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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.

Virtual exhibition “Small. From the estate of typographer Jan Tschichold“

Homepage of the virtual exhibition “Small. From the estate of typographer Jan Tschichold“. On the left a New Year's card dating from 1937, on the right a photograph of a woman with the words “der berufsphotograph” superimposed in colourful lettering.

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