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Three-colour visual identity of the 2026 Croatian Book Month,

Croatian Book Month 2026 opens in Virovitica

15 October – 15 November 2026

This year’s edition of the Croatian Book Month, traditionally organised by the Zagreb City Libraries public library network under the auspices of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media, opened at the Virovitica City Library. Its over 2,000 events organised by more than 300 institutions will be taking place all across Croatia by 15 November. President of the Month’s Programme and Organising Committee Iva Lorković, Director of the Virovitica library Robert Fritz and the 2026 Month’s ...

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Segment of an invitation for a NSK presentation-and-exhibition programme featuring the oeuvre of Anton Cetín.

Exhibition and art monograph presentation featuring works by Croatian-Canadian painter Anton Cetín

15 September 2026

On 15 September 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host a special programme showcasing the works of a Croatian-Canadian painter and printmaker Anton Cetín. Starting at 12.00 in the Library’s side lobby, the programme will mark Cetín’s 90th birthday, as part of which he will donate to the NSK Print Collection ten of his drawings. 90 for 90 The programme’s first part will focus on Cetín’s celebratory trilingual art monograph, published this year in Zagreb in symbolic 90 copies and bringing 90 drawings which Cetín created ...

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Items from the NSK collections exhibited as part of the NSK’s 2026 Miroslav Krleža Festival programme.

Miroslav Krleža’s manuscripts in NSK collections presented as part of 2026 Miroslav Krleža Festival

3 July 2026

On 3 July 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted the 15th edition of the Miroslav Krleža Festival, celebrating the legacy of one of Croatia’s greatest 20th-century writers and thinkers and taking place in Zagreb and Koprivnica by 10 July 2026. As the Festival’s longtime partner, the Library organised its traditional get-together, whose programme includes the exhibition of Krleža’s manuscripts preserved in the NSK Manuscripts and Rare Books Collection. A unique look into Krleža’...

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The visual identity of the 2026 Miroslav Krleža Festival.

NSK’s 2026 Miroslav Krleža Festival get-together and exhibition

3 July 2026, 12.00

The programme with which the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) traditionally joins the Miroslav Krleža Festival, commemorating a giant of Croatia’s 20th-century literature and one of its greatest intellectual figures, will be held in the Library’s side lobby on 3 July 2026. The Festival’s 15th edition, taking place in Zagreb from 28 June to 7 July and on 10 July in Koprivnica, will again present a rich programme, featuring events ranging from roundtables and debates to exhibitions and stagings of several Krleža’...

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A photograph of a female person in a traditional Croatian costume by Vidoslav Vido Bagur.

60th Zagreb International Folklore Festival exhibition of photographs by Vido Bagur

14 – 28 July 2026

From 14 to 28 July 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be hosting an exhibition showcasing the work of a prominent Croatian folklore researcher Vido Bagur documenting four decades of his collaboration with the Zagreb International Folklore Festival. Organised as part of the lead-up to the Festival’s 60th edition, which will be taking place in Zagreb from 15 to 19 July, the exhibition will feature a selection of Bagur’s photographs of the Festival’s participants, atmosphere and most memorable moments.

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The visual identity of the symposium on the Croatian translations of the Bible.

“Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” 2026: International symposium on the Croatian translations of the Bible

29 October 2026

On 29 October 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be hosting an international symposium on the less known Croatian translations of the Bible (Hrvatski biblijski prijevodi na marginama). Jointly organised by the Library and the Croatian Language and Linguistics Institute for the purpose of  presenting this invaluable part of Croatia’s cultural heritage not only to researchers but to the general public as well, the symposium will be held as part of NSK’s this year’s Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium programme. Precious heritage – finally coming out of the shadows The Croatian translations of ...

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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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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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The visual identity of NSK's and HAZU's 2026 exhibition on Marin Getaldić.

Exhibition spotlighting the legacy of Marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician ahead of his time

11 – 26 June 2026

From 11 to 26 June 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be showing Marin Getaldić – 400 years later (Marin Getaldić – 400 godina poslije), an exhibition dedicated to Croatia’s greatest mathematician and physicist and the pride of Dubrovnik. Prepared in consideration of the fact that while Getaldić’s name is widely known among the Croatian public, the exact extent of his contribution to science is still insufficiently recognised, the exhibition will feature the original copies of the great scholar’s works preserved in NSK’s collections.

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The visual identity of the fourth NSK’s 2026 “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” event.

Meeting doyen of Croatian visual poetry Borben Vladović as part of 2026 “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium”

21 May 2026, 12.00

Starting on 21 May 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be hosting a presentation showcasing the personal archive of the doyen of Croatian visual poetry Borben Vladović preserved as part of Croatia’s national library collection. Entitled Meeting a Poet – Borben Vladović, the presentation is being organised as the fourth event of this year’s edition of the Library’s Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium programme. After an introduction in which literary theorist Branko Čegec will interview Vladović, the event participants will have the opportunity to see an exhibition of selected items ...

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