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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 2012

Exhibitions 2012

Complete reading lists of literature displayed at the Library exhibitions are available in all reading rooms on any user workbench.

TIme	Event	Location
	ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITIONS
1 September – 31 December	"The first director: known and unknown pages of bibliography": to the 120th anniversary from the date of the birth of Iosif Simanovsky	Book Museum (third floor, room 348)
13 September – 31 December	"Life in poetry": to the 100th anniversary from the date of the bith of Belarusian people’s poet Maxim Tank	Second floor, circular hall
25 October – 31 December	“The people’s teacher”: to the 130th anniversary from the birth of people’s poet of Belarus Yakub Kolas	Third floor, circular hall
25 October – 31 December	"The bard of the Belarusian soul": to the 130th anniversary from the birth of people’s poet Yanka Kupala	Third floor, circular hall
10 November – 18 December	“The great satirist”: to the 315th anniversary of English painter and graphic artist William Hogarth	Visual Materials Reading Room (3rd floor, room 307)
14 November – 10 December	“With love of people”: to the 100th anniversary of Belarusian writer Pavel Kovoliov	Belarusian Literature Reading Room (2nd floor, room 205)
20 November – 31 December	Exhibition for the 150th anniversary of the publication of the newspaper "Muzhytskaya prauda"	Book Museum (third floor, room 348)
27 November – 31 December	"War of 1812 in book monuments": to the 200th anniversary of the war of 1812	Book Museum (third floor, room 348)
28 November – 31 December	“Light of poetic gift”: to the 100th anniversary from the date of the birth of Belarusian poet, translator, Belarusian honored feagure of culture Alexei Rusetsky	Belarusian Literature Reading Room (2nd floor, room 205)
30 November – 10 January	“Eternally the same, eternally new": to the 80th anniversary of Russian composer and pianist Rodion Shchedrin	Music and Audio Materials Reading Room (3rd floor, room 305)
12 December – 7 January	"Through the eyes and heart of a child": to the 90th anniversary of Belarusian writer Elena Vasilevich	Belarusian Literature Reading Room (2nd floor, room 205)
20 December – 20 January	“Polymya – stages of creative development”: to the 90th anniversary of literary, social and political magazine	Third floor, circular hall
21 December – 14January	“For thegood of the Motherland”: to the 180th anniversary of Russian collector and patron of art Pavel Tretyakov	Visual Materials Reading Room (3rd floor, room 307)
	SUBJECT EXHIBITIONS
20 February – 31 December	“The best books of Belarus”: based on the results of the Republican Contest “The Art of a Book”	Third floor, circular hall
12 June – 31 December	“The miracle named the Book”: to the Year of Book, within the framework of the multiproject “Library”	Third floor, circular hall
1 September – 31 December	"Fairy tales...": to the Day of Knowledge	Book Museum (third floor, room 348)
4 October – 10 December	“Culture of Belarus: traditions and prospects”	Second floor, circular hall
1 November– 31 December	"In the world of knowledge": periodicals for pedagogues and psychologists	Periodicals Reading Room (Anteroom, 1st floor, room 106)
1 November – 31 December	"Serve the law and justice ": to the Day of Lawyer (1st week of December)	Legal Information Reading Room (2nd floor, 207b)
14 November – 4 December	"Rights of the child in the adult world": to the Universal Children’s Day (20 November)	Anteroom (2nd floor, room 207)
26 November – 12 December	"AIDS: time to act": to World AIDS Day (1 December)	Documents of International Organizations Reading Room (2nd floor, room 207g)
6 December – 3 January	"Human rights: freedom and equality for all": to the International Day of Human Rights (10 December)	Anteroom (2nd floor, room 207)
12 December – 21 Januaryr	“New Year’s streamer”: the exhibition including congratulations on New Year’s Day	Second floor, circular hall
13 December – 6 January	"Migration in the epoch of global changes": to the International Migrant Day (18 December)	Documents of International Organizations Reading Room (2nd floor, room 207g)