News, events

2024/11/13

According to the information provided by the police, restrictions will be in place from 3 pm on Thursday 14 November 2024 due to transfer of delegations.

Australian Hungarika collection for the Hungarian National Library on the occasion of the World Library and Information Congress

2024/10/21

Between 30 September and 2 October 2024, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) held its World Library and Information Congress in Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland. The Hungarian National Library represented itself at the meeting.

ReAImagining Public Collections in the 21st Century in Light of Digital Development

2024/10/08

The conference will take place under the auspices of Hungary's Presidency of the Council of the European Union, in three key venues, organised by three prestigious Hungarian cultural institutions on 14 and 15 October.

A project on medieval and early modern prayer culture was launched in Brussels with the participation of the HNMPCC NSZL

2024/10/02

On 19 September 2024, the first meeting of the Management Committee of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology project CA23143 was held in Brussels, establishing an important new forum for interdisciplinary prayer research based on international academic cooperation.

Professional conference and workshop for literary translators in Ankara

2024/09/20

Our library took a prominent role in the events of the Turkish-Hungarian Cultural Year 2024. On 19 September 2024, a professional conference and workshop for literary translators was held in Ankara, organised by the national library.

Brazil's National Day celebrated at the National Library of Foreign Literature

2024/09/05

The role of libraries in cultural diplomacy has become of paramount importance, as was demonstrated by the event organised on 3 September 2024 by the National Library of Foreign Languages of the National Széchényi Library, operated by the Hungarian National Museum Public Collection Centre.

Visit of the Ambassador of Cuba

2024/09/06

On 5 September 2024, Cuba's Ambassador to Hungary, Guillermo Vázquez Moreno, visited the National Library.

Cultural Heritage Days 2024

2024/09/11

We are looking forward to welcoming you with colourful programmes on 21 and 22 September 2024!

Open day on 20 August 2024

2024/08/06

Spend the day with us at the National Library!

The National Széchényi Library hosted a delegation from the Alamire Foundation

2024/06/28

On 28 June 2024, a delegation from the Belgian Alamire Foundation visited the national library. The purpose of the visit was to discuss cooperation on the digitisation of the Bártfa Collection comprising compositions from the 16th to the 17th centuries.