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NSK Director General takes part in CENL AGM 2026

14 – 16 June 2026

From 14 to 16 June 2026, the Director General of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and member of the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL) Executive Committee Dr Ivanka Stričević took part in CENL’s this year’s Annual General Meeting. Hosted by the National Library of Luxembourg (BnL), the meeting brought together CENL members, who analysed the Conference’s activities in the previous year and adopted the related documents. Joining forces in safeguarding Europe’s cultural heritage The highlights of the meeting’s first day were talks by the Director ...

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

Library closed on Croatia’s Anti-fascist Resistance Day (22 June 2026)

22 June 2026

On Monday, 22 June 2026, Croatia’s 2026 Anti-fascist Resistance Day, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be closed. The Library will reopen on Tuesday, 23 June 2026, resuming its regular opening hours. Learn more about Anti-fascist Resistance Day.

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Items exhibited as part of the NSK exhibition on Marin Getaldić.

Exhibition on Croatian 17th-century mathematician and physicist Marin Getaldić on view by 26 June

11 – 26 June 2026

The National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) is presenting Marin Getaldić – 400 years later (Marin Getaldić – 400 godina poslije), an exhibition spotlighting the legacy of Croatia’s greatest mathematician and physicist at the turn of the 17th century. After a welcome address by the NSK Director General Dr Ivanka Stričević at the exhibition’s opening, a Fellow of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU) and the Head of the Academy’s Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science Vjekoslav Jerolimov gave a brief overview of Getaldić’s achievements and their relevance to both Croatian and European science. The Head of the

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An item from Croatica exhibitied as part of the fifth “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” event.

Croatica’s hidden Sherlock Holmes brought to light at 2026 “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” event #5

8 June 2026

The fifth event of the 2026 edition of Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium, the programme of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) promoting Croatia’s national library collection, spotlighted the publications in which Sherlock Holmes’s Croatian impostor hid for decades. In her lecture, Professor at the Department of English Studies of the University of Rijeka’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Antonija Primorac presented the research as part of which she “caught” the fraudulent hero and its findings.

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NSK Senior Public Relations Adviser Maja Mlinarević, NSK Foreign Croatica Collection staff member Dr Iva Vrkić Seidl, Elena Anne Bielich and Mary Anne Sinovich.

Latest acquisition to NSK Foreign Croatica Collection spotlighting legacy of Croats in South Africa

5 June 2026

Members of the Croatian diaspora in South Africa Mary Anne Sinovich and Elena Anne Bielich donated to the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) a comprehensive monograph documenting generations-long legacy of South African Croats. Soon to be available to NSK’s users as part of the NSK Foreign Croatica Collection, the monograph is a valuable addition to almost 12,000 titles which the Collection currently holds. Entitled The Life, Times and Legacy of Our Grandparents, it offers insight into the contribution of Croats to their local communities, their efforts to preserve their Croatian identity and close ties with their ancestors’ homeland.

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NSK opening hours – Croatian Statehood Day (30 May) and Feast of Corpus Christi (4 June)

29 May – 4 June 2026

On Friday, 29 May 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will not be providing its extended hours services and will close at 21.00. Remaining closed on Saturday, 30 May 2026, for the Croatian Statehood Day, the Library will reopen on Monday, 1 June 2026, resuming its regular opening hours until Thursday, 4 June 2026, when it will be closed for the Feast of Corpus Christi. From Friday, 5 June 2026, the Library will be providing its services as usual.

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Participants in the fourth “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” event.

“Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” exhibition featuring archive of doyen of Croatian visual poetry Borben Vladović on view by 29 May

21 – 29 May 2026

Items from the archive of the doyen of Croatian visual poetry Borben Vladović preserved in Croatia’s national library collection are on view at an exhibition opened as part of the fourth event of the National and University Library in Zagreb’s (NSK) 2026 Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium programme. Apart from Vladović’s own works of visual poetry, also displayed at the exhibition are visual poems by other authors, both Croatian and foreign, including works of the so-called mail art, artist’s books, samizdat publications as well as other written and printed works of neo-avant-garde poetry. Remaining on view in the Library’s ...

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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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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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