Lower Silesian Science Festival 2026. Learn, like, remember!
From September 14th to 17th, science will again reign supreme in the Wroclaw University Library!
As part of the 29th Lower Silesian Science Festival 2026, we have prepared a rich program of lectures, presentations of unique collections, online meetings, and workshops for children. We invite all those curious about the world: lovers of history, books, art, music, medicine, the Bible, and ancient cultures!
We invite you to register, which starts on September 1st, 2026.
This year's WUL's proposal is:
Reklama prawdę ci powie... Komunikacja i sztuka wizualna w reklamie prasowej Wrocławia w pierwszych dekadach XX w. (Advertising will tell you the truth... Communication and visual art in press advertising in Wroclaw in the first decades of the 20th century.)
Host: dr Grzegorz Sobel
14.09.2026, 10:00 a.m.
Location: online meeting
Age group: secondary school, adults
Participant limit: unlimited
There is no registration required for this event
Bliskowschodnie motywy w Biblii, czyli poznaj, polub i zrozum świat starożytny (Middle Eastern Motifs in the Bible: learn, like, and understand the Ancient World)
Host: dr Paulina Nicko-Stępień
14.09.2026, 11:00 a.m.
Location: conference room no. 4
Age group: adults
Participant limit: 70
Accessibility for people with disabilities: Yes
Contact for registration: phone: (0048) 71 375 75 98, (0048) 71 375 75 96; oin.bu[w]uwr.edu.pl
Jak leczono w średniowieczu? (How was treatment carried out in the Middle Ages?)
Host: mgr Karolina Szula
14.09.2026, 12:00 p.m.
Location: Special Collections' Reading Room, level 3.
Age group: secondary school, adults
Participant limit: 30
Accessibility for people with disabilities: Yes
Contact for registration: phone: (0048) 71 375 75 98, (0048) 71 375 75 96, oin.bu[w]uwr.edu.pl
Św. Tomasz z Akwinu jakiego nie znacie – prezentacja inkunabułów z Oddziału Starych Druków Biblioteki Uniwersyteckiej (St. Thomas Aquinas as you don't know him - a presentation of incunabula from the Wroclaw University Library's Old Prints Department)
Host: dr Paulina Nicko-Stępień
15.09.2026, 11:00 a.m.
Location: Special Collections' Reading Room, level 3
Age group: adults
Participant limit: 15
Accessibility for people with disabilities: Yes
Contact for registration: phone: (0048) 71 375 75 98, (0048) 71 375 75 96, oin.bu[w]uwr.edu.pl
Paryż od początków druku po Wystawę Światową, czyli dawne widoki francuskiej stolicy w zbiorach Biblioteki Uniwersyteckiej we Wrocławiu (Paris from the beginnings of printing to the World Exhibition, or old vistas of the French capital in the Wroclaw University Library's collections)
Host: mgr Anna Skowron-Jaślanek
15.09.2026, 1:00 p.m.
Location: Special Collections' Reading Room, level 3
Age group: secondary school, adults
Participant limit: 15
Accessibility for people with disabilities: Yes
Contact for registration: phone: (0048) 71 375 75 98, (0048) 71 375 75 96, oin.bu[w]uwr.edu.pl
Athanasius Kircher – człowiek, który chciał usłyszeć, jak brzmi wszechświat (Athanasius Kircher – the man who wanted to hear what the universe sounds like)
Hosts: dr Paulina Nicko-Stępień, mgr Izabela Baron-Grygar, mgr Katarzyna Kubaszewska
16.09.2026, 11:00 a.m.
Location: Special Collections' Reading Room, level 3
Age group: secondary school, adults
Participant limit: 15
Accessibility for people with disabilities: Yes
Contact for registration: phone: (0048) 71 375 75 98, (0048) 71 375 75 96, oin.bu[w]uwr.edu.pl
Poznaj historię książki – warsztaty małego skryby w Bibliotece Uniwersyteckiej we Wrocławiu (Learn about the history of the book – a young scribe's workshop in the Wroclaw University Library)
Hosts: dr Paulina Nicko-Stępień, mgr Izabela Baron-Grygar, mgr Katarzyna Łabuz
17.09.2026, 9:30 a.m.
Location: Special Collections' Reading Room, level 3; Special Collections’ Conservation Workshop
Age group: primary school grades 0-6
Participant limit: 30
Accessibility for people with disabilities: Yes
Contact for registration: phone: (0048) 71 375 75 98, (0048) 71 375 75 96, oin.bu[w]uwr.edu.pl
Czy Biblia wspomina o krokodylu? (Does the Bible mention a crocodile?)
Host: mgr Łukasz Krzyszczuk
17.09.2026, 12:00 p.m.
Location: Special Collections' Reading Room, level 3
Age group: secondary school, adults
Participant limit: 30
Accessibility for people with disabilities: Yes
Contact for registration: phone: (0048) 71 375 75 98, (0048) 71 375 75 96, oin.bu[w]uwr.edu.pl
Biblioteka Uniwersytecka we Wrocławiu dla Przylądka Nadziei (Wroclaw University Library for the Cape of Hope)
Host: mgr Łukasz Krzyszczuk
09.10.2026, 12:00 p.m.
Location: Wroclaw, Przylądek Nadziei, Borowska 213 St.
Meeting only for Clinic's patients
The full program of the Lower Silesian Science Festival 2026 is available at LSSF webpage.