Lithuania

Lietuvos nacionalinė Martyno Mažvydo biblioteka / Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania

How to find us

Gediminas ave. 51

LT-01504 Vilnius

Lithuania

Phone

+370 5 249 7023

Email

biblio@lnb.lt

Director

Aušrinė Žilinskienė

Architect

Viktor Anikin

Year founded

1919

The Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania is a national cultural institution open to all users, active in the areas of dissemination of information, culture, science and education, performing library activities and ensuring implementation of the national information policy falling within its competence.

© Karolis Čivinskas

The main objectives of library operations are:
– to collect and ensure long term preservation of all published documents issued in Lithuania
– to bring up-to-date the national documentary cultural heritage, ensure its dissemination and integration into the common European data infrastructure
– to ensure access to information and knowledge, develop information and cultural competence of the society
– to encourage the society to seek new knowledge and ensure the dissemination and application of that knowledge
– to carry out applied research of information and communication sciences as well as consulting and expert activities

© Leonas Garbačauskas

The Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania is the main Lithuanian research library open to the public, also performing the functions of a parliamentary library.

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International conference “Acutus et Argutus: Early Modern Print Culture in Motion” in Vilnius

What makes a book sharp and witty? How did early modern print culture shape the way we read, think, and communicate today? The Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania and the National Museum of Lithuania invite scholars to unravel these questions at the international conference “Acutus et Argutus: Early Modern Print Culture in Motion.” (8–10 October 2025 Vilnius, Lithuania)

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