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National Library of Belarus

Niezaležnasci Ave, 116,
220114, Minsk, Belarus
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Phone: (+375 17) 368 37 37
Fax: (+375 17) 368 97 06
E-mail: inbox@nlb.by

Phone numbers for excursion recording:
(+37517) 293 29 66, (+37517) 293 28 53

Opening hours:

Mon. – Fri.

10 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Sat., Sun.

10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

On each last Monday of a month
there is a clean-up day

You can find more info about the opening hours here

Public transport:

underground: Uskhod Station

trolleybus: № 1, 41, 42

bus: № 25, 27, 34, 64, 77, 80, 87с, 91, 95, 113а, 113с, 145с

Main Services Social and cultural services Exhibitions Book exhibitions Exhibitions 2010 September

September

Dear users! The subject lists of literature displayed at the Library exhibitions are available at all reading rooms on any workbench.

Time	Event	Location
	ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITIONS
July 1 – September 20	The writers whose anniversaries are celebrated in 2010: Andre Maurois (1885–1967), Gui de Maupassant (1850–1893), Ray Bradbury (born 1920), Alexander Grin (1880–1932), Alexander Kuprin (1870–1938), Agatha Christie (1890–1976)	Third floor, circular hall
September 23 – October 31	The writers whose anniversaries are celebrated in 2010: Sergei Esenin (1895–1925), Ivan Bunin (1870–1953), Аlexander Blok (1880–1921), Mark Twain (1835–1910), Аfanasy Fet (1820–1892), Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)	Third floor, circular hall
July 28 – September 22	“Life devoted to the song”: to the 100th birthday of researcher of folk music and choral singing, conductor, people’s artist of Belarus and the USSR Gennady Titovich (1910–1986)	Music and Audio Materials Reading Room (3rd floor, room 305)
August 20 – September 30	“The great names of the Motherland: Cyril Turovsky, Mikola Gusovsky, Frantsisk Skoryna, Ivan Fyodorov, Symon Budny, Vasil Tyapinsky, Sophia Slutskaya”: to the Day of Knowledge (September 1) and the Day of the Belarusian Written Language (September 5)	Third floor, circular hall
August 12 – September 23	“The faith, the love and the light”: to the 60^th birthday of poet, dramatist and literary critic Galina Korzhenevskaya	Belarusian Literature Reading Room (2nd floor, room 205)
September 9–30	"The flowers of poetry”: to the 60th birthday of Fyodor Gurinovich, the Belarusian poet, laureate of Y. Mavr Literary Prize (1998)	Belarusian Literature Reading Room (2nd floor, room 205)
	SUBJECT EXHIBITIONS
June 1 – September 22	«Grodno “Catechism” by Lavrenti Zizaniy»	Book Museum
May 26 – September 12	"The world of our hobbies: recent publications"	Second floor, circular hall
August 19 – September 30	“The best books of Belarus”: the exhibition-presentation exposing the winners of the 50th National Contest “The Art of a Book – 2010” and of the VII International Contest “The Art of a Book” among member-countries of the CIS	Third floor, circular hall
August 19 – September 19	“25+5 remarkable books”: exhibition of books from the collections of the National Library of Estonia The presentation of the best designed Estonia books takes place on August 19th	Visual Materials Reading Room (3rd floor, room 307)
6 августа – September 5	“Youth today: problems and search for solutions”: to the World Youth Day (August 12^th)	Anteroom, second floor, room 207
August 12 – September 15	“Humanitarian aid: to help people out of a difficult situation” : to the World Humanitarian Day (August 19^th)	Documents of International Organizations Reading Room (2nd floor, room 207g)
August 25 – September 20	"The symbol of Belarusian theatrical culture": to the 90th anniversary of Y. Kupala National Academic Theater	Third floor, circular hall
September 1 – November 30	"Initiated by Skoryna": exhibition of first printed books	Book Museum
September 9 – October 12	"Minsk in the ХХІ century”: to Minsk Day of the City (September 11)	Second floor, circular hall
September 14 – October 6	"Contemporary librarianship: theory and practice": to the Day of Libraries (September 15)	Second floor, circular hall
September 29 – October 31	“Polyphony has merged into a unique chorus... ”: printed music and audio records from the collections of the National Library of Belarus	Music and Audio Materials Reading Room (3rd floor, room 305)
September 24 – October 31	The Great Duchy of Lithuania”: to the 770^th foundation anniversary (circa 1240 – 1795)	Belarusian Literature Reading Room (2nd floor, room 205)
September 1 – October 11	"The book and fine arts": to the Day of Knowledge (September 1)	Visual Materials Reading Room (3rd floor, room 307)
September 1 – October 31	“Help to professional reading": periodicals of2008–2010.	Periodicals Reading Room (anteroom, 1st floor, room 106)
September 6 – October 13	“Literacy. Education. Culture.” : to the International Literacy Day (September 8)	Anteroom, second floor, room 207
September 16 – October 7	“Language diversity in Europe”: to the European Day of Languages (September 26)	Documents of International Organizations Reading Room (2nd floor, room 207g)