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The visual identity of the 'In the beginning was the Kingdom' exhibition.

“In the Beginning Was the Kingdom”: NSK’s treasures featured as part of an exhibition marking 1,100 years of the Kingdom of Croatia

16 October 2025 – 15 March 2026, Klovićevi dvori Gallery

[After four months of being on view and more than 30,000 visitors, due to unabated interest and popular demand the In the Beginning Was the Kingdom exhibition has been extended until 15 March 2026.]______________________________________ The treasures preserved in the collections of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be featured as part of In the Beginning Was the Kingdom, a joint exhibition organised under the auspices of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media as the central event of Croatia’s celebration in 2025 of well over a millennium since the establishment of the Kingdom of Croatia. Opening on 16 ...

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The visual identity of the “Croatian Anniversaries 925 – 2025: A Kingdom’s Heritage“ exhibition.

“Croatian Anniversaries 925 – 2025: A Kingdom’s Heritage“: NSK exhibition spotlighting 11 centuries of Croatia’s cultural tradition

21 July – 20 August 2025

From 21 July to 20 August 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will put on Croatian Anniversaries 925 – 2025: A Kingdom’s Heritage (Obljetničarski velikani i velike obljetnice), an exhibition spotlighting significant anniversaries related to prominent figures, works and events which marked Croatia’s heritage in 1,100 years of the development of its culture. Bringing into focus the invaluable works of more than a millennium of Croatian literary culture preserved in the Library’s collections, the exhibition will bring an overview of the life and oeuvre of a writer and diplomat Ana Katarina ...

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The visual identity of the “Memories of a nation” NSK exhibition.

“Memories of a nation”: NSK exhibition celebrating 30 years since Croatia’s Operation Storm military offensive

28 July – 18 August 2025

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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Visitors at the exhibition held as part of the 2025 Miroslav Krleža Festival.

Miroslav Krleža Festival and NSK together promoting the legacy of an ever-inspiring giant of Croatian culture

2 July 2025

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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The visual identity of the “Faust Vrančić – the Croatian Leonardo da Vinci” exhibition.

“Faust Vrančić – the Croatian Leonardo da Vinci” exhibition on view by 25 Jul 2025

30 June – 25 July 2025

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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The visual identity of the 2025, 14th Miroslav Krleža Festival.

NSK again part of Miroslav Krleža Festival

2 July 2025, 12.00

On 2 July 2025, at 12.00, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host a special programme as part of the 14th Miroslav Krleža Festival, the 2025 edition of the annual cultural festival commemorating Miroslav Krleža (1893-1981), the giant of Croatia’s 20th-century literature and one of its greatest minds. The Festival, which will this year be taking place from 28 June to 7 July, will once more bring together the leading authorities on Krleža and Krleža enthusiasts of various profiles and certainly create new Krleža’s readers through its

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Visitor at the “The world we dreamt of…” exhibition.

“The world we dreamt of…” exhibition on view at NSK by 27 June 2025

5 – 27 June 2025

On 5 June 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted the opening of The world we dreamt of…, an exhibition commemorating the 110th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Supek (1915-2007), one of Croatia’s greatest 20th-cenutry minds. Organised by the Croatian History Museum with the support of NSK and the Museum’s other partners, the exhibition will remain on view by 27 June 2025. At the exhibition’s opening, NSK Director General Professor Ivanka Stričević and Director of the Croatian History Museum Matea Brstilo Rešetar reminded the audience of the ideas and accomplishments of this great Croatian ...

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The visual identity of the “Passing on Ideas through Time: Three Decades of the Glass Treasure Trove of Heritage” exhibition.

NSK celebrating three decades of its modern home

28 May – 18 June 2025

On 28 May 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted a special programme marking the 30th anniversary of relocating to its current building. Bringing together many distinguished figures from Croatia’s academic and cultural circles, the programme included the opening of the exhibition thematising the three decades of the Library’s work in its modern home and NSK’s importance as Croatia’s national knowledge, culture and heritage hub. In their addresses, the NSK Director General Professor Ivanka Stričević, President of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU), one of NSK’s current building’s architects and head of the building’s construction ...

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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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