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.

Dear visitors! Please be informed that from 1 September, the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania will resume its regular opening hours.

The Baltic Way demonstrated what unity among people can achieve in the pursuit of freedom. Today, the national libraries of the Baltic states help to preserve what millions of people joined hands for back then – a shared memory, cultural identity and trust in information. This is one of the most important missions of national libraries today.

Return of Great Power Politics. A New Era for Small and Mid-sized Countries 
Martynas Mazvydas National Library, Vilnius || September 18, 2026 

On 4 September at 5.00 pm, the opening of the exhibition ‘Tanchum Kaplan: From Words to Images’ will take place at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania (atrium, 3rd floor). This event will mark the European Days of Jewish Culture.  

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.

Dear Visitors, 

please be informed that today, July 29, from 8:00 PM, temporary technical disruptions are expected. As a result: 

On August 7 at 3:00 p.m., the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania invites you to a guided tour in English of the exhibition “10 Years of Ukrainian Resilience and Resistance”. The tour will be led by the exhibition’s curator, Samantha Lippett.