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Segment of the poster for the 'Book Art in Croatia' exhibition.

A break from summer heat with the best designed Croatian books throughout history

13 – 20 August 2024

By 20 August, take a break from summer heat in the grand lobby of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) where you can refresh yourself by visiting an exhibition spotlighting the outstanding examples of book art in Croatia spanning a period of 1,500 years. The Book Art in Croatia exhibition provides a historical overview of techniques and styles employed in the production and decoration of books in Croatia since the Middle Ages to contemporary times. Authored by art historian Dr Milan Pelc, it reveals interesting details about manuscript and printed books featuring a wide array of themes and content and presenting the greatest achievements in book design in Croatia. Apart from medieval ...

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Material exhibited at the NSK’s and Omiš Klapa Singing Festival’s exhibition on maestro Dinko Fio.

Exhibition spotlighting maestro Dinko Fio on view at Omiš Klapa Singing Festival Museum by 30 Jul 2024

27 June – 30 July 2024

The exhibition jointly organised by the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and Klapa Singing Festival in Omiš (Festival dalmatinskih klapa Omiš) and marking the centenary of the birth of Dinko Fio, Croatia’s notable 20th-century folk song collector, composer and music educator (Daleko su moji škoji), is on view at the Omiš Klapa Singing Festival Museum by 30 July 2024. Authored by Dobrila Zvonarek and organised with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media, the exhibition ...

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Marco Antonio de Dominis (1560-1624).

“Marco Antonio de Dominis: A Visionary’s Perspective”: Commemorating the unforgotten Croatian genius

15 – 29 October 2024

From 15 to 29 October 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be hosting Marco Antonio de Dominis: A Visionary’s Perspective, an exhibition spotlighting an outstanding Croatian theologian, philosopher and scholar at the turn of the 17th century and a distinguished member of Europe’s high society at the time whose legacy transcends the boundaries of Croatian cultural heritage. Marking the 400th anniversary of the death of Marco Antonio de Dominis, one of the greatest intellectual figures of both Croatian and European cultural heritage, and the 130th anniversary of the founding of the NSK Manuscripts and Old Books Collection, the Marco Antonio de Dominis: A Visionary’...

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A fountain pen resting on an open notebook.

“The Golden Age of the Fountain Pen in NSK Manuscripts” exhibition: Croatian heritage traced in ink

3 – 15 December 2024

From 3 to 15 December 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be hosting The Golden Age of the Fountain Pen in NSK Manuscripts exhibition, the final event of the Library’s programme marking the 130th anniversary of the founding of the Library’s Manuscripts and Old Books Collection and organised with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media. Presenting the treasures preserved in the NSK Manuscripts and Old Books Collection such as the manuscripts of the world-famous Croatian writer Miroslav Krleža (1893-1981), letters of the internationally acclaimed Croatian ...

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“Dragi Lastane”, logotype of documentary by Irena Škorić.

“Dear Lastan!”: 70 years of “Modra lasta”, Croatia’s iconic teenage magazine

5 – 22 November 2024

From 5 to 22 November 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be hosting the exhibition marking the 70th anniversary of the publication of the first issue of Modra lasta, Croatia’s longest-running teenage magazine. Spotlighting Lastan, the magazine’s hugely popular agony uncle, better still, a “big brother” figure for countless generations of Croatian teenagers over the past seven decades, the exhibition is jointly being organised by the Library, Croatian School Museum, Croatian Association of School Librarians and the Školska knjiga company, which has published

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Segment of the poster for the 2024 Miroslav Krleža Festival.

NSK to join 2024 Miroslav Krleža Festival

2 July 2024, 12.00

On 2 July 2024, at 12.00, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will put on a special programme as part of the 13th Miroslav Krleža Festival, the 2024 edition of the annual cultural festival commemorating Miroslav Krleža (1893-1981), one of the most distinguished, world-famous Croatian writers and thinkers of all time. At the traditional get-together, Krleža and his invaluable legacy will be presented by the Festival’s author and director Goran Matović, Dr Lada Čale Feldman from the Zagreb

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IFLA MLAS working group meeting at NSK, conference scene.

Register for IFLA MLAS working group panel and project presentation to be hosted by NSK

Free registration deadlines: 21 May (panel) & 23 May 2024 (project presentation)

On 22 and 24 May 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host a special programme organised by the members of the Management of Library Associations Section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA MLAS). Register for free for both events and take the opportunity to learn more about the latest developments and trends in library advocacy on the global level. Panel with the IFLA North America and Europe Regional Division Committee Members The panel will take place on 22 May 2024, starting at 11.00, with the Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Susan Haigh and International Cooperation Officer ...

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The visual identity of the 2024 Croatian Book Night.

Croatian Book Night 2024: Looking at books through the prism of a cataclysm

Programme registration deadline: 22 March 2024

On 23 April 2024, marking this year’s World Book and Copyright Day and Croatian Book Day (22 April), the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host the opening of the 13th edition of the Croatian Book Night. As Croatia’s annual national programme focusing on the popularisation of reading and promotion of books, the Croatian Book Night will again promote a wider public debate on the social status of the book and the importance of values associated with it in the contemporary society. Books as a means for averting cataclysms?

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Member of the NSK Information Centre giving a group of visitors a guided tour of NSK, the National and University Library in Zagreb.

NSK Doors Open Days 2024

20 & 21 February 2024

On 20 and 21 February 2024, you can make a special guided tour of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and learn more about the treasures preserved in its collections as part of the 2024 NSK Doors Open Days programme. NSK Doors Open Days are held every year, ushering in the celebration of the National and University Library in Zagreb Day, NSK Day. Their programme is this year spotlighting Marko Marulić, “the father of Croatian literature” and “the Croatian Dante”, the 500th anniversary of whose passing and whose significance for European cultural heritage prompted the Government of the Republic of Croatia to declare 2024 ...

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The visual identity of the 2024 National and University Library in Zagreb Day.

Join us in celebrating NSK Day 2024!

22 February 2024

On 22 February 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host the celebration of this year’s Library’s Day. The National and University Library in Zagreb Day, NSK Day, is marked in memory of 22 February 1483, the day of the printing of the first book in the Croatian language, a ‘Missal by the Law of the Roman Court’ (Misal po zakonu rimskoga dvora; Missale Romanum glagolitice), which the Library preserves as one of its greatest treasures in its Manuscripts and Old Books Collection. Also, the Library’s logotype, the letter of the angular Glagolitic alphabet Iže

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