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On the occasion of the Night of Museums, we are waiting for young and old, children and adults alike with special surprises.

On the occasion of the Night of Museums, on the 24th of June 2023 from 6.00 pm at the ELTE University Library and Archives in the Lobby (1053 Budapest, Ferenciek tere 6.), a string quartet consisting of members of the ELTE University Concert Orchestra will give a concert with Éva Dúlfalvy, concertmaster (violin), Csaba Nemes (violin), Mónika Mezei (viola) and Zsuzsanna Kéri (cello). All visitors are welcome!

On this year's Night of Museums, we will present the original edition of the Chronica Hungarorum in our library to mark the 550th anniversary of the printing of the Buda Chronicle. In the exhibition of books related to the volume, visitors also have the opportunity to gain an insight into some of the other special documents from our museum collection. All visitors are welcome!

The University Library and Archives offers guided tours of our exhibition „Under the spell of accuracy – The Life and work of Loránd Eötvös” on the Night of Museums.

Save a book, adopt it! Our volume presented in June is the Articles of law of Transylvanian prince Gábor Bethlen dated 1627, which is one of the highlights of the book adoption program of the University Library Foundation.

According to our tradition, we will join the Night of Museums on the 24th of June 2023, opening our Buda Chronicle 550 chamber exhibition. From 3 p.m. in the afternoon until midnight, our library welcomes all visitors with craft activities, concerts, guided tours, restoration workshops and an exhibition of Chronica Hungarorum. Tickets are available at our library information desk. All visitors are welcome!

The Foundation for the University Library held this year's meeting of the Board of Trustees, where Dr. Péter Kiszl, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Dr. Kulcsár Szabó Ernőné Gombos Annamária, Director General of the ELTE University Library and Archives (ELTE ULA), Dr. László Szögi, retired Director General of ELTE ULA, Krisztián Szalay, Rector's Commissioner for Sports Affairs of ELTE, Márta Csikós, Head of Cabinet of ELTE ULA, and as new members Dr. Edit Madas, academician, professor, and Judit Osskó, certified architect, monument protection engineer, television editor-director, participated in the meeting.

To support the learning, teaching, and research activities of university citizens and library users, the use of library computers and self-service scanning will be free from May 30, 2023.

Save a book, adopt it! Our volume presented in May is the coursebook of the Czech educator Jan Amos Komenský (in Latin: Johannes Comenius, 1592-1670), the so called „Orbis pictus”, which is one of the highlights of the book adoption program of the University Library Foundation.

The Reading Hall will be closed between 12.00 and 16.00 on the 30th of May 2023 due to an MTVA-filming.

From the 30th of May 2023, ELTE University Library will open the ground-floor training room from the lobby to library users, offering free and gratis use of 10 library laptops.

The ELTE University Library and Archives offers extended opening hours for readers and students on weekdays and Saturdays between the 30th of May and the 1st of July 2023 until 22.00 hours, on a trial basis. Our training room will also be available, offering free computer access and learning opportunities.

What can a Latin entry in humorous Greek letters in an 11th century Gospel book tell us? Who and why would have had a small manuscript booklet of Janus Pannonius' letters made in the early 16th century? What did the user of a Janus volume think of the poet's epigrams? Find out in our virtual exhibition, based on the chamber exposition entitled „Janus Pannonius from Humanism to the Baroque”, on display from September to November 2022.

Two hundred and fifty years ago, in 1773, Pope Clement XIII dissolved the Jesuit order, accelerating the process of the university's transfer to the state. Between 1635 and 1773, many distinguished Jesuits of great knowledge taught at our university, leaving a lasting mark on the history of the institution. In April our feature is on the founder of our university’s medal collection, Leopold Fischer.

We would like to inform our visitors that due to the ongoing storage cleaning work, some of our stock sections will be unavailable or only partially available from the 10th of May 2023 until the end of May.

This year, ELTE Trefort Ágoston Teacher Training High School celebrated the 150th anniversary of its foundation and adopted eight prints of great significance to the history of the school, which are preserved in the ELTE University Library and Archives.

Two hundred and fifty years ago, in 1773, Pope Clement XIII dissolved the Jesuit order, accelerating the process of the university's transfer to the state. Between 1635 and 1773, many distinguished Jesuits of great knowledge taught at our university, leaving a lasting mark on the history of the institution. In April our feature is on the collector of Hungarian history sources and the most significant figure in Jesuit ascetic literature, Gábor Hevenesi.

Due to an event, the ELTE University Library and Archives will be closed on Friday, on the 21st of April 2023. From Saturday, from the 22nd of April 2023, we will be open again.

On the occasion of the International Librarian’s Day, we wish all librarians much joy and success in their work with the following lines.

The Eötvös Loránd University Library and Archives – University History Collection has become a museum institution of public interest by the decision of the Minister of Culture and Innovation.