La BN lance un appel d’offres pour une intervention artistique sur ses collections dans le cadre de l’exposition « Votez ! ». Elle souhaite ainsi refléter artistiquement l’activité de collection de la BN en tant qu’institution de mémoire nationale à la lumière du thème de l’exposition, la participation politique.
The National Library celebrates 100 years of Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Exhibitions turn the spotlight on meat and the right to vote. And there’s a chance to discover the thought of Jean Starobinski online.
5 January 2021 marks 100 years since the birth of Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Learn more about the writer and painter, his estate and the institutions that are celebrating him.
The library will be closed for the public until 28.2.2021. All information about the services still available and the actual rules can be found on this page.
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.
Lors de l’inventaire des œuvres graphiques d’Albert Welti (1862−1912), de vieux souvenirs d'enfance reviennent à Thomas Zweifel, stagiaire universitaire au Cabinet des estampes de la Bibliothèque nationale suisse. Et il découvre du même coup l’unité dans l’œuvre apparemment contradictoire de l’un des plus importants peintres suisses.
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