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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 2013 Exhibitions in December

Exhibitions in December

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
4 July – 30 December	"Writers’ anniversaries in 2013": Leo Tolstoy (1788–1824); Ivan Turgenev (1913–1960); Fyodor Tyutchev (1913–1984)	Third floor, circular corridor
From 1 September	“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)
12 January – 30 December	“Vladimir Vysotsky. Thank you!”: to the 75th anniversary from the birth of poet, actor and bard Vladimir Vysotsky	Third floor, circular corridor
5 October – 31 December	"I was destined to be...": to the 300th anniversary of Denis Diderot	Book Museum (third floor, room 348)
From 12 November	"Belarusian etching": to the 500th anniversary of etching within the framework of the project "Art-Line"	Book Museum (third floor, room 348)
13 November – 11 December	“The English traditions and the present”: to the 100th birth anniversary of the British composer Edward Benjamin Britten	Music and Audio Materials Reading Room (3rd floor, room 305)
15 November – 16 December	“The music of colors, the harmony of images”: 75 years from the date of foundation of the Belarusian Union of Artists	Visual Materials Reading Room (3rd floor, room 307)
2–31 December	"The poet’s spiritual sphere": to the 70th birth anniversary of Belarusian writer Casimir Kameysha	Belarusian Literature Reading Room (2nd floor, room 205)
2 December 2013 – 6 January 2014	“My life is roads and songs…”: to the 80th birth anniversary of Belarusian ethnomusicologist and cinematographer Zinaida Mozheyko	Music and Audio Materials Reading Room (3rd floor, room 305)
16 December 2013 – 6 January 2014	“The singer of the people’s life”: to the 120th anniversary of the Belarusian composer Yevgeny Tikotsky	Music and Audio Materials Reading Room (3rd floor, room 305)
17 December 2013 – 19 January 2014	“Teacher. Warrior. Writer”: to the 100th anniversary from the date of the birth of the Belarusian writer Aleksey Kulakovsky	Belarusian Literature Reading Room (2nd floor, room 205)
19 December 2013 – 19 January 2014	“Reread all Mickiewicz’s works…”: to the 215th anniversary from the date of the birth of Adam Mickiewicz	Third floor, circular corridor
20 December 2013 – 19 January 2014	“The wizard ofliterary word”: to the 90th birth anniversary of Belarusian poet Anatoly Veluygin	Belarusian Literature Reading Room (2nd floor, room 205)
10 December – 31 December	"The Gutenberg Bible": to the 560th anniversary of the 42-line Bible	Book Museum (third floor, room 348)
	THEMATIC EXHIBITIONS
13 March – 30 December	“The centenary book”: books published in 1913 in the collections of the National Library of Belarus	Third floor, circular corridor
22 August – 30 December	"In the beginning was the word...": to the 1150th years of the Slavic written language	Third floor, circular corridor
15 September – 30 December	“The library in time and space”: to Libraries Day (15 September)	Book Museum (third floor, room 348)
12 November – 31 December	“Colors in black-and-white”: to the 500th anniversary of the first dated etching	gallery Atrium, 3rd floor
1 November – 31 December	"Anti-corruption: law, experience, problems": to the International Anti-Corruption Day (9 December)	Legal Information Reading Room (2nd floor, 207b)
4 November – 31 December	"Turning over the pages of periodicals on legal issues": for professional training	Periodicals Reading Room (Anteroom, 1st floor, room 106)
8 November – 28 December	“The right to live without violence”: to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (25 November)	Anteroom, 2nd floor, room 207
5 November – 1 December	“Science. Cooperation. Development”: to the World Science Day for Peace and Development (10 November)	Second floor, circular corridor
13 November – 9 December	“Life of outstanding people”: biography book series	Second floor, circular corridor
14 November – 2 December	“The world where anything is possible”: biography book series	Second floor, circular corridor
29 November 2013 – 2 January 2014	"Getting to Zero": to World AIDS Day (1 December)	Anteroom, 2 floor, room 207
2–31 December	"The atmosphere of beauty": catalogues of clothes produced in light industry of Belarus	Belarusian Literature Reading Room (2nd floor, room 205)
2 December 2013 – 7 January 2014	“Equal opportunities to all!”: to the International Day of People with Disability (3 December)	Documents of International Organizations Reading Room (2nd floor, room 207g)
18 December 2013 – 14 January 2014	"New Year’s Serpentine"	Second floor, circular corridor
12 December 2013 – 12 January 2014	“Music for chamber ensembles”: music- and audio documents from the Library’s collection	Music and Audio Materials Reading Room (3rd floor, room 305)
20 December 2013 – 13 January 2014	“Waiting for a miracle”: documents from the Library’s collections	Visual Materials Reading Room (3rd floor, room 307)