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Member of the NSK Information Centre giving a group of visitors a guided tour of NSK, the National and University Library in Zagreb.

NSK Doors Open Days 2024

20 & 21 February 2024

On 20 and 21 February 2024, you can make a special guided tour of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and learn more about the treasures preserved in its collections as part of the 2024 NSK Doors Open Days programme. NSK Doors Open Days are held every year, ushering in the celebration of the National and University Library in Zagreb Day, NSK Day. Their programme is this year spotlighting Marko Marulić, “the father of Croatian literature” and “the Croatian Dante”, the 500th anniversary of whose passing and whose significance for European cultural heritage prompted the Government of the Republic of Croatia to declare 2024 ...

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The visual identity of the 2024 National and University Library in Zagreb Day.

Join us in celebrating NSK Day 2024!

22 February 2024

On 22 February 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host the celebration of this year’s Library’s Day. The National and University Library in Zagreb Day, NSK Day, is marked in memory of 22 February 1483, the day of the printing of the first book in the Croatian language, a ‘Missal by the Law of the Roman Court’ (Misal po zakonu rimskoga dvora; Missale Romanum glagolitice), which the Library preserves as one of its greatest treasures in its Manuscripts and Old Books Collection. Also, the Library’s logotype, the letter of the angular Glagolitic alphabet Iže

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Copies of BANE, a 2023 art book spotlighting the work of painter Bane Milenković published by Hamper Studio.

NSK hosts presentation of BANE, art book spotlighting the oeuvre of painter Bane Milenković

1 February 2024

On 1 February 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted the presentation of a unique, bilingual art book spotlighting the oeuvre of Bane Milenković, a Zagreb-based and Novi Sad-born contemporary painter and a well-known name on the Croatian art scene since the 1980s, published in 2023 by Hamper Studio, the Zagreb award-winning branding and design consulting studio. With text in Croatian and English, this one-of-a-kind two-volume monograph, entitled BANE, was published with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media. Outstandingly designed by the Hamper Studio’s Tom Jura Kaćunić and Ivana Vučić, BANE’s almost 600 pages feature photographs by Goran Vranić, Lidija Š...

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Invitation for the “Mediterranea. Visions of an ancient and complex sea” exhibition.

“Mediterranea. Visions of an ancient and complex sea” exhibition on view until 2 Feb 2024

16 January – 2 February 2024

From 16 January to 2 February 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) is hosting the Mediterranea. Visions of an ancient and complex sea exhibition, jointly organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Zagreb, Embassy of the Italian Republic to the Republic of Croatia and NSK. Curated by Viviana Panaccia and featuring stunning material and installations as well as the satellite images provided by the most advanced space technology developed by the European Space Agency (ESA), Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the

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