In commemoration of the 80th year of the liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto we invite you to the discussion “Refuged, but not helpless. Polish Jewish refugees in Vilnius, 1939–1944”.
On September 6th, at 6 p.m., the exhibition "Born in (In)dependence" by Benas Liandzbergis will be presented at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania.
Dear visitors! Please be informed that from the 28th of August National Library’s opening hours will be as usual.
On the occasion of the European Days of Jewish Culture we kindly invite you to the events organised by the Judaica Research Centre at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania in partnership with the Lithuanian Culture Institute and the Vilna Gaon Museum of Jewish History. This year the theme for the European Days of Jewish Culture is Memory. Visiting from Italy Professor Adachiara Zevi will speak on the relationship between memory and art, architecture and monuments.
On the occasion of the European Days of Jewish Culture we kindly invite you to the events organised by the Judaica Research Centre at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania in partnership with the Lithuanian Culture Institute and the Vilna Gaon Museum of Jewish History. This year the theme for the European Days of Jewish Culture is Memory. Visiting from Italy Professor Adachiara Zevi will speak on the relationship between memory and art, architecture and monuments.
On September 1st at 6 pm the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania will open a personal exhibition by Ukrainian designer and artist Kateryna Beslik titled “Huliaipole – My Little Homeland”.
Dear visitors, please be reminded that the National Library is closed during public holidays so it will not be open to the public on the 15th of August.
We are inviting artists, researchers, and exhibition curators to submit proposals for implementation at the Lithuanian National Martynas Mažvydas Library in 2024. Please complete the application form (download DOCX›) and send PDF examples of your work via email to
Join us for the opening presentation of the online art exhibition by the “They Have a Name” project. We will be sharing real stories of trafficking victims from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, and engaging in a discussion about human trafficking in the Baltic Sea Region.
This year Lithuania celebrated two very significant dates – the 19th anniversary of its membership of NATO and the European Union.
On 30 June and 1 July, the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania hosted the premiere of a work written for this space by one of Europe’s most influential composers, Austrian Beat Furrer. Considered one of the most important composers of contemporary music and a major influence on the shaping of European music in recent decades, this is the first time that Beat Furrer has given a world premiere in Lithuania. His new work Prophezeiungen (translated from German as “Prophecy”) for voice, bass clarinet and accordion was performed at the National Library.
Dear visitors, please be reminded that the National Library is closed during public holidays so it will not be open to the public on the 6th of July.
The Library’s opening hours are one hour shorter on a day before a public holiday thus our Library will be open until 8:00 pm on the 5th of July.
Please be informed that from 1st of July to 25th of August the National Library will switch to summer opening hours.
The Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuanian, the Association of District Public Libraries and the Ukrainian Library Association organised the Lithuanian and Ukrainian Libraries Forum “The Role of Libraries in Strengthening the Democratic Society” on 7-9 June in Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda.
Dear visitors, please be reminded that the National Library is closed during public holidays so it will not be open to the public on the 24th of June, i. e. on the St John's Day.
The PAIDEIA (European Institute of Jewish Studies in Sweden) Alumni Conference took place at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania on 8-11 June.
On June 12th the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania was visited by an official delegation of the Committee on Cultural Affairs of the Swedish Riksdag. Ambassador Ingen Buxton and colleagues of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden in Lithuania accompanied the guests.
Dear visitors, please be reminded that the National Library is closed during public holidays so it will not be open to the public on the 4th of June, i. e. on the Father's day.
On 7 June, an exhibition of Moon photographs by Italian artist Luca Missoni opens at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania.
On the 22nd of May an official delegation of the Republic of Azerbaijan and First Lady Mehriban Arif gizi Aliyeva visited the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania. The guests were accompanied by the First Lady of Lithuania Diana Nausėdienė.