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Nowadays, it seems inconceivable that serious scientists of past centuries could have attached so much importance to the current positions of stars and planets. Diseases, wars, famines or perhaps good harvests, royal weddings and great discoveries await mankind? All this was thought to be read from the signs in the heavens. Join us in our search for the heavens and visit our Copernicus Memorial Exhibition entitled „The man who moved the Earth out of its place”!

According to our tradition, this year we joined the Night of Museums series of events, which included craft activities, concerts, guided tours, restoration and calligraphy workshops, as well as an exhibition entitled Copernicus Memorial Exhibition.

Iván Nagy, genealogist, historian and former colleague of our library was born 200 years ago, on 18 July 1824 in Balassagyarmat. On the day of the anniversary, the statue of Iván Nagy was worshipped in the Palóc Museum of the Hungarian National Museum. The event concluded with an interactive genealogy presentation by Nógrád County archivists.

Due to the Night of Museums, the library services of the ELTE University Library and Archives will be inaccessible on Saturday, on the 22th of June 2024. Everyone is welcome to join our programmes starting at 15.00.

On 12 June 2024 - The Petőfi Literary Museum's exhibition entitled "Halcyon Days - Fashion and Culture in Reform-Age Pest" opened, featuring an engraving depicting George Sand which was loaned from the ELTE University Library and Archives.

The National Széchényi Library (NSZL) and Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) have agreed that NSZL will digitize almost 200,000 ELTE paper-based doctoral dissertations and theses by 2027. Through the cooperation, ELTE students and researchers have access to the institution's rich knowledge base in a modern form, thus supporting scientific research and innovative technological developments.

Ambassador Frank R. Cimafranca visited the ELTE University Library on the 15th of May 2024.

The Sabbathsong Klezmer Band soloists and the world famous cimbalom player Jenő Lisztes will perform Monti's Charda and other popular works alongside klezmer melodies at the concert „More than Klezmer on the Night of Museums” on the 22nd of June 2024 at 8.30 pm. In the footsteps of astronomical and geographical discoveries, the performers will recall a private song by Gyula Kabos from 1919, and show how Columbus discovered America.

During the Night of the Museums, our visitors are invited to win special library prizes by completing a quiz related to our Copernicus Memorial Exhibition.

During the Night of the Museums, visitors are invited to create individual bookmarks in our second floor Boardroom.

During the Night of Museums, visitors can build a library palace and assemble fragmented pieces of our codex pages with our library puzzles.

Nowadays, it seems inconceivable that serious scientists of past centuries could have attached so much importance to the current positions of stars and planets. Diseases, wars, famines or perhaps good harvests, royal weddings and great discoveries await mankind? All this was thought to be read from the signs in the heavens. Join us in our search for the heavens and visit our Copernicus Memorial Exhibition entitled „The man who moved the Earth out of its place”, opening on the 22nd of June 2024 during the Night of Museums!

According to our tradition, we will join the Night of Museums on the 22th of June 2024. From 3 p.m. in the afternoon until midnight, our library welcomes all visitors with craft activities, concerts, guided tours, restoration workshops and Copernicus Memorial Exhibition.

Our guided tours focus on the history of the University Library and Archives, Eötvös Loránd University.

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

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

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

On the occasion of the Night of Museums, on the 22th of June 2024 from 6.00 pm at the ELTE University Library and Archives in the Lobby (1053 Budapest, Ferenciek tere 6.), a string quartet consisting of members of the ELTE „Eötvös” Art Ensemble will give a concert with Edit Kollár (violin), Judit Gombás (violin), Mónika Mezei (viola) and Zsuzsanna Kéri (cello). All visitors are welcome!

Within the framework of the Night of Museums program series, calligrapher Dezső Buzogány will hold a workshop on the 22nd of June 2024 between 15:00 and 24:00 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.

In the framework of our book adoption programme, our conservator and reference librarian gave our adopters a detailed presentation of the supported volumes.