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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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The building of the National and University Library in Zagreb. Photo: Damir Fabijanić.

NSK opening hours – Croatian Statehood Day (30 May) and Feast of Corpus Christi (4 June)

29 May – 4 June 2026

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Participants in the fourth “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” event.

“Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” exhibition featuring archive of doyen of Croatian visual poetry Borben Vladović on view by 29 May

21 – 29 May 2026

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The visual identity of the fifth NSK’s 2026 “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” event, featuring a silhouette of Sherlock Holmes.

“Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” 2026: The mystery of Sherlock Holmes’s look-alikes in Croatica

8 June 2026, 13.00

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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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