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Exhibitions in May

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Time
Event
Location
 

ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITIONS

 
7 April

5 July
“The writers whose anniversaries are celebrated in 2011”: Nicolay Gumilyov (1886–1921); Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940); Vissarion Belinsky (1811–1848); Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916); Rabindranat Tagore (Thakur) (1861–1941); Henry Haggard (1856–1925)
Third floor, circular hall
22 February –
22 May
“Piotr Skarga’s Tale”: the 475th birthday

Book Museum

(third floor, room 348)

13 April

30 May
“Prokofiev’s world of sound”: the 120th birthday of Russian composer and pianist Sergey Prokofiev
(3rd floor, room 305)
15 April

9 May
“The Belarusian Nightingale”: the 125th birthday of writer Zmitrok Byadulya
22 April

9 May
“Historian-patriot”: the 90th birthday of historian and literary critic Nicolay Yermolovich
22 April

9 May
“Kindness and talent”: the 80th birthday of writer and literary critic Oleg Loyka
21 May –
11 July
“The founder of German Renaissance”: the 540th birthday of German painter and graphic artist Albrecht Duerer
Visual Materials Reading Room
(3rd floor, room 307)
11 May –
12 June
“My Ancestors’ Land. Boris Sachenko…”: the 75th birthday of writer Boris Sachenko

Book Museum

(third floor, room 348)

13–30 May "The keen insight into human nature": the 75th birthday of writer Boris Sachenko
12–30 May “Poetically. Nice. Fascinating”: the100th birthday of poet and writer Vasily Vitka
 

SUBJECT EXHIBITIONS

 
25 March –
18 May
"Under the sky of sacred Greece..." Third floor, circular hall
1 April

4 May
"Belarus-2010: the crucial events of the last year”: sources from Belarusian periodicals
Periodicals Reading Room
(anteroom, 1st floor, room 106)
1 April

31 May
"Intellectual property protection”: the World Day of Intellectual Property (26 April)
Legal Information Reading Room
(2nd floor, room 207g)
5 April

4 May
“Healthy society for all!”: the World Health Day (7 April) Anteroom, second floor, room 207
11 April

17 May
“The Greatest Sacred Holiday”: the Easter Day
Second floor, circular hall
14 April

7 June
“Africa: historical and cultural heritage”: the International Year of African Descendants Third floor, circular hall
14 April

16 May
“The global catastrophe – the national disaster”: the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster (26 April)
24 April

12 June
“The Holy Easter”: the Easter Day

Book Museum

(third floor, room 348)

26 April

25 September
“Minsky Listok": the 125th anniversary of the oldest Minsk newspaper

Book Museum

(third floor, room 348)

29 April

17 May
“The union of art and labor”: the International Workers’ Day (sources from the visual document collection of the National Library of Belarus)
Visual Materials Reading Room
(3rd floor, room 307)
3 May –
27 June
"We are thankful for the triumphant May!”: the Great Victory Day Third floor, circular hall
4–30 May "Advanced technologies – the guarantee of national economy and effectual power safety”: sources from periodicals of 2009–2011
Periodicals Reading Room
(anteroom, 1st floor, room 106)
5 May –
9 June
"The family in the modern world”: the World Family Day (15 May) Anteroom, second floor, room 207
17 May –
6 June
“International peacekeeping”: the International Day of UN Peacekeepers (29 May)
17 May –
30June
"All are different, all are unique": the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (May 21) Third floor, circular hall
18 May –
18 June
“Ex officina Elzeviriana – From the Elseviers’ Printing House”: the World Museum Day

Book Museum

(third floor, room 348)

26 May –
5 July
"The 41st shall never fade...": 70 years from the beginning of the Great Patriotic War Third floor, circular hall