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Lazius, Wolfgang (1561) “Ducatus Carniolae et Histriae una cum Marcha Windorum”. Vienna: Michael Zimmermann. NSK Map Collection.

“Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” opening soon with 16th-century cartographic treasures in the spotlight

14 April 2025, 12.00, CroAtrium

On 14 April 2025 (12.00, Conference Hall Judita), the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will open Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium, a 2025 programme aimed at the popularisation of Croatian cultural heritage which the Library preserves as part of Croatica, Croatia’s national library collection. Starting with a lecture by historian and geographer Dr Dubravka Mlinarić from the Croatian Institute for Migration Research (IMIN), the Heritage at Hand programme will first spotlight the invaluable 16th-century cartographic material documenting Croatian statehood (Dokumentiranje hrvatske državnosti u radovima srednjoeuropskih kartografa 16. stoljeća).

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Visual identity of the 2025 Croatian Book Night.

Croatian Book Night 2025: To animals, from humans, with bookish love

23 April 2025

On 23 April 2025, 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 14th edition of the Croatian Book Night. As Croatia’s annual national programme focusing on the popularisation of reading and promotion of books, the 2025 Croatian Book Night programme 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, for both the individual and the global community. Literature – ...

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Visitors at the 2024 NSK Doors Open Days programme.

NSK Doors Open Days 2025

19 & 20 February 2025

Visit the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) on 19 and 20 February 2025 as part of this year’s NSK Doors Open Days programme and find out everything about the invaluable treasures of Croatian and world cultural and scientific heritage preserved in our collections. Traditionally ushering in the celebration of the National and University Library in Zagreb Day, NSK Day, this year's NSK Doors Open Days programme will spotlight NSK’s manuscript holdings. Also, it will offer special guided tours of the Library and an interesting workshop programme. The tours, which everyone interested in need to apply for

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Visual identity of “Supercharged by AI” project.

NSK to host “Supercharged by AI” exhibition, addressing artificial intelligence-related challenges 

29 January – 14 February 2025

Visit Supercharged by AI, an exhibition innovatively addressing challenges resulting from the advance of artificial intelligence, which the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be hosting from 29 January to 14 February 2025. Learn more about the impact that artificial intelligence can have on politics and how it may be used to exacerbate malpractices such as online harassment, online scams and online-created bias. Take the opportunity to interact with this innovative exhibition’s content to become better informed and more aware of the global developments brought about by the swift rise of artificial intelligence and thus become readier to adapt to the contemporary rapidly changing digital landscape.   Bringing complex AI-related concepts and issues closer to average citizens the exhibition was created ...

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The invitation for the Zagreb edition of the 'Marko Marulić and Split - 500 years together' exhibition

NSK and Split City Museum jointly organising exhibition in Zagreb’s European Square commemorating “the father of Croatian literature”

18 January – 2 February 2025

From 18 January to 2 February 2025, the audience in Zagreb will have the opportunity to see the exhibition of the Split City Museum spotlighting Marko Marulić, “the father of Croatian literature” and “the Croatian Dante”, the pride of Split and one of the greatest figures of Croatian and European literature (Marko Marulić i Split – zajedničkih 500 godina). The exhibition, which will be put on in Zagreb’s European Square, features content enabling the exhibition visitors to get acquainted with the historical and social circumstances in Split during Marulić’...

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NSK exhibition, Dominis, Split, Milesi Palace

Split’s Milesi Palace hosting the exhibition on Croatia’s 17th-century genius by 27 Dec 2024

17 – 27 December 2024

By 27 December 2024, the Milesi Palace, in Split, will be hosting Marco Antonio de Dominis: A Visionary’s Perspective, the exhibition which the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) put on as part of the 2024 European Heritage Days programme. Jointly organised by the Library, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (CASA) and Pontifical Croatian College of St. Jerome in Rome as part of the Academy’s project aimed at the popularisation of Croatian cultural heritage (

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The visual identity of the 15th Croatian Conference on Public Libraries.

“Public libraries in the digital world”: Call for papers for the 15th Croatian Conference on Public Libraries

Paper submission deadline: 22 April 2025

Submit your paper proposal for Public libraries in the digital world, the 15th Croatian Conference on Public Libraries, scheduled to take place from 8 to 11 October 2025 at the Vinkovci City Library. Organised by the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and supported by the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media, the Conference’s 15th anniversary edition spotlights the public libraries’ growing role as the key places in the context of digital transition, to which they contribute through various activities and initiatives. Increasingly relying in their work on the latest technological advances to meet their users’ needs and guard and curate cultural heritage, public libraries are ...

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Antiphonarium Romanum (1725)_NSK Manuscripts and Old Books Collection.

Celebrate with us NSK Day 2025!

21 February 2025, 12.00

On 21 February 2025, starting at 12.00, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host the celebration of this year’s Library’s Day, marked in memory of the printing on 22 February 1483 of a ‘Missal by the Law of the Roman Court’ (Misal po zakonu rimskoga dvora; Missale Romanum glagolitice), the first book in the Croatian language. NSK’s logotype, the letter of the angular Glagolitic alphabet Iže, i.e. the transliterated Latin letter ‘I’, has been taken over precisely from this historic missal, the oldest incunabulum in the Croatian language and the first book in Europe not printed in the Latin script, the date of whose publication since 2019 ...

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Four photographs awarded as part of the competition preceding the 2024 edition of the Zagreb Salon international photography exhibition.

41st Zagreb Salon international photography exhibition on view at NSK by 10 Jan 2025

17 December – 10 January 2025

On 17 December 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host the opening of the 41st Zagreb Salon, the 2024 edition of the biennial international photography exhibition organised by Fotoklub Zagreb, the oldest non-profit photographers association in this part of Europe and one of the oldest in the world. Supported by the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP), International Association of Art Photographers, Croatian Photographic Union, Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media and The City ...

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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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