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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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Christmas tree in the grand lobby of the National and University Library in Zagreb, detail.

Opening hours over Christmas and New Year holidays

24 December 2025 – 6 January 2026

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The covers of four copies of the 'Incunabula Croatica' monograph.

Pope Leo receives NSK monograph spotlighting Croatia’s earliest printed books

5 December 2025

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Scenes of the preparation of items in NSK’s collections for the “IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE KINGDOM” exhibition.

“In the Beginning Was the Kingdom”: NSK’s treasures featured as part of an exhibition marking 1,100 years of the Kingdom of Croatia

16 October 2025 – 15 February 2026, Klovićevi dvori Gallery

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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 Rare 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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