News, events

2024/07/23

Representatives of the China–CEEC (Central and Eastern European Countries) Curators' Forum of Libraries Union paid a field visit to the NSZL.

Processing of copy requests received via the request for quotation website is suspended

2024/07/16

From 5 August 2024 to 25 August 2024, the processing of copy requests received via the request for quotation website will be suspended. During this period, our photocopying service is available on the self-service scanners in the reading room.

NSZL Summer Opening Hours

2024/07/01

Our library will continue to offer research and leisure activities from 15 July to 26 August 2024.

"Capturing the Human Face" – highlights of 19th century Hungarian portrait photography (open from 22 June 2024 to 30 January 2025)

In the first period, "sun writing" meant mainly portrait photography, although we know still lifes, interior and exterior shots, but much less than portraiture. But why did portraiture become the dominant genre in the first half century of photography? The exhibition is open until 30 January 2025.

Our colleagues at the QQML 2024 international conference

2024/06/19

As in 2019, Rita Ráczné Radó, Head of the Research Management Department of the National Library of Hungary, represented the national library at the conference, which was held for the 16th time in 2024.

The Hungarian-Turkish Cultural Year is halfway through – the contribution of the NSZL has also been acknowledged

2024/06/19

The work of the participating institutions, including the NSZL, has been recognised at a press conference.

Unusual opening hours in the library on 11 and 14 June

2024/06/07

We would like to inform our readers and visitors that we will be open until 4 pm on Tuesday, 11 June 2024, and until 5 pm, Friday, 14 June 2024.

Exhibition on football and cultural history opens at the National Library on the occasion of the 2024 European Football Championship

2024/05/30

From 15 June to 14 July 2024, the NSZL celebrates the most popular sporting event of the summer with a family-oriented exhibition and a series of programmes entitled All-Time Football.

Night of Museums 2024 at the National Széchényi Library

2024/05/23

On 22 June, the national library will be alive with the hustle and bustle of the event related to Midsummer. A colourful programme of events will make the evening sparkle with activities for all ages.

Who connects: İbrâhîm Müteferrika – international conference organised by the NSZL in Ankara

2024/05/21

Under the auspices of the Hungarian-Turkish Cultural Year, the NSZL organised a symposium in cooperation with the Presidential National Library in Ankara. The focus of the event on 21 May 2024 was the oeuvre of the Transylvanian-born diplomat and founder of printing press, İbrâhîm Müteferrika.