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Participants in the fifth edition of the NSK “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” programme.

“Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” spotlights books as works of visual art

29 October 2025

Featuring a lecture-and-exhibition programme themed Art between the covers: Book as a work of art, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) organised the fifth edition of Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium. Held as part of this year’s Croatian Book Month, the programme was prepared as one of the events of the Library’s 2025 programme promoting and popularising Croatian cultural heritage which it preserves as part of CROATICA, Croatia’s national library collection. Book as a medium of expression in visual art ...

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The visual identity of the fifth edition of the NSK “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” programme.

“Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” #5: “Art between the covers: Book as a work of art”

29 October 2025, 12.00, CroAtrium, conference hall Judita

The fifth edition of Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium, the 2025 programme of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) promoting and popularising the Croatian national library collection, will be held on 29 October 2025, as part of this year’s Croatian Book Month programme. Spotlighting books created as works of art, mainly visual art, the programme will feature a lecture by Professor at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts Tanja Dabo, who will present the specific characteristics of artists’ books and other forms of art books.  

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The visual identity of the “Marginalia, in the focus” exhibition.

New NSK exhibition: “Marginalia, in the focus” on view by 7 Nov 2025

24 October – 7 November 2025

From 24 October to 7 November 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will put on Marginalia, in the focus, an exhibition spotlighting the secrets of the notes and other marks in the margins of items in the Library’s collections. Authored by members of the NSK staff art historian and curator Iva Perinić and heritage collections specialist Ivan Volarević, the exhibition was prepared with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media and will be held as part of the 2025 Croatian Book Month. It will feature the wealth and diversity of marginalia in various languages and scripts included in a wide variety of the

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The poster of ARCA 2025, the 2025 edition of Croatia's international innovation exhibition.

NSK to host ARCA 2025, Croatia’s 23rd international innovation exhibition

16 – 18 October 2025

From 16 to 18 October 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host ARCA 2025, the 23rd Croatian international innovation exhibition. Organised by The Croatian Union of Innovators, the exhibition will also include AGRO ARCA, the ARCA international fair presenting the latest products, services and technologies in the field of agriculture. It will feature numerous innovations developed by individuals, research teams in private sector businesses and public sector enterprises, academic institutions and public institutes, as well as by high-profile companies and start-ups from Croatia and abroad. ARCA 2025 will also present innovations by Croatian students, secondary and even primary school students, who will be able to take ...

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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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