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It's Time to Flip Through the Calendar

30 Sep 2021

Autumn is the time to plan and set goals for the next year. The calendar is the first assistant in this endeavour. You can see a rare copy of the 19th century pocket calendar from the collection of miniature publications in the Book Museum, at the anniversary jubilee exhibition "5+5+5".

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One of the Submarine Inventors

29 Sep 2021

This year marks the 230th anniversary of the birth of Kazimir Charnouski (1791–1847), who designed various types of submarine ships and proposed many original ideas that were later used to create the submarine fleet. For many years, his name remained unknown to researchers of the history of shipbuilding: the works of a talented inventor from Belarus were hidden in secret archival collections.

Through the Pages of the Belarusian Calendar

When Clay Comes to Life

27 Sep 2021

A book and illustration exhibition "When Clay Comes to Life" demonstrating ceramics and porcelain images from the collection of graphic documents of the National Library of Belarus is on show in the Fine Arts Reading Room (room 306) from September 27 to October 17.

Book exhibitions

"To Set in Motion the Energy of Conscience..."

21 Sep 2021

An exhibition “To Set in Motion the Energy of Conscience”, dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of Nil Hilievich, national poet of Belarus, literary critic, folklorist, translator, Honored Scientist of Belarus  (1931-2016), is on show in the Belarusian Literature Reading Room (room 205) from September 21 to November 15.

Book exhibitions

Excursions on National Unity Day

17 Sep 2021

The students of the Minsk City Cadet School and Minsk Secondary School No. 225 attended the excursion of the "Outstanding People of the Motherland" cycle on September 17. For them, excursions were conducted on the heritage of Francysk Skaryna and the writings of Uladzimir Karatkievich.

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Events

Seminar "Belarus – republic-partizan"

10 Jul 2024

As part of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from Nazi invaders, the National Library of Belarus is implementing the project "The Names of Heroes are immortal".


Dancers' Painter

5 Jul 2024

The book and illustrative exhibition "Dancers' Painter", dedicated to the 190th anniversary of the birth of the French impressionist artist Edgar Degas (1834–1917), takes place from July 5 to August 25 in the Fine Arts reading room (room 306).

Modernity and the future of the Earth's population

2 Jul 2024

From July 2 to August 5, in the documents of international rganizations of the National Library of Belarus (2nd floor, room 207g), a thematic book exhibition "Modernity and the future of the Earth's Population" takes place. The exhibition is dedicated to World Population Day, the 75th anniversary of the formation of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the 30th the anniversary of cooperation between the Republic of Belarus and UNFPA .