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It was a great pleasure for the National Library of the Czech Republic to accept the invitation of Anna Chulyan, Director General…
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Trial access to the LitBase
Until the end of November 2025, registered readers of the National Library of the Czech Republic have the opportunity to try out…
Visit of Colleagues from the National Library of Latvia to the NL CR
Cooperation between the National Library of the Czech Republic and the National Library of Latvia is rooted in a long-standing…
Trial access to the Britannica Library
Trial access is activated from September 1st to December 1st, 2025.
EBSCO - AI Insights
The EBSCOhost platform now uses AI Insights, an artificial intelligence feature. Thanks to this innovation, you can look…
The new interface for the NL CR catalogue
From 28th May 2025, you will be able to try out the new catalogue interface. It was created in collaboration with the Moravian…
Cultural events
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Exhibit of the Month - November 2025
A selective catalogue of the manuscript collection of the monastic library was compiled after the dissolution of the…
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Exhibit of the Month - December 2025
The a cappella cycle In Nature was composed to selected poems from Vítězslav Hálek’s collection of the same title,…
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The Legacies of Women´s Monasteries in the Klementinum
The exhibition features the fate of women´s religious communities in Bohemia abolished in 1782 by the reform of Joseph II.
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Polish Fantasy
Fantasy and Horror of the First Half of the 20th Century in Polish Literature.
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Exhibit of the Month - January 2026
The manuscript is by an Orthodox cantor (dyak) Ivan Yuhasevych (c. 1741–1814), the famous collector of liturgical,…
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Astronomical Tower and Baroque Library
The Klementinum is Prague's second-largest building complex after Prague Castle and houses the most beautiful library in…
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