The International illustration exhibition „The Suitcase of Stories“ has been specially created for children aged 5–12. Its title was inspired by illustrations by Latvian artist Anete Melece, in which a suitcase embarks on all kinds of adventures.

Join us on Saturday, November 14, at 6:00 p.m. at the Vilnius Jewish Public Library for an evening of music and poetry inspired by the extraordinary story of the Paper Brigade, the group of Jewish writers and intellectuals who risked their lives to save Jewish cultural treasures in Vilna during the Holocaust.

AI in music has moved from a niche experiment to something we encounter every day—in artists' work, YouTube playlists and news headlines. The technology is already here, but our reactions to it—and our understanding of what it can and cannot do—vary widely.

Dear visitors,

please be reminded that the National Library is closed on public holidays and closes one hour earlier on the day before public holidays.

The ekultura.lt platform (hereinafter referred to as ekultūra), developed by the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania together with 22 partners, won the “Culture and Heritage” category of the annual “Digital Book Carrier 2026” competition. The competition is the national selection stage for the United Nations-supported World Summit Awards (WSA).

The act of reading often leaves no direct evidence, providing researchers only its traces, such as marginal annotations, underlining, excerpts, letters, catalogues, accounts, legal records, quotations, and other material signs of use. These fragments raise important questions regarding the reconstruction of how particural texts were read, as well as methods, locations and social contexts in which reading occurred. Moreover, the kind of evidence raises questions about what we can learn about readers who left no names or personal accounts. 

Join us for a screening of the horror film Doctor Sleep.

Dear visitors,

please be informed that on 16 October, from 9.00 am to 4.30 pm, filming will take place on the main outdoor steps of the library; as a result, the entrance to and the exit from the building via the main entrance will be temporarily restricted.

Dear visitors,

on October 21, the Rare Books and Manuscripts Reading Room will be closed.

The Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania invites you to an exhibition featuring a bibliographic rarity: Rembrandt’s drawings from the Vaidotas Žukas Collection.

Lithuanian Music Business Association invites music creators, performers and managers to a hands-on masterclass with advertising strategist Tomas Bartninkas, where we will explore how to “employ” music in advertising — not merely as background sound, a jingle, or an emotional layer, but as a communication message in its own right.

Are your English skills „rusty“? Would you like to improve it? Come to the English Discussion Club, which takes place once a month in the American Space (2nd floor) at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania.

It is a pleasure to welcome you to the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania.

The collection of the Lituanistics Reading Room at the Lithuanian National Martynas Mažvydas Library has been enriched with new publications designed for non-native speakers learning Lithuanian.

The Statehood Center of the National Library of Lithuania, the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Vilnius, and the Lithuanian-Czech Society invite you to a screening of Leaving (Odcházení), directed by Václav Havel himself, on 6 October at 6:00 p.m.

On October 1 at 4:15 p.m., the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania invites you to a screening of the documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin.

More than three decades ago, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe embarked not only on the task of building democratic states, but also on transforming the system that shapes individuals – education. Ideologically driven teaching began to disappear from schools, curricula and textbooks were rewritten, institutions were restructured, and one of the key goals of education became the development of independent and critically thinking citizens.

On Friday, September 18, the Vilnius Jewish Public Library invites you to a meeting with Rabbi Stacey Blank, who will speak about Reform (Progressive) Judaism – its history, values, and place in the contemporary Jewish world. A Q&A session will follow the presentation.

On Thursday, September 24, the Vilnius Jewish Public Library invites you to a presentation of Solomon Fedler’s memoir “Shalechet – Žagarė, Once Was Home”.

The Palanga Summer Reading Pavilion is one of the most striking examples of timber modernist architecture in Lithuania, celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. How do we preserve and adapt this distinctive building, making it fit for contemporary cultural life? The search for answers begins this September, bringing together experts in architecture, cultural heritage conservation and landscape design from Lithuania, Denmark and Latvia.