News, events

Bird's-eye View and Fisheye Optics – book presentation

2018/01/10

A volume of literary criticism authored by our colleague Beatrix Visy will be presented in Kelet Kult – Irodalmi & Science Café on January 17, 2018.

Beautiful Hungarian Map 2017

2017/12/14

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” this year, too. Contesting titles will be exhibited at an exhibition to be opened in National Széchényi Library in 2018.

Opening hours of our bookshop

2017/12/19

The bookshop of National Széchényi Library will be closed between December 23, 2017 and January 4, 2018. After the winter holidays, our bookshop will be open to visitors as of 12 a.m. on Friday January 5, 2018. Thank you for your understanding.

Christmas holiday opening hours

2017/12/15

Our Library will be closed between December 23, 2017 and January 1, 2018. We are looking forward to seeing you in NSZL as of 9 a.m. on Tuesday January 2, 2018. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Chinese–Hungarian modern art exhibition

2017/12/06

Sixty contemporary Chinese and twenty Hungarian art works will be exhibited at the exhibition entitled Cultures and Generations: Founders and Heirs of Chinese and Hungarian Modern Art. The exhibition will be opened on December 14, 2017. (Due to technical reasons, opening ceremony of the exhibition will start at 12 a.m. instead of 11 a.m. Thank you for your understanding.)

Delegation of the National Library of Turkey visited NSZL

2017/12/08

Before their visit to Budapest, Director-General of National Széchényi Library László Tüske was guest of the Ankara-based institution in summer 2017. During that visit, a cooperation agreement was signed between the two libraries in order to facilitate professional cooperation.

Mystical Interpretations of the Koran – lecture

2017/11/27

Tamás Iványi will deliver a lecture entitled Mystical Interpretations of the Koran as part of the cultural historical series entitled Orientalists in NSZL, on the last eve of Season 2, starting at 5 p.m. on December 13, 2017.

TEMPEST presentation

2017/12/06

In cooperation with other libraries, the Hungarian national library is currently working on the renewal of its complete IT infrastructure and on the renewal of the library systems. Related to that, on December 18, 2017, Slovak company Tempest will present its solutions that can be interesting for the Hungarian library community.

Library Silence in Advent

2017/11/27

We are looking forward to seeing all those who wish to have a quiet time at our Advent morning for families, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on December 9, 2017.

Altered opening hours on November 29!

2017/11/28

On Wednesday, November 29, 2017, our Library will open at 1 p.m., due to traffic restrictions in Budapest.