Budapest Library

In the inner courtyard of the main ELTE BTK building in the Etvs Lornd University's Museum Boulevard campus there are two libraries operating side-by-side under a huge glass roof: the Library of the School of English and American Studies and the Library of the Institute of German Studies. This inner courtyard had been a typical open-air courtyard found in many of Budapest's buildings, and it was once where the entertainment spot Holdudvar (now on Margaret Island) operated. However, because the university needed to find space for the two libraries, in 2006 it converted the courtyard, adding heating from the floor and a huge glass roof overhead. The light-filled space is lined with row-upon-row of shelves, while underground there are many more books in storage waiting to be requested by the readers. The glass roof is covered by a shade cloth in summer to prevent glare. This might just be one of the only libraries in the world that used to be an entertainment spot, and we love it!

Address: Budapest 1088, Museum Boulevard 6-8.

Access: The library is for students, however, you can see it as long as you are quiet and respectful of those studying.

Throughout all of these hot-potato power juggles, the Wenckheim family continued to technically own the palace. After the Countess died in 1926, though, the family sold the building to the city of Budapest, and Wenckheim Palace began its second chapter as a library.

Budapest Library

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In the clashes between protesters and Soviet forces, the Palace Library was severely damaged, with cannon projectiles hitting the salon and destroying walls, large mirrors, rare books, and library catalogues. By the end, the library was wounded and more than 1500 people were dead, with half of them under the age of 30. A massive wave of refugees fled Hungary after the Soviet crackdown.

The National Szchnyi Library (Hungarian: Orszgos Szchnyi Knyvtr) (OSZK) is a library in Budapest, Hungary, located in Buda Castle. It is one of two Hungarian national libraries, the other being University of Debrecen Library.

The library was founded in 1802 by the highly patriotic Hungarian aristocrat Count Ferenc Szchnyi. Szchnyi traveled the world buying Hungarian books, which he assembled and donated to the nation. In 1803, the public library was opened in Pest. Szchnyi's example resulted in a nationwide movement of book donations to the library.[1]

In 1846, the Hungarian National Museum moved into its new building but it was not until 1949 that the Library became a separate entity again, with its current name. In 1985, the library moved to its new home at the Buda Castle Palace.[1] The NSZL works on its catalogue's semantic availability.[2]

The library aims to collect "hungarica" which is describes as works published within Hungary, published in Hungarian, written by Hungarian authors, and those with Hungarian aspects. The library receives two copies of all publications and prints produced in Hungary.[1]

The library's Incunabulum Collection consists of 1,800 books printed before 1500; notable items include a fragment of the Gutenberg Bible and the Chronica Hungarorum-the first book printed in Hungary. Its Antiqua Collection holds 13,000 items from the 16th-century, including a first edition of Nostradamus' The Prophecies. The Old Hungarian Library is a collection of 8,500 old Hungarian books including the Vizsoly Bible, the first complete Bible printed in Hungarian. The Apponyi Collection is a collection of over 3,000 Hungarian-related items donated by Count Albert Apponyi in 1924. One of its most notable items is the Tabula Hungariae, the earliest surviving printed map of Hungary. Other collections include the Leaflet Collection; Old Cyrillica Collection, mostly consisting of liturgical books written in Romanian Cyrillic, Early Printed Books Archive, and the History of Binding Collection.[3]

With the influx of periodicals in the 19th-century, Jzsef Szinnyei Sr. [hu] established the National Newspaper Library in 1884. The library has about 250,000 volumes of periodicals. Of the Hungarian and international newspaper collection, almost 75 percent of its items are the only surviving copies. Notable items include the Nova Posoniensia [Wikidata], the first regular newspaper in Hungary, and the Journal des Savans, the earliest academic journal in Europe.[4]

The library holds the largest manuscript collection in Hungary with about 1,400,000 total items.[5] Notable items include the original copies of Himnusz, Hungary's national anthem, and Szzat, a Hungarian song.[6]

The library has been digitizing its map collection in recent years to make cultural heritage items more accessible. The library partnered with the Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics at Etvs Lornd University to digitize some of the library's globes to create the Virtual Globes Museum. Tabula Hungariae, the first printed map of Hungary, is now digitized and accessible online.[8]

