The Swiss National Library will be open between Christmas and New Year!
It will be closed from Monday December 24th to Wednesday December 26th 2018 and from Monday December 31st 2018 to Wednesday January 2nd 2019.
C’est en 1943 qu’Albert Hofmann a découvert les effets hallucinogènes du LSD. En s’inspirant du best-seller du chimiste suisse « LSD, mon enfant terrible », la bibliothèque nationale raconte dans cette exposition l’histoire de cette substance située à mi-chemin entre drogue miracle et œuvre diabolique.
We wish you all the best for the festive season and the New Year. In 2019, see the world from a new perspective with the Swiss National Library and its exhibition «Eyes in the sky: from
Spelterini’s balloon to the drone».
The collections of the Swiss National Library consist of books, newspapers and periodicals, websites, maps and atlases, university and corporate publications, official publications and printed music.
The image documents in the National Library’s Prints and Drawings Department include prints from the 17th to the 20th centuries, photographs, postcards and posters as well as editions/portfolios and books containing original graphic works.
The National Library’s Literary Archives are home to the leading collection of literary estates, libraries and archives from authors of the 20th and 21st centuries.
The Swiss National Sound Archives in Lugano collect sound recordings and preserve them for posterity. They have been archiving Switzerland’s audio heritage and making it available to anyone with an interest since 1987.
Comment rechercher des ouvrages de contes et légendes de Suisse romande destinés aux enfants de sept-huit ans ? Tel est le thème de la recherche du mois de novembre.
Seven chapters offer a brief overview of the development of the poster and Swiss poster art, which for many years exerted a global influence.
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