{"id":99833,"date":"2025-12-12T11:21:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T10:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/?p=99833"},"modified":"2026-02-11T10:19:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:19:06","slug":"nsk-day-2026-celebrating-419-years-of-creating-and-guarding-croatias-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/en\/events\/nsk-day-2026-celebrating-419-years-of-creating-and-guarding-croatias-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"NSK Day 2026: Celebrating 419 years of creating and guarding Croatia\u2019s culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This year\u2019s National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) Day will be celebrated on 20 February (13.00), in memory of the printing on 22 February 1483 of the first book in the Croatian language<\/a> and the first book in Europe not printed in the Latin script.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Available on the NSK Digital Collections website<\/a>, a \u2018Missal by the Law of the Roman Court\u2019 (Misal po zakonu rimskoga dvora; Missale Romanum glagolitice<\/a><\/em>) is the pride of the Library\u2019s Manuscripts and Rare Books Collection<\/a>, which holds two of altogether only 11 incomplete surviving copies in the world.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Missale<\/figure>\n
Missale Romanum glagolitice<\/a><\/em> (1483). NSK Manuscripts and Rare Books Collection<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Library\u2019s strong bond with this historic work of Croatian cultural heritage is also embodied in its logotype, the letter of the angular Glagolitic alphabet I\u017ee<\/em>, i.e. the transliterated Latin letter \u2018I\u2019, which has been taken over precisely from the missal, the date of whose publication since 2019 has also been celebrated as the Croatian Glagolitic Script Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NSK, a major partaker in the development of Croatia\u2019s culture<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The celebration will mark 419 years of the Library\u2019s history<\/a> and its contribution to the advancement and preservation of Croatian culture. Acting as the Croatian national library and the central library of the University of Zagreb<\/a>, NSK has a vital role in safeguarding Croatia\u2019s written culture and is a major partaker in its current developments in culture, research and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Dignitaries<\/figure>\n
NSK was among Croatian institutions which jointly put on a major exhibition marking 1,100 years of Croatian statehood<\/a>, on view at the Klovi\u0107evi dvori Gallery by 15 March 2026. Photo: \u00a9 Vlada RH \/ Damir Gali\u0107.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The celebration programme will traditionally include the National and University Library in Zagreb Awards ceremony, which will spotlight the last year\u2019s most outstanding member of NSK staff, the most prominent longstanding library professional at the national level and a legal entity with most success in implementing intrasectoral and intersectoral cooperation initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, a special award from the NSK Director General will be presented to a member of NSK staff for excellence and proactivity and to an NSK team for excellence and effective teamwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another NSK Doors Open Days lively warm-up<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Traditionally ushering in the NSK Day<\/a> celebration will be the Library\u2019s Doors Open Days<\/a> programme, which will once again give the general public the opportunity to make special guided tours<\/a> of the Library, learn more about its collections<\/a> and activities<\/a>, and take part in special presentational programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Participants<\/figure>\n
Participants in the 2025 NSK Doors Open Days<\/a> programme.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

NSK Doors Open Days dates and details of the 2026 NSK Day programme will soon be announced, so keep following our website!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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