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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 2011 Exhibitions in September

Exhibitions in September

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
5 July – 3 October	“Writers whose anniversaries are celebrated in 2011”: Theodore Dreiser (1871–1945); Edvard Radzinsky (1936); Ivan Franko (1856–1916); Marcel Proust (1871–1922); Bernard Shaw (1856–1950); Walter Scott (1771–1832)	Third floor, circular hall
11 July – 15 August	“A serene song of the heart”: the 100th birthday of Pavel Prudnikov	Belarusian Literature Reading Room (2nd floor, room 205)
1 July – 6 September	“The world of grace and beauty”: the 150th birthday of Anton Arensky	Music and Audio Materials Reading Room (3rd floor, room 305)
7 September – 11 October	“I love you, my life!”: the 100th anniversary of Russian actor, singer, people’s artist of Russia (1965) Mark Berness (1911 – 1969)	Music and Audio Materials Reading Room (3rd floor, room 305)
15 September – 8 November	“All my wealth is the word”: the 80th anniversary of people’s poet of Belarus, literary critic, specialist in folklore, translator, honored research worker of Belarus, laureate of Y. Kupala State Prize (1980) and the International Botev Prize (1986) Nil Gilevich	Belarusian Literature Reading Room (2nd floor, room 205)
1 September – 1 November	The 275th anniversary of Rizzi Zannoni Giovanni Antonio	Book Museum (third floor, room 348)
	SUBJECT EXHIBITIONS
14 April – 3 October	“Africa: historical and cultural heritage”: to the International Year of African Descendants	Third floor, circular hall
26 April – 25 September	“Minsky Listok": the 125th anniversary of the oldest Minsk newspaper	Book Museum (third floor, room 348)
17 June – 12 September	“Gatherers of the beautiful. Collectors’ peculiar hobbies”	Second floor, circular hall
9 August – 7 September	“Slaves in the 21st century: international and national mechanisms of fighting with modern forms of slavery“: to the International memory day of slavery victims and its liquidation (24 August)	Anteroom, second floor, room 207
16 August – 14 September	“Those who won glory for themselves and the Motherland“	Belarusian Literature Reading Room (2nd floor, room 205)
16 August – 18 September	“Denuclearized world for new generation“: to the International day of actions against nuclear tests (29 August)	Documents of International Organizations Reading Room (2nd floor, room 207g)
1 September – 10 October	"Steps to the future: on the way of knowledge": the Day of Knowledge	Visual Materials Reading Room (3rd floor, room 307)
1 September – 31 October	"Cultural life in Belarus: festivals, contests, exhibitions": materials from periodicals for 2010–2011	Periodicals Reading Room (anteroom, 1st floor, room 106)
1 September – 10 October	Medicine and law	Legal Information Reading Room (2nd floor, room 207g)
2 September – 12 April	“Minsk in the 21st century”: the Day of the City	Second floor, circular hall
14 September – 6 October	“The Library World”: the Library Day and the 15th anniversary of the Belarusian library magazine	Second floor, circular hall
8 September – 13 October	"The world without wars and violence”: to the International Day of Peace (21 September)	Anteroom, second floor, room 207
19 September – 9 October	”Tourism in the epoch of globalization is the world opened to everyone": to the World Tourism Day (27 September)	Documents of International Organizations Reading Room (2nd floor, room 207g)