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Independence Day, 11 November 2026 – The library is closed.
On Wednesday, 11 November 2026, the reading room at the Collegium Polonicum library will be closed.
View detailsReduced opening hours for the reading room on 9 November 2026
Due to the academic year opening ceremony on Monday, 9 November 2026, the reading room at the Collegium Polonicum Library will be open from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm and from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. We look forward to seeing you at the opening ceremony and apologise for any inconvenience caused!
View detailsStudy Night
The Collegium Polonicum Library will be open from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM. From 6:00 PM, we invite you to a special programme as part of Study Night: A lecture by Dr Krzysztof Wojciechowski on relations between Poland and Germany over the past 100 years (in English), one-to-one library consultations in four languages and unlimited coffee :-)
View detailsReduced opening hours for the reading room on 3 November 2026
On Tuesday, 3 November 2026, the library reading room will be open from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm. We apologise for any inconvenience caused!
View detailsMerry Christmas and see you on 7 January 2026!
Have a healthy and joyful Christmas and a happy New Year! The reading room will be closed from 24 December until 6 January. See you in the new year!
View details22 and 23.12.2025 - Reduced reading room opening hours: 10:00-15:00
On 22 and 23 December 2025, the reading room will be open from 10am to 3pm.
View details11.12.2025 - Reading room open from 10:00 to 16:00
Due to the Christmas meeting on 11.12.2025, we will be closing the reading room as early as 4 p.m. Thank you for your understanding!
View detailsThe story of the friendship between Wislawa Szymborska and Karl Dedecius in letters and stickers
"I'd rather be a reader of other people's poems than my own..."
Exhibition in the reading room of the Collegium Polonicum library
View details"Patron and oppressor..." - Correspondence between Zbigniew Herbert and Karl Dedecius
Exhibition in the reading room of the Collegium Polonicum library
View detailsPerseverance in the Cloister - Henryk Bereska (1926-2005)
Exhibition in the Collegium Polonicum Library
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New library acquisitions: new publications and donations.
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