Due to the traffic regulation orders in Zagreb for Thursday, 31 July 2025, when a grand military parade will be held to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Croatia’s Operation Storm military offensive, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will not be able to regularly provide its services and will therefore be closed. The Library’s staff will be available online, via e-mail. Please search the NSK Catalogue
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A rare 1687 atlas is the latest treasure in the Map Collection of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK). Made by one of the most notable 17th-century cartographers, Franciscan Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718), the atlas was printed in Paris by a prominent printer and engraver Nicolas Langlois. According to data included in it, the atlas was published in only 250 copies and only those who had previously purchased Coronelli’s globe could obtain it. 70 maps documenting ...
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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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Register for Public Libraries in the Digital World, the 15th Croatian Conference on Public Libraries, which the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) is organising from 8 to 11 October 2025 at the Vinkovci City Library. Organised through NSK’s cooperation with the Vinkovci public library, Croatian Library Association and the Slavonia, Baranja and Srijem Library Association and supported by the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media, the Conference’s 15th anniversary edition spotlights the public ...
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In the period between 14 July and 16 August 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be providing its services from 8.00 to 15.00 every workday, except on Wednesdays, when it will be open for users from 12.00 to 19.00. The Library will be closed on Saturdays, as well as on 4, 5 and 15 August 2025. Starting from 18 August 2025, the Library will resume its regular opening hours. NSK café and restaurant closing over summer On Friday, 11 July 2025, the café and restaurant operating as part of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will close at 15.00 and remain closed until further notice.
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On 2 July 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted another special get-together and exhibition commemorating Miroslav Krleža (1893-1981), one of the most distinguished, world-famous Croatian writers and thinkers of all time. Held as part of the 14th Miroslav Krleža Festival, which is taking place by 7 July 2025, the programme once more brought together the leading authorities on Krleža and included the exhibition of Krleža’s manuscripts which NSK preserves as part of its Manuscripts and Rare Books Collection.
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Due to the traffic regulation orders in Zagreb for 5 July 2025 and the related probable staff shortages, it is possible that the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be providing its services with slight delays. In order to minimise possible difficulties in the Library’s operations, only NSK’s registered members able to present a valid NSK Membership Card will be allowed to enter the Library. Please book your study place for 5 July and
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On 24 June 2025, a delegation of the Republic of Azerbaijan headed by the Azerbaijan’s Minister of Culture Farid Jafarov visited the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK). The visit was organised on the initiative of His Excellency Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Republic of Croatia Anar Imanov, who emphasised the Library’s role as Croatia’s major cultural institution. The delegation was warmly welcomed by the NSK Director General Professor Ivanka Stričević and a member of the NSK Information Centre Ana-Marija Tkalčić. Professor Stričević ...
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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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On 16 June 2025 between 8.00 and 11.00, the telephone lines of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) might be unavailable. We thank all our users, partners and everyone else who might be unable to reach the Library at the abovesaid time for understanding and patience.
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