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Segments of photographs showing the heritage of Croats in the US.

Croatian Fraternal Union of America and NSK presenting a joint project spotlighting Croatian emigrant heritage

4 November 2025, 14.00, CroAtrium, conference hall Judita & online

On 4 November 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and Croatian Fraternal Union of America will jointly present From Pittsburgh with love: music and written heritage of Croatian emigrants, a project focusing on fostering cultural connections between Croats in the US and Croatia. Starting at 14.00 at CroAtrium (conference hall Judita), our multimedia lab and heritage interpretation centre, the presentation will be held as the last event of Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium, the Library’s 2025 programme aimed at the popularisation of

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The visual identity of the fifth edition of the NSK “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” programme.

“Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” #5: “Art between the covers: Book as a work of art”

29 October 2025, 12.00, CroAtrium, conference hall Judita

The fifth edition of Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium, the 2025 programme of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) promoting and popularising the Croatian national library collection, will be held on 29 October 2025, as part of this year’s Croatian Book Month programme. Spotlighting books created as works of art, mainly visual art, the programme will feature a lecture by Professor at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts Tanja Dabo, who will present the specific characteristics of artists’ books and other forms of art books.  

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The visual identity of the “Marginalia, in the focus” exhibition.

New NSK exhibition: “Marginalia, in the focus” on view by 7 Nov 2025

24 October – 7 November 2025

From 24 October to 7 November 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will put on Marginalia, in the focus, an exhibition spotlighting the secrets of the notes and other marks in the margins of items in the Library’s collections. Authored by members of the NSK staff art historian and curator Iva Perinić and heritage collections specialist Ivan Volarević, the exhibition was prepared with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media and will be held as part of the 2025 Croatian Book Month. It will feature the wealth and diversity of marginalia in various languages and scripts included in a wide variety of the

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The poster of ARCA 2025, the 2025 edition of Croatia's international innovation exhibition.

NSK to host ARCA 2025, Croatia’s 23rd international innovation exhibition

16 – 18 October 2025

From 16 to 18 October 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host ARCA 2025, the 23rd Croatian international innovation exhibition. Organised by The Croatian Union of Innovators, the exhibition will also include AGRO ARCA, the ARCA international fair presenting the latest products, services and technologies in the field of agriculture. It will feature numerous innovations developed by individuals, research teams in private sector businesses and public sector enterprises, academic institutions and public institutes, as well as by high-profile companies and start-ups from Croatia and abroad. ARCA 2025 will also present innovations by Croatian students, secondary and even primary school students, who will be able to take ...

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The visual identity of 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 March 2026, Klovićevi dvori Gallery

[After four months of being on view and more than 30,000 visitors, due to unabated interest and popular demand the In the Beginning Was the Kingdom exhibition has been extended until 15 March 2026.]______________________________________ The treasures preserved in the collections of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be featured as part of In the Beginning Was the Kingdom, a joint exhibition organised under the auspices of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media as the central event of Croatia’s celebration in 2025 of well over a millennium since the establishment of the Kingdom of Croatia. Opening on 16 ...

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Segment of Miroslav Miletić’s sheet music preserved by the NSK Music Collection.

“Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium”: Concert marking the centenary of the birth of Miroslav Miletić

3 October 2025, 14.00

On 3 October 2025 (14.00, Conference Hall Judita), the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host a concert marking the centenary of the birth of the Croatian composer, violinist, violist and music educator Miroslav Miletić (1925-2018). Organised as the fourth edition of Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium, the concert will commemorate Miletić’s legacy in the context of Croatia’s musical heritage as well as his contribution to the promotion of Croatian composers worldwide through his work as the founder and leader of a notable string quartet Pro Arte Zagreb, with which he performed in thousands of concerts all across the globe. NSK runs Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium ...

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The invitation for the presentation of “Incunabula Croatica”.

“Incunabula Croatica”: NSK to present its monograph on Croatia’s earliest printed books

25 September 2025, 13.00

On 25 September 2025, starting at 13.00, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will present Incunabula Croatica, the result of its major publishing project and a significant contribution to insights into Croatia’s earliest printed books and the history of the Croatian book in general. Published with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media and the Adris Foundation as a result of years-long research into the Croatian incunabula, the monograph will be presented by the NSK Director General Dr Ivanka Stričević, the monograph’s consulting editors Associate Professor at the Department of Information and Communication Sciences of the

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The visual identity of the “Croatian Anniversaries 925 – 2025: A Kingdom’s Heritage“ exhibition.

“Croatian Anniversaries 925 – 2025: A Kingdom’s Heritage“: NSK exhibition spotlighting 11 centuries of Croatia’s cultural tradition

21 July – 20 August 2025

From 21 July to 20 August 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will put on Croatian Anniversaries 925 – 2025: A Kingdom’s Heritage (Obljetničarski velikani i velike obljetnice), an exhibition spotlighting significant anniversaries related to prominent figures, works and events which marked Croatia’s heritage in 1,100 years of the development of its culture. Bringing into focus the invaluable works of more than a millennium of Croatian literary culture preserved in the Library’s collections, the exhibition will bring an overview of the life and oeuvre of a writer and diplomat Ana Katarina ...

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The visual identity of the “Memories of a nation” NSK exhibition.

“Memories of a nation”: NSK exhibition celebrating 30 years since Croatia’s Operation Storm military offensive

28 July – 18 August 2025

From 28 July to 18 August 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will put on Memories of a nation: 30 years since Operation Storm, an exhibition marking the 30th anniversary of Operation Storm (VRO Oluja), the key military offensive of the 1991-1995 Croatian Homeland War and the turning point in Croatia’s struggle for freedom and independence. By featuring selected items from the NSK collections, in particular the Library’s Homeland War Collection, the exhibition visitors will be given a unique insight into the glorious 84 hours which at the beginning of August 1995 led to ...

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The visual identity of the “Faust Vrančić – the Croatian Leonardo da Vinci” exhibition.

“Faust Vrančić – the Croatian Leonardo da Vinci” exhibition on view by 25 Jul 2025

30 June – 25 July 2025

Visit the exhibition which the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) prepared in cooperation with the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU) to mark the 410th anniversary of the publication of Machinae novae, a breakthrough work by a remarkable Croatian scholar at the turn of the 17th century Faust Vrančić (1551-1617). Authored by the Senior Research Associate at the Division for the History of Natural and Mathematical Sciences at the Academy’s

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