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Due to maintenance work on the integrated library system, the ELTE University Library and Archives and the Eötvös Exhibition will be closed on Saturday, on the 10th of September 2022. From Monday, from the 12th of September 2022, we will be open again with the usual opening hours and services.

At the start of the autumn semester, we are opening our doors with a new community space. We are constantly expanding our amenities and wish our visitors a pleasant and useful stay!

In the framework of the Cultural Heritage Days we adumbrate in our restoration workshop, in which you can gain an insight into the techniques of paper casting and book restoration.

Within the framework of the Cultural Heritage Days program series, calligrapher Dezső Buzogány will hold a workshop on the 17th of September, 2022 from 11:00 to 17:00 in the hall of the ELTE University Library and Archives (1053 Budapest, Ferenciek tere 6.). Our guests are able to gain an insight into the art of calligraphy.

On Saturday, the 17th of September 2022, as part of the Cultural Heritage Days, we will open our library doors to the public again.

Between the 1st of August 2022 and the 3rd of September 2022, our library and Eötvös exhibition will be closed. We wish all our readers a pleasant summer and good rest!

The ELTE University Library and Archives invites you to visit our exhibition of books on medicine, which opened on this year's Night of Museums. The exhibition is open on weekdays by appointment at titkarsag@lib.elte.hu. All visitors are welcome!

On the occasion of the Night of Museums, the secrets of the Biology and Prehistory Exhibition and the Mineral and Stone Collection will be revealed.

The ELTE Museum of Natural History celebrated the 20th anniversary of its exhibitions on the 17th of June 2022. On the occasion of the jubilee, a festive toast was given by university leaders, as well as former and current staff members of the museum.

The University Library and Archives of Eötvös Loránd University continued to receive significant support from the Foundation for the University Library in 2021, with funds raised from various tenders, charitable donations and a percentage of personal income tax donations to help the continuous development of services.

On the occasion of the Night of Museums, the Perczel globe will be presented at 20.00 in our Reading Hall by Dr. László Zentai, Vice-Rector for Education and Academic Affairs of the Eötvös Loránd University. The Professor will give a lecture on the history of László Perczel's globe. After the presentation the copy of the globe will be on display in the Director General's Room. The world map, which won first prize at the International Geographical Congress in Venice in 1881, was the largest Hungarian globe in Hungary until 1965.

The opening concert of the Night of Museums will be a string quartet from the "Eötvös" Art Ensemble at 6 p.m. More details about our programmes are available here and on our library website. All visitors are welcome!

On the Night of the Museums the exhibition of our medical books offers an insight into our museum collection. The opening of the exhibition will take place on the 25th of June from 19.00 in our Boardroom on the second floor.

On the occasion of the Night of Museums, we are waiting for children and adults alike with special surprises.

On the 2nd of June 2022, the ELTE University Library and Archives hosted an Israeli delegation from the Libraries and Information System of Bar-Ilan University, in cooperation with the Head of the Library of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Pázmány Péter Catholic University.

On the Night of Museums we open our restoration workshop to get an insight into the work of restorers.

On the Nigth of Museums our guided tours focus on the history of the University Library and Archives, Eötvös Loránd University. The library palace was designed by Antal Szkalnitzky. Up-to-date technology of the time was used for ventilation, heating and illumination.

On the Night of Museums the concert will present works written from the Renaissance to the present day. Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th century and contemporary classical music works will be performed.

The University Library and Archives offers guided tours of our exhibition „Under the spell of accuracy – The Life and work of Loránd Eötvös”.

Due to technical reasons, the ELTE University Library and Archives will be closed on the 3rd of June 2022, but our services will be available in our other reading rooms. The library will be temporarily closed between the 4th and the 9th of June 2022. On the 10th of June 2022, from 10.00 a.m., we are waiting for our readers according to the usual opening hours.