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The visual identity of an exhibition celebrating NSK’s 30 years of organising the Croatian national best book design competition.

NSK hosting “Best Book Design from all over the World” exhibition

1 July – 31 August 2026

From 1 July to 31 August 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be hosting the Best Book Design from all over the World exhibition, featuring the winning titles selected as part of the eponymous international competition organised by the German Book Art Foundation (Stiftung Buchkunst). Marking 30 years since NSK took over the organisation of the national best book design competition (Hrvatska lijepa knjiga), taking place as part of the Best Book Design competition, and the 60th anniversary of the

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Participants in the third “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” programme.

Treasures of NSK Print Collection presented as part of 2026 “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” event #3

28 April 2026

The Print Collection of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted the third event of the Library’s 2026 Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium programme, aimed at the promotion and popularisation of treasures in NSK’s collections. Professor at the Graphic Arts Department of the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts Miran Šabić brought closer to the event participants lithography, one of the most widespread graphic arts techniques.

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

NSK opening hours – 2026 International Labour Day

30 April – 4 May 2026

On Thursday, 30 April 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will close at 21.00. The Library will reopen on Monday, 4 May 2026, resuming its regular opening hours.

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Female person wearing a Croatian Book Night 2026 T-shirt.

Croatian Book Night 2026: United in the love of books to read the world to peace

23 April 2026

Featuring more than 1,000 events all across Croatia, the celebratory, 15th edition of the Croatian Book Night kicked off at the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) – with great news when it comes to current reading habits in Croatia. After addresses by the NSK Assistant Director General for University Library Affairs Dr Dijana Machala, Director of the Zagreb City Libraries Dr Sunčica Ostoić, Director of the Centre for Creative Industries, Education and Innovative Entrepreneurship at the Croatian Chamber of Economy Jagoda Divić, President of the Chamber’s Publishers and Booksellers Association Slavko Kozina, State Secretary at the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and ...

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Participants in the NSK and PMF BioBlitz event photograph fauna in PMF's Botanical garden.

NSK and Zagreb’s Faculty of Science’s Botanical garden jointly organise BioBlitz event

2026 Earth Day

On Earth Day 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and the Botanical garden of the University of Zagreb’s Faculty of Science (PMF) organised a special citizen science programme – a BioBlitz event held as part of the 2026 Croatian Science Festival. The event, which the staff of the NSK User Services Department organised in cooperation with the head of the Garden Dr Vanja Stamenković, was prepared for the pupils of the Tituš Brezovački secondary school in Zagreb led by their biology teacher Branka Horvat.

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The visual identity of the 2026 Croatian Book Night.

Croatian Book Night 2026 to kick off at NSK on 23 April

23 April 2026, 12.00

The celebratory, 15th edition of the Croatian Book Night, marking World Book and Copyright Day together with Croatian Book Day and spotlighting the importance of books and reading with regard to major social issues, will traditionally kick off at the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK). Opening in the Library’s grand lobby at 12.00, this year’s Night will offer a buoyant alternative to threats posed by the recent growth in armed conflicts and issue an urgent appeal for peace, understanding, tolerance and dialogue. United in bookhood and determined to ...

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A segment of the invitation for the third 2026 NSK’s “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” event.

NSK Print Collection the host of 2026 “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” event #3

28 April 2026, 12.00

From the rich holdings of the Print Collection of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK), on 28 April 2026 the third event of the Library’s 2026 Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium programme will present lithographs, the works of one of the most widespread graphic arts techniques. In a lecture by Professor at the Graphic Arts Department of the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts Miran Šabić, the event participants will hear about the history of lithography in general as well as in ...

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Participants in the second “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” programme.

2026 “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” event #2 spotlights historical atlas of 18th-century Dalmatia

14 April 2026

Spotlighting a gem of the Map Collection of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK), the second event of the 2026 Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium programme took its participants on a journey to 18th-century Dalmatia. Professor at the Zadar University’s Department of Geography Lena Mirošević presented to the event participants Catastico delle Publiche Pradarie e Picchetti, a rare manuscript atlas featuring the cadastral maps of Dalmatia which ...

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The visual identity of the 15th Festival of Croatian Digitisation Projects.

Registration open for Fifteenth Festival of Croatian Digitisation Projects by 8 May 2026

Registration deadline: 8 May 2026

Register by 8 May for D-fest 2026, the Fifteenth Festival of Croatian Digitisation Projects, which the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) is hosting on 14 and 15 May 2026. Take part in the Fifteenth Festival of Croatian Digitisation Projects, the 2026 edition of D-fest, the Library’s annual conference focusing on issues surrounding the digitisation of heritage. Bringing together experts in heritage digitisation and digital collection management, the Festival will once again provide a valuable platform for sharing digitisation-focused insights and presenting the related local, national and international digitisation projects. D-fest 2026 – spotlighting digital sustainability and digital sovereignty  

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The ‘Heidi: From a literary heroine to a global icon’ exhibition content.

Exhibition on Heidi, the iconic heroine of children’s literature, on view by 17 April

2 – 17 April 2026

Opened on this year’s International Children’s Book Day, the Heidi: From a literary heroine to a global icon exhibition, jointly organised by the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and The Heidiseum Foundation, will remain on view in the Library’s grand lobby by 17 April 2026. After a welcome address by the NSK Director General Dr Ivanka Stričević, who thanked all the Library’s partners and collaborators in the exhibition’s preparation and emphasised the power which made the story of Heidi transcend the boundaries of Switzerland’s literature and become part ...

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