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The Corvina Library and the Buda Workshop

Pop-up exhibition on 170 years of Hungarian caricatures

Not a jot from 48! – exhibition

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The Corvina Library and the Buda Workshop
Oldal

The exhibition opening on November 6, 2018 aims at exploring a so far hidden, less emphasized aspect of King Matthias Hunyadi’s library. In addition to the codices ordered from Italy, similarly precious and decorative manuscripts were made in the royal court as well. The aim of the exhibition is to explore and present the systematic and grandiose endeavor, serving the formation of the royal library in the court of Buda.

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

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.

The General Reading Room will be closed temporarily
Hírek

Due to technical reasons, the General Reading Room of National Széchényi Library will be closed temporarily.

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

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

Personal history of Hungarians in the United States
Hírek

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.

Not a jot from 48! The Memory of the Revolution and War of Independence of 1848-1849 – exhibition
Kiállítások

The Collection of Posters and Small Prints set up an exhibition to celebrate the 170th anniversary of the outbreak of the Revolution and War of Independence of 1848-1849.

18,000 items in the Hungarian Electronic Library
Hírek

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.

At least 100 years of protection were given to János Arany's manuscripts
Hírek

János Arany’s most precious manuscripts and other documents arrived in National Széchényi Library from Nagyszalonta-based János Arany Memorial Museum in February 2018, so as to be restored by experts.

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