Currently closedPrecaution in connection with the corona virus
Read, listen, see and marvel.
Discover new and unexpected things and experience how literature opens new horizons. With its permanent exhibition, communication programmes, events and special exhibitions, the museum offers an intricate and open perspective on Austrian literature. Obtain an overview to begin with or delve into subjects and texts
For non-German-speaking visitors we recommend to ask for our museum tablet. There you can find key information about the Literature Museum (permanent exhibition as well as special exhibition) in English.
The Austrian National Library is currently closed due to official requirements. This precaution in connection with the corona virus affects both the Library at Heldenplatz, the departments and museums. We are very pleased to inform you, that some devisions of the Austrian National Library will be able to open again soon: On Friday, May 29, the State Hall and the Literature Museum will reopen, on Wednesday, July 1, the House of Austrian History and the Papyrus, Globe and Esperanto Museum will follow. We will inform you as soon as further details – including the reading rooms and departments – are known.
After reopening the museums, the Austrian National Library extends all currently valid annual tickets for the museums automatically and free of charge for the duration of the corona-related closing time. Likewise, the validity of all Bundesmuseen Cards that were active when the Federal Museums and State Hall were closed will automatically be extended by the duration of the closing time.
The staff of the information services are happy to answer any questions: The e-mail information@onb.ac.at and the Live Chat on the homepage of the Austrian National Library are open from Monday to Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
We ask for your understanding that all events until the end of June are cancelled. We will provide information on all other events on time on this website.
The current special exhibition »Beethoven. World of the Man and Spark of the Gods will be extended from May 29 to January 10, 2021 and can thus be seen in the State Hall for the entire Beethoven anniversary year. The exhibition » The Danube. A journey into the past was therefore postponed to spring 2021. The new special exhibition in the Literature Museum » Utopias and Apocalypses. The Invention of the Future in Literature will be shown from October 8, 2020 to April 25, 2021.