From September 01, 2007 to September 31, 2007, in the Visual Materials Reading Room (room 307) is open an exhibition "Witnesses of the Time" which presents Belarusian calendars from the NLB's collections.
The exhibition acquaints visitors with the history of national calendar from the beginning of the 19th century to the present. The exposition includes 255 calendars of various design, subject, and destination. It includes the following sections: "Books-calendars of the 19th - beginning of the 20th centuries", "Soviet books-calendars" (1917 - 1960), wall, desk, throw-over, block, pocket calendars, and diaries. The oldest calendar was published in 1819 in Vilnius.
We invite to the exhibition all who are interested in the history of Belarusian calendar.
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