The library's music collection holds 170,000 items of printed sheet music. Notable items include Joseph Haydn's manuscripts and first edition works, items from Franz Liszt, and Ferenc Erkel's operas' manuscripts.[10]

About the institution:

The National Szchnyi Library is the national library of Hungary. Its core task is to collect, process and preserve all the written heritage of Hungary and all documents pertaining to it. The collection of Hungarica - all the books and other documents published in Hungary, and publications related to Hungary or to Hungarians published abroad - is to be carried out continuously to the fullest extent possible and these materials are to be available for the users whether in the form of parchment, paper or electronic medium.

Holdings related to RFE:

By agreement and contract made with Radio Free Europe the National Szchnyi Library has perpetual and non-transferable rights to the archive collection of the RFE's Hungarian Department. The appropriate divisions of the library manage the different types of documents. Some of the written material arrived on microfilms; these are at the Microfilm Collection. The Manuscript Collection has been collecting the donated written legacy of former RFE employees; while the Collection of Historical Interviews handles all audio documents.

The City Council purchased the building and converted the beautiful palace rooms into reading rooms for their new library in 1931. The Hungarian neo-baroque arcitecture makes for a handsome backdrop to the walls of leather tomes. The old Dining Room, converted to a long reading room, centered by a long table, once for feasts, now for quiet contemplation, is an especially ambient place. The former Smoking Room, with its spiral staircase leading to a gallery also stands out. These two rooms are warmly lit and encased in dark wood.

While it can be a confusing process to find the Central Library in the maze-like modern section of the library, once you do, all that is left is to pick out a beautiful old book, sink back into a deep leather chair, surrounded by the soft light of chandeliers, and relax like a 19th century Hungarian artistocrat.

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The entire hotel has been designed to evoke a private residence, so the rooms and suites have been crafted with top-grade materials and furnishings, vibrant textiles, and eye-catching artwork. The colors and style vary depending on which musical genre the rooms represents, though, so you'll find Art Nouveau flair and dashes of Old Hollywood glamour in the Jazz tower, for example, and Neo-Baroque furniture and Murano glass chandeliers in the Classical wing. Techie perks abound, from 55-inch flat screens set on marble mantles (and equipped with Blu-ray players), phone docking stations (Apple and Android), and Handy 4G phones for free international calls, to access to a digital music library and an interactive multimedia entertainment system with home theater-grade sound projector. Good sleep is a priority: Beds can be made as plush or firm as you want by removing the pillow top or adding foam, and specialty pillows, hypoallergenic blankets, night lights, eye masks and other accessories are available upon request. The onyx-lined bathrooms feature separate showers and tubs, heated towel racks, Molton Brown products, and upgraded ionic hair dryers.

Several public collections, higher educational institutions, and research institutes are forced to close their doors in the coming winter months in Hungary. The Library of Central European University in Budapest, however, remains open. Furthermore, the leadership of the university decided to expand access to the library for the students and faculty of Hungarian universities and colleges; teachers; scholars at the former research institutes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; and representatives of the media too.

We are here to serve our community and would love for you to come visit us. You can explore the links below to check out our databases and our library catalog. From the catalog, you can see all the books available in our library, put books on hold, and renew the books you have checked out. All staff, students, and parents are welcome to come in and set up an account. Make sure to like our library Facebook page so that you can keep updated on events, new books, book reviews, and other information.

If you have any questions, you can contact me via e-mail. During the school year we're open 8:00-4:00 every weekday, except for Wednesdays when we sometimes have to close at 3:00. (Summer open hours are posted at the top of this page during summer months.) I look forward to seeing you in the library!

Since the Museum of Fine Arts is unique in the country by virtue of its overwhelmingly international fine arts collection, the library has always played an important role in researches exceeding the national borders. There was a good chance that if something was lacking here, those interested had to travel to Vienna or Munich, if not further. For this reason, in the last one hundred years museum leaders have always done their best to facilitate international research via the library. The enlargement of its holdings can be seen in the timeline. Although the primary task of the library has always been to support the homework of the museum staff, its reading room has always been open to visitors, well before it officially became a public library in 2006. e24fc04721