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Exhibition: Threads of Memories
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The exhibition, subtitled Destinies of Women in the Gulag, presents everyday life in the Soviet camps in an unconventional way, from arrest to return to freedom.
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The Baroque Library by Tom Mairs
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Illustrator Tom Mairs included a picture of the Klementinum baroque library in his book called Prague Sketchbook. The book contains a collection of painted scenes from...
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Exhibit of the Month: December 2024
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The exhibited manuscript is a collection of religious texts and prayers written in Czech, intended for an unknown woman or group of women. Its first part is dedicated to...
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The Ambassador of Turkey visited the NL
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Egemen Bagis, the Ambassador of Turkey to the Czech Republic, and his wife visited the National Library of the Czech Republic on 11 October, 2024. During their...
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Hostivař Reading Room is closed today
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The Hostivař Reading Room is closed on Wednesday, December 11, 2024 due to technical reasons. Thank you for understanding.
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RIPM Jazz Periodicals: trial access
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RIPM Jazz Periodicals is an invaluable primary source database, containing an extensive collection of rare and unique publications covering the diverse...
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Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
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The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the National Library of Korea and the Czech National Library for the...
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Exhibit of the Month: October 2024
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The Bible of Hodějov was written by a single scribe between 1440-1460. The manuscript was kept in the Sázava Monastery and eventually found its way to the Klementinum...
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Signal Festival 2024 in the Klementinum
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The twelfth edition of the Signal Festival continues the three-year project Ecosystems with the title Ecosystems II: Quest. Prague, October 10-13, 2024...
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Opening Hours from September 2, 2024
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Regular opening hours from September 2 to December 31, 2024. The National Library is open on Saturdays again. General reading room closed on Mon-Fri at 10 pm. Complete overview...
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Library Closure - September 23, 2024
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The National Library of the Czech Republic will be closed to the public on Monday, September 23, 2024, for technical reasons. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
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Symposium of the Slavonic Library
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On the occasion of the centenary of the Slavonic Library, an international symposium entitled “Slavic Studies Librarianship and its Influence on Contemporary Public Education” will be...
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Documents temporarily unavailable
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From Monday, 17 June 2024, to Saturday, 31 August, 2024, the documents on shelfmarks SF I, SF II , SF III, and Angl will not be available. In this period, you cannot borrow them off-site, neither can you...
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Queens, Noblewomen and Burger Women
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The exhibition features the range of activities by which noble and lowborn women influenced the society and acted as cultural agents in the broadest sense of the word: they participated...
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Discover the National Library’s treasures
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On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Slavonic Library, which is part of the NL, we are honored to announce a partnership between our institution and Google Arts & Culture...
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Book Donation of Margo Paran
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Margo Paran (Israel), a painter and poet born in the Czechoslovakia, donated her poetry collection "And I Saw" and several other books to the National Library of the Czech Republic.
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Montenegrin Cyrillic Printing
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Montenegro is one of the first countries, in which printing was developed after the invention of printing press. Thanks to the ruling Crnojević family, Oktoich or The Octoechos...
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Exhibit of the Month: March 2024
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The grahic album features thirteen etchings with views of the North Bohemian spa town of Teplice and its surroundings. Apart from the Teplice Chateaux and town square...
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Exhibit of the Month: February 2024
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The manuscript marked with catalogue number NK X A 19, dated to the first half of the 14th century, contains Historia Scolastica by Peter Comestor. In this work, Comestor paraphrases...
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Open Preservation Foundation
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The Open Preservation Foundation (OPF) is pleased to welcome The National Library of the Czech Republic as a new member over this past year. OPF is a key organisation...
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The NL Experts in the IFLA Management
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During the IFLA sessions, two experts from the National Library of the Czech Republic, Petra Vávrová and Tomáš Klimek, have been appointed to the management of the IFLA professional sections.
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Exhibit of the Month - January 2024
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A hand-coloured map of the southwestern part of Mexico, printed in1623, is displayed as the exhibit of the month. It is part of the Atlas by renowned cartographer Gerard Mercator.
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The Jubilee Exhibition of Nativity Scenes
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A representative display features the works of the best contemporary creators of Nativity scenes in the Czech Republic. It is held on the occasion of the 800th anniversary...
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In the Name of the Belarusian Nation…
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The exhibition commemorates 100 years from the arrival of the exile government of the Belarusian Democratic Republic in Prague that became the centre of Belarusian exile...
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Exhibition: Czech High Gothic in Models
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Presented are 20 physical models of buildings from the High Gothic period at a scale of 1:100, created by students and pedagogues of the Architecture and Civil Engineering...
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Guided tours open again
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The Astronomical Tower and the Baroque Library (guided tour) was newly opened on 1 April 2023. A unique sightseeing tour through a part of the Klementinum, the former Jesuit college...
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Free registration for Citizens of Ukraine
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We offer citizens of Ukraine free registration in the NL. After registration you will get access to the collections, online sources and library services - more in Ukrainian.
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We fully support Ukraine!
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PF 2023
