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NSK, the National and University Library in Zagreb, is the largest Croatian library and operates both as the national library of Croatia and the central library of the University of Zagreb.

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Visual identity of the 2025 Croatian Book Night.

“Reading is a must – no matter what (where, when and how)!”: Croatian Book Night 2025 opens at NSK

23 April 2025

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The visual identity of the Fourteenth Festival of Croatian Digitisation Projects.

Registration open for Fourteenth Festival of Croatian Digitisation Projects by 2 May 2025

Registration deadline: 2 May 2025

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Some of the cartographic treasures displayed as part of the Library’s „Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” programme.

“Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” opens with medieval maps of Croatia in the spotlight

14 April 2025

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Digital content a click away

Discover digital books, newspapers, journals, posters, drawings, postcards, maps, music and other resources in our collections.

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Discover our most treasured collections

Some of Croatia’s and the world’s greatest cultural treasures are preserved in our special collections.

NSK Manuscripts and Old Books Collection

Incunabula, old and rare books, codices, manuscripts, letters

NSK Print Collection

Drawings, prints and print portfolios, posters, postcards

NSK Music Collection

Music manuscripts, printed music, music recordings

NSK Map Collection

Old and manuscript maps, plans of cities, celestial maps, atlases

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