The Library of the Pannonhalma Archabbey Must Be Temporarily Closed Due to a Serious Insect Invasion

Due to an insect invasion, the Pannonhalma Archdiocese Library will not be open to the public until the end of the year.

There has never been an infection of this size in Hungary, affecting a historical population, as caused by the widespread bread beetle.

Hungary has never seen an infection of this size affecting historical collections, so the Pannonhalma library is being forced to temporarily close. The damage suffered could cost hundreds of millions of forints.

Civic daily newspaper and news portal

The insect invasion threatening the rare books of the Pannonhalma Archabbey requires immediate intervention, and the library will close from June. The book rescue operation could take up to seven months.

The ancient library of the Pannonhalma Archabbey will be temporarily closed from June 1 due to a dramatic insect invasion, the institution announced. The unprecedented infection in the classicist hall library also threatens the historical book collection.