The life and creativity of J. Kolas
A small exposition about the main stages of life, collected works, jubilee editions, rare books by J. Kolas of 1914, 1928 years. The exhibition is systematically updated with new publications about J. Kolas and publications of his works, thanks to the friendship with the granddaughter of J. Kolas Vera Mitskevich.
Literary Slonim
Besides the books of our countrymen (G. Levchyk, S. Darozhnaga, О. Loiko, V. Tavlyi, A. Ivers etc.) in the hall there are portraits of writers, books-presents, booklets, photos. Here are the busts of Francis Skaryna and Anatoly Ivers.
Museum room of O. Loika
The museum room occupies a separate room, where are presented the books given to the library by the author, personal items, documents from the family archive. Many books, photos donated by friends and colleagues of the philological faculty of BSU. The museum room has 105 exhibits.
The exhibition of a rare book of the late XIX - early XX century
Here are collected books and household items from the private collection of a journalist and local historian M. I. Rylko. Among them are «Poeziya Adama Mickevicha» (1897), «Vojna i mir» by L. Tolstoy (1905.), «Chizhik belorusskij» by G. Levchyk (1912) and others.
For those who are interested in the history of their small homeland, the valuable find in this collection is the book «Istoricheskie zametki goroda Slonima» by Godel Goldberg (Slonim, 1934). The book contains photographs and a plan of the city with the same street names as in 1934.
The oldest book presented at the exhibition is the third book from the anniversary edition «Poeziya Adama Mickevicha», published in 1897 in Warsaw. Book contains a biography of the famous classic of Polish literature, the poem «Pan Tadeusz», translations, literary articles.
