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National Library of Belarus

Niezaležnasci Ave, 116,
220114, Minsk, Belarus
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Phone: (+375 17) 368 37 37
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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

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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 2011 Exhibitions in April

Exhibitions in April

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

Time	Event	Location
	ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITIONS
April 7 – July 5	“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
February 22 – May 22	“Piotr Skarga’s Tale”: the 475th birthday	Book Museum
February 18 – April 12	"Generosity of the heart devoted to people": the 75th birthday of compser, pedagogue, honored art worker of Belarus, laureate of the Trade Unions’ Prize of Belarus (1991) and V. Vitka Republican Prize (2001), possessor of Francisk Skorina Medal Kim Tesakov	Music and Audio Materials Reading Room (3rd floor, room 305)
February 24 – April 12	“Music, the language of the soul”: the 60th birthday of composer, honored art worker of Belarus, laureate of the State Prize of Belarus (1992), Lenin Komsomol of Belarus Prize (1986), and the President’s of the Republic of Belarus Special Prize (2001) Galina Gorelova	Music and Audio Materials Reading Room (3rd floor, room 305)
March 14 – April 14	“Following the lines of documents”: the 80th birthday of scientist-historian, literary critic and writer Gennady Kisselyov (1931–2008)	Belarusian Literature Reading Room (2nd floor, room 205)
March 17 – April 26	“The poet of paint and line”: the 170th birthday of Russian artist Mikhail Vrubel (1956–1910)	Visual Materials Reading Room (3rd floor, room 307)
April 13 – June 28	“Prokofiev’s world of sound”: the 120th birthday of Russian composer and pianist Sergey Prokofiev	Music and Audio Materials Reading Room (3rd floor, room 305)
April 15 – May 9	“The Belarusian Nightingale”: the 125th birthday of writer Zmitrok Byadulya	Belarusian Literature Reading Room (2nd floor, room 205)
April 15–30	“One of the pathfinders”: the 130th birthday of historian Vsevolod Ignatovsky	Belarusian Literature Reading Room (2nd floor, room 205)
April 22 – May 9	“Historian-patriot”: the 90th birthday of historian and literary critic Nicolay Yermolovich	Belarusian Literature Reading Room (2nd floor, room 205)
April 22 – May 9	“Kindness and talent”: the 80th birthday of writer and literary critic Oleg Loyka	Belarusian Literature Reading Room (2nd floor, room 205)
	SUBJECT EXHIBITIONS
February 24 – April 11	“Treasures and mysteries of the forest”: the International Year of Forests	Third floor, circular hall
March 9 – April 27	“The ideology of the Belarusian state: essence, purpose, possibilities”: the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus Day	Second floor, circular hall
March 25 – April 27	"Under the sky of sacred Greece..."	Third floor, circular hall
March 3 – April 4	“Women of the world: past, present, future”: the International Women’s Day (8 March)	Anteroom, second floor, room 207
March 14 – April 13	“People are different, people are equal: races without racism”: the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21 April)	Documents of International Organizations Reading Room (2nd floor, room 207g)
March 1 – April 15	“Women in the history of Belarus”: the International Women’s Day	Belarusian Literature Reading Room (2nd floor, room 205)
March 21 – April 11	"The splendor of Italian art in Franco Maria Ricci books": the 150th anniversary of Italian Unification	Second floor, circular hall
April 1 – May 20	"Belarus-2010: the crucial events of the last year”: sources from Belarusian periodicals	Periodicals Reading Room (anteroom, 1st floor, room 106)
April 1 – May 31	"Intellectual property protection”: the World Day of Intellectual Property (26 April)	Legal Information Reading Room (2nd floor, room 207g)
April 5 – May 4	“Healthy society for all!”: the World Health Day (7 April)	Anteroom, second floor, room 207
April 11 – May 16	“The Greatest Sacred Holiday”: the Easter Day	Second floor, circular hall
April 18 – June 7	“Africa: historical and cultural heritage”: the International Year of African Descendants	Third floor, circular hall
April 14 – May 16	“The global catastrophe – the national disaster”: the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster (26 April)	Documents of International Organizations Reading Room (2nd floor, room 207g)
April 24 – June 12	“The Holy Easter”: the Easter Day	Book Museum
April 26 – September 25	“Minsky Listok": the 125th anniversary of the oldest Minsk newspaper	Book Museum
April 29 – May 17	“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)