18,000th volume, a book on chess by Viktor Akantisz and Károly Rozsnyai.

CHANGING SPACES. The Danube region on historical maps – exhibition

The seventy precious items of the exhibition, quite a few of which will be exhibited for the first time, present the development of the cartography of the Danube region between 1650 and 1800. The exhibition is based on a rich collection of maps and landscapes that had been established by the marquises of Baden for military purposes.

CHANGING SPACES. The Danube region on historical maps – exhibition opening ceremony

2018/07/19

You and your friends are cordially invited to the opening ceremony of the exhibition entitled CHANGING SPACES. The Danube region on historical maps, 1650–1800, to be held in the Ars Librorum exhibition space of National Széchényi Library. The event will start at 4 p.m. on Thursday August 2, 2018.

Comics as Narrative – Finissage

2018/07/17

The joint exhibition of National Széchényi Library and the Hungarian Comics Association will be closed on July 26, 2018. At the finissage ceremony, the catalog of the exhibition will be presented and a professional guided tour of the exhibition will also be held.

In an upward trend

2018/07/10

An interview was made with László Boka, Director of Research and Academic Affairs, NSZL and Head of NSZL Publishing House.