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Leipzig: Wednesday, 30.04.2025

The reading rooms in the main building of the German National Library in Leipzig will close at 14:00 due to an event. The museum reading room, the music reading room and the service area are open until 18.00. The exhibitions of the German Museum of Books and Writing will open from 10:00 to 18:00.

Frankfurt am Main: Repair work telephone system

On 2 May, the Frankfurt site of the German National Library will be unavailable by telephone from 9.30 - 11.30 due to repair work.

Our birthday party in Leipzig on 3 October


On 3 October, the German National Library celebrated its 111th birthday and surprised all its visitors in Leipzig with an special birthday programme: an on-site scavenger hunt through the building - both analogue with paper and pencil and digital with an Actionbound.

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