Folk song
Schuhplattler
Music and dance
Land of mountains, land of songs
Welcome to the Archives of the Austrian Folk Song Institute of the Austrian National Library. It is our duty to collect, archive, document and provide access to folk songs, folk music, folk dancing and folk poetry of the past and present.
Summer closing time library
Please note that the Library at Heldenplatz and our collections are closed from Thursday 25 July until Monday 5 August 2019. For the State Hall and our museums the usual opening hours apply.
Opening hours public holidays Library at Heldenplatz and Departments
The reading rooms at the Library at Heldenplatz are closed on public holidays – and therefore also on Assumption Day (Thursday August 15). This is also valid for the reading rooms of our Departments. The museums are open on a regular basis.