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.

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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. 

Every historic document, manuscript, or book has its own story: who read it, where it was kept, and what marks were left behind by their owners. With this knowledge, we can better understand our cultural past and its place in Europe, more easily distinguish facts from myths, and become more resilient to misinformation. The public learns about these stories through the activities of cultural organizations, including library exhibitions, educational programs, and publications, in which experts transform complex data into easily understandable narratives.

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, 

pease be informed that from 1st of July to 31st of August the National Library will switch to summer opening hours. 

From June 10–12, representatives from the national library communities of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia gathered in Lithuania. The long-standing Baltic seminar “LiLaEst 2026” took place there. This year’s meeting focused on themes of heritage and identity, which are particularly important in today’s geopolitical context. The seminar reaffirmed that national libraries are an important part of our region’s national identity and democratic resilience.

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.

On July 2nd at 6 p.m., the National Library of Lithuania invites you to the opening of the exhibition “10 Years: Documenting Ukrainian Resolve and Resistance”. As part of the opening, artist and author Sarah Lippett will be in conversation with NARA contributing writer Polina Tolpygina about the creation of the comic book series over the past 10 years. 

On June 19, 2026, at 5 PM, the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania invites visitors to the discussion “My Time as a Pilot: Danish–Lithuanian Artistic Connections, 1991–2026.” 

The exhibition of the model of the Palanga Summer Reading Room is moving to the Palanga Summer Reading Room itself!  

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 Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, in collaboration with Vytautas Magnus University, the Faculty of Architecture at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, the Institute of Educational Sciences at Vilnius University, as well as the Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark in Lithuania and the Danish Cultural Institute in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, is organizing an international academic conference on October 1–2, 2026.  

To celebrate the 35th anniversary of Denmark’s decision to recognize Lithuania’s restored independence, the National Library of Lithuania – in collaboration with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark in Lithuania and the Danish Cultural Institute in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania – is organizing a series of events titled “A Year with Denmark”. As part of this series, the single-exhibit exhibition “Stories of Danish History” invites visitors to explore Denmark's past through historical texts and imagery.

On May 12, Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, visited the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania. During the event held there, an information point of the Council of Europe (CoE) dedicated to the people of Belarus was symbolically inaugurated. This step marks the implementation of Lithuania’s key commitments undertaken during its 2024 chairmanship of the CoE Committee of Ministers. The information point at the National Library will begin operations this year.