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

2026 “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” second event to spotlight NSK’s rare cartographic treasure

14 April 2026, 12.00

The second event of the 2026 Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium programme will spotlight an exceptionally valuable item preserved as part of the NSK Map Collection. Scheduled for 14 April (12.00, conference hall Judita), the event will feature a lecture in which Professor at the Zadar University’s Department of Geography Lena Mirošević will present the relevance of Catastico delle Publiche Pradarie e Picchetti, a historic 18th-century atlas of Dalmatia and ...

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The visual identity of the “Heidi: From a literary heroine to a global icon”.

“Heidi: From a literary heroine to a global icon” exhibition opening on 2 Apr 2026

2 – 17 April 2026

On 2 April 2026, this year’s International Children’s Book Day, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host the opening of Heidi: From a literary heroine to a global icon, an exhibition it organised in cooperation with The Heidiseum Foundation. Supported by the Embassy of the Swiss Confederation to the Republic of Croatia, Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in the Swiss Confederation and the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media, the exhibition celebrates Heidi, the title character ...

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The visual identity of the 2026 Croatian Book Night.

Croatian Book Night 2026: 15 years of advocating books and reading

23 April 2026

The Croatian Book Night, Croatia’s national programme marking World Book and Copyright Day (23 April) together with Croatian Book Day (22 April) and promoting the importance of books and reading in relation to major social issues, will this year be held on 23 April. During 15 years of its celebration, the Croatian Book Night has grown into one of Croatia’s most recognisable and popular mass cultural events spotlighting books and reading. It currently brings together over 600 institutions which regularly organise over a thousand programmes all across Croatia. Taking place on several ...

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

“Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” 2026 opening with music

5 March 2026, 13.00

The 2026 edition of Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium, a special programme of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) spotlighting the treasures of Croatia’s largest library collection, is opening soon! The programme’s first event, presenting the holdings of the NSK Music Collection, will be held on 5 March 2026 in the Library’s side lobby, starting at 13.00. Celebrating the legacy of prominent figures of Croatia’s 20th-century classical music Symbolically organised on the anniversary of the death of the first Croatian female composer Dora ...

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

Fifteenth Festival of Croatian Digitisation Projects

14 & 15 May 2026

The 15th edition of the Festival of Croatian Digitisation Projects (D-fest) will be held on 14 and 15 May 2026. Organised every year by the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK), the Festival offers opportunities for the exchange of knowledge, experiences and examples of good practice in heritage digitisation, spotlighting the needs of heritage institutions and their development as a community. This year’s D-fest will address issues related to the strategic planning of heritage digitisation and institutional digital transformation management, along with advancing and applying digital heritage management systems and ensuring long-term accessibility and preservation of digital collections, as well as to the latest digitisation and digitisation-related technologies and processes enabling more efficient workflows and new ways ...

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Visitors of the NSK Doors Open Days programme.

NSK Doors Open Days 2026

18 & 19 February 2026

Come and visit us on 18 and 19 February 2026 and learn more about our work and the invaluable treasures of Croatian and world heritage that have been in the care of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) for more than four centuries. Our Doors Open Days traditionally announce the celebration of the National and University Library in Zagreb Day and we dedicated their this year’s edition to great anniversaries spotlighting historic events and the related cultural artefacts in our collections.

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The visual identity of „The Last Swiss Holocaust Survivors“ exhibition hosted by NSK.

„The Last Swiss Holocaust Survivors“ exhibition marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day

19 – 31 January 2026

From 19 to 31 January 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be hosting The Last Swiss Holocaust Survivors, an exhibition commemorating the 2026 International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Jointly organised by the Gamaraal Foundation, NSK and the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in the Swiss Confederation, the exhibition spotlights the stories of the Holocaust survivors in Switzerland, featuring moving video material and revealing the unthinkable loss, fear and persecution that they endured. Providing an intimate and deeply personal perspective of the harrowing events of the Second World War, the exhibition aims to preserve the survivors’ testimonies ...

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

NSK Day 2026: Celebrating 419 years of creating and guarding Croatia’s culture

20 February 2026, 13.00

This year’s National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) Day will be celebrated on 20 February (13.00), in memory of the printing on 22 February 1483 of the first book in the Croatian language and the first book in Europe not printed in the Latin script. Available on the NSK Digital Collections website, a ‘Missal by the Law of the Roman Court’ (Misal po zakonu rimskoga dvora; Missale Romanum glagolitice) is the pride of the Library’s

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The visual identity of the 'Adriatic and Ionian Ships' exhibition.

“Adriatic and Ionian Ships in the Modern Age (1650-1850)” international exhibition features invaluable Croatian documentary sources

28 November – 12 December 2025

From 28 November to 12 December 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host Adriatic and Ionian Ships in the Modern Age (1650-1850), an international exhibition organised by the Croatian History Museum, which is currently undergoing reconstruction. Featuring the results of several years of research into the maritime heritage of the Mediterranean, this international exhibition by the Assistant Professor at the Zagreb University’s Faculty of Croatian Studies Zrinka Podhraški Čizmek has been created as part of CROMARESHIP, a research project focusing on a systematic analysis ...

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The visual identity of the 2025 NSK Systems Librarianship conference.

“Library Technology in the Spotlight”: Register for free for 2025 NSK Systems Librarianship conference

21 November 2025

On 21 November 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host its this year’s Systems Librarianship conference. Themed Library Technology in the Spotlight, it will be held as a hybrid conference and feature speakers from several countries. With NSK as its main organiser, the conference will be held as part of the 9th open conference for the users of Bukinet, the NSK and Croatian Academic and Research Libraries Data and Services Management System and as the 2nd NSK e-Universities seminar. All eyes on Bukinet, an advanced cloud-based system for Croatian academic ...

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