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2016/10/26
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, National Széchényi Library was granted the award of Honor Cross by the local government of Józsefváros.
2016/10/20
“He was one of the few professionals who had a general overview of the discipline, and he could place it in the organic whole of living science. Being a librarian was a profession for him in the true sense of the word, and according to him, libraries were to serve science and education.” Our recently launched virtual exhibition is dedicated to the memory of an outstanding expert of library science.
2016/10/24
National Széchényi Library launched a website entitled Magyar Október (Hungarian October) on the 60th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight of 1956.
2016/10/11
An interesting book presenting the oeuvre of puppet designer Vera Bródy, a book and DVD on the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 published as a special issue of BBC History, and a volume of studies entitled Propaganda – politika, hétköznapi és magas kultúra, művészet és média a Nagy Háborúban (Propaganda – Politics, Everyday and High Culture, Art and Media in the Great War). Three books published in cooperation of NSZL and other publishers.
Chamber exhibition from the treasures of NSZL’s Collection of Posters and Small Prints: charter, product catalog, peace loan, admission cards (to a parliamentary session, execution), concert and exhibition tickets, insurance slip, guild charter, PhD theses, license, wine label, menu card, ex libris, machine gun score sheet, graphic poster, obituary, other death reports…
2016/10/10
As a result of the cooperation of NSZL and Kossuth Publishing House, a book with a DVD supplement edited by János Rainer M., Head of NSZL’s 1956 Institute was published. The publication focuses on the preliminaries, course and aftermath of what happened sixty years ago. It takes us to places where all those things had happened and gives a portrait of well-known and anonymous main characters, taking into account versions of revolutionary action.
2016/10/12
According to information provided by FŐTÁV Ltd., responsible for Budapest District heating, there will be no heating and warm water service in NSZL from 3 a.m. Wednesday October 12, 2016 until 10 a.m. Thursday October 13, 2016. We apologize for the inconvenience and suggest our readers to bring some warm clothes with themselves.
2016/10/07
Preparing for procreation, the elephant goes East, near Paradise where mandrake is growing. The female animal eats from the fruit and she offers it to her mate. While he is eating, she seduces him and gets pregnant. The baby is born in water where her enemy, the dragon cannot attack her. – Bestiarium Zircense takes up the last sixteen pages of a bulky medieval book. The facsimile edition describing real and imaginary beings will be presented in Zirc in October 13, 2016.
2016/10/10
Under the title “Expanding History”, a temporary exhibition was launched by the National Archives of Hungary. The exhibition presents major document gifts of the past 15 years, including document collections having arrived, via Mikes Kelemen Program, from Hungarians living in diaspora.
2016/10/05
The Theater Collection of National Széchényi Library invites you to the presentation ceremony of a source edition of the first Hungarian translations of King Lear, published in the ReTextum series of Reciti Publishing House in the 400th memorial year of William Shakespeare’s death. The event will start at 5 p.m. on Wednesday October 12, 2016.
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