Opening hours

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Unusual opening hours in 2024

Date    Building Reading Rooms
20 January (Saturday) Open – Open Day
Day of Hungarian Culture		 Open
15 March (Friday) Open – Open Day Closed
29–30 March (Friday–Saturday) Closed Closed
1 May (Wednesday) Closed Closed
11 May (Saturday) Open – Open Day
Day of Families		 Open
22 June (Saturday) Open – Open Day
Night of Museums		 Open
20 August (Tuesday) Open – Open Day Closed
23 October (Wednesday) Closed Closed
1 November (Friday) Closed Closed
23 November (Saturday) Open – Open Day
Foundation Day		 Open
24 December 2024 – 1 January 2025 Closed Closed

 

 

NSZL summer opening hours
from 15 July 2024 to 26 August 2024:

 

 

Registration

 

  • Monday: CLOSED
  • Tuesday: 14.00–18.00
  • Wednesday – Friday: 10.00 – 16.00
  • Saturday: CLOSED

 

General Collection Reading Rooms

 

Only the southern reading room of the General Collection is open to the public: 

  • Monday: CLOSED
  • Tuesday: 14.00 – 19.00
  • Wednesday – Friday: 10.00 – 17.00
  • Saturday: CLOSED

Submission of library stack requests ​  

  • Monday: CLOSED
  • Tuesday: 14.00 – 18.00
  • Wednesday – Friday: 10.00 – 15.00
  • Saturday: CLOSED

 

Special Collections Reading Room

 

  • Monday: CLOSED
  • Tuesday: 14.00 – 19.00
  • Wednesday – Friday: 10.00 – 17.00
  • Saturday: CLOSED

Requests for special collection documents are expected by 16.30 the day before your planned visit.

 

Historical Photo and Video Collection

 

  • Monday – Tuesday: CLOSED
  • Wednesday – Friday: 10.00 – 17.00
  • Saturday: CLOSED

 

Library of Book History, Library and Information Science

 

  • Monday – Tuesday: CLOSED
  • Wednesday – Friday: 10.00 – 17.00
  • Saturday: CLOSED

The reference library will be closed from 12 to 23 August 2024.

 

Exhibitions

 

Permanent Exhibitions

  • Monday: CLOSED
  • Tuesday: 14.00 – 19.00 (last entry: 18.00)
  • Wednesday – Friday: 10.00 – 17.00 (last entry: 16.00)
  • Saturday: CLOSED

 

Temporary Exhibition: "Capturing the Human Face" – highlights of 19th century Hungarian portrait photography

  • Monday–Tuesday: CLOSED
  • Wednesday–Friday: 10.00–17.00 (last entry: 16.00)
  • Saturday: CLOSED

 

Bookshop

 

  • Monday: CLOSED
  • Tuesday: 14.00 – 19.00
  • Wednesday – Friday: 10.00 – 17.00
  • Lunch break: 13.00 – 13.30 (Wednesday – Friday)
  • Saturday: CLOSED

 

Buffet

 

  • Tuesday: 14.00 – 17.00
  • Wednesday – Friday: 10.00 – 17.00

 

National Library of Foreign Literature

 

  • Monday: 10.00 – 17.00
  • Tuesday: 10.00 – 17.00
  • Wednesday: 10.00 – 19.00
  • Thursday: CLOSED
  • Friday: 10.00 – 17.00
  • Saturday: CLOSED   

The library book vending machine will continue to operate with a 24/7 service.