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Hungary’s oldest digital library, the Hungarian Electronic Library (Hungarian abbreviation: MEK) is proud to present its 18,000th volume, a reference book on chess by Viktor Akantisz and Károly Rozsnyai, which was published back in 1898. On writing the book, the authors took into account the work of Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, a renowned chess master who lived in the 19th century.

You and your friends are cordially invited to the opening ceremony of the exhibition entitled CHANGING SPACES. The Danube region on historical maps, 1650–1800, to be held in the Ars Librorum exhibition space of National Széchényi Library. The event will start at 4 p.m. on Thursday August 2, 2018.

The joint exhibition of National Széchényi Library and the Hungarian Comics Association will be closed on July 26, 2018. At the finissage ceremony, the catalog of the exhibition will be presented and a professional guided tour of the exhibition will also be held. The publication will be presented by Tamás Dunai, professor of the Department of Communication and Media Studies at the University of Szeged, and by the curators of the exhibition.

The Publishing House of National Széchényi Library has been present on the Hungarian book market with its prestigious titles for years now. Based on the unique collection of NSZL and the special knowledge of its staff, NSZL Publishing House publishes 25 to 40 publications annually.

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

Profession often descended from father to son. In those days, it was an expectation, and so it is in many cases even today. However, this was not entirely true for the acting profession. In most of the cases, families were rather against letting their sons, and especially their much beloved daughters, to take up the acting profession.