28 Aug 2020
A literary and visual exhibition "Delicate Lyricism of a Landscape" dedicated to the 160th anniversary of the outstanding Russian artist Isaak Levitan (1860-1900) is held in the Fine Arts Reading Room (room 306) from August 28 to September 29
28 Aug 2020
An art exhibition "My Letter", timed to coincide with the Day of Knowledge, opens in the Library on August 27.
27 Aug 2020
The final of the national contest for young readers "Living Classics – 2020" took place on August 26. Participants of the competition were young talents from different parts of Belarus.
25 Aug 2020
The National Library of Belarus has determined the winners of the contest dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Rygor Borodulin, the People's Poet of Belarus.
24 Aug 2020
The Children's Room held an event titled “Multchitayka” based on A. Lindgren’s fairy tale “Pippi Longstocking” on the 22nd of August.
24 Aug 2020
The National Library of Belarus together with the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus and the Presidential Library of the Republic of Belarus compiled the set. It includes fiction by Belarusian authors, publications on the history and culture of Belarus, dictionaries and children's books.
21 Aug 2020
The Library has organized an exhibition dedicated to the 550th anniversary of the appearance of the miraculous Zhirovichi icon of the Virgin and the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Stavropigial Men's Holy Assumption Monastery.
19 Aug 2020
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Mr Gedaliy Safyan, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, an outstanding specialist who devoted more than thirty years of his professional life to the National Library of Belarus.
18 Aug 2020
Since August 2020, the electronic library of the Minsk Theological Academy named after St. Cyril of Turov of the Belarusian Orthodox Church (Belarusian Exarchate of the Moscow Patriarchate) has started working on the Web.
17 Aug 2020
Ms Tatiana Minchenya, the veteran of the National Library of Belarus, celebrates her 50th birthday. She has dedicated her entire life to serving the library, books and culture in general.
15 Aug 2020
An agricultural school was officially opened in the Gory-Gorki estate of the Mogilev province on August 15, 1840. It later transformed into an agricultural institute, the predecessor of the modern Belarusian State Agricultural Academy.
14 Aug 2020
The National Library continues the charity action “About Belarus to Belarusians Abroad”. The purpose of the event is to promote the knowledge about Belarus, to popularize information resources reflecting the wealth of the country's historical, cultural and natural heritage, as well as to expand information interaction with associations of the Belarusian diaspora in foreign countries.
12 Aug 2020
Mr Andrey Baranovsky, Chief Bibliographer of the Bibliology Research Department of the National Library of Belarus, local history expert, author of the book "Lepel Infantry School", took part in the TV show on Russia 1 from the cycle "Memory of Fiery Years".
10 Aug 2020
Children’s Room held “Sun Fruits” master-class on August 8. The kids learned how to make colorful and juicy fruits in the single-glass window plasticine graphic technique.
10 Aug 2020
Each country is proud of its achievements. Belarus is no exception. Belarusians have shown growing interest in our cultural heritage. We are proud of our past and our cultural progress.
7 Aug 2020
The exhibition "The Future is for Youth!" dedicated to the International Youth Day. It's on show in the Official Documents Service Department (room 207) from August 7 to September 14.
6 Aug 2020
The first Belarusian printer Francysk Skaryna began publishing in 1517 in Prague. The first book with a note about the date of its completion was the “Psalter”. Thanks to this, we know not only the year, but also the birthday of the Belarusian printed book. It was on August 6, 1517.
6 Aug 2020
The collections of the National Library of Belarus can boast of several herbaria dated 15th – 16th centuries. You can find images of plants that Harry Potter studied in potions lessons in these ancient books.
6 Aug 2020
Algerd Abukhovich (pseudonym Graf Bandinelli, August 6, 1840 - August 22, 1898) entered the history of Belarusian literature as a poet, realist writer, and translator, one of the founders of the Belarusian fable, fiction and memoirism.
5 Aug 2020
The National Library of Belarus, the largest information centre of the state, provides the maximum amount of objective information about our country.
23 Apr 2024
23 Apr 2024
From April 23 to May 28, the book exhibition "Intellectual Property: the XXI Century" dedicated to the International Intellectual Property Day is open in the Documents of International Organizations reading room (room 207g).
23 Apr 2024
April 18, 2024 marks the 210th anniversary of the birth of Yevstafiy Tyshkevich, a famous archaeologist, historian, ethnographer, local historian and museologist. His research has raised whole layers of the historical past, he was one of the first Belarusian authors of local lore. To mark the anniversary of the scientist, an exhibition "Connoisseur of Belarusian Antiquities" has been organized in the Book Museum of the National Library of Belarus.
23 Apr 2024
Anniversary book exhibition "A Look into Eternity", dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of the Belarusian scientist, literary critic Vladimir Mikhailovich Konon (1934–2011), takes place from April 23 to May 20 in the Belarusian Literature reading room (room 205).
