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.
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 Austrian National Holiday (Saturday October 26) and All Saints' Day (Monday November 1). This is also valid for the reading rooms of our Departments. The museums are open on a regular basis.