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Our holdings


Our holdings include: 

  • Portrait collections of Emperor Francis I and Prince Eugene of Savoy: about 200,000 graphical representations of people from ancient times to the present day
  • Images of historic events, landscapes and towns, natural history illustrations
  • Art collection of the Swiss physiognomist Johann Caspar Lavater: approx. 22,000 works of art
  • Book plates from the 15th to the 20th century
  • Photographs from the fields of architecture, portraits, reportage, theatre and travel
  • Austrian posters and flyers from 1900 onwards
  • 1914–1918 wartime collection: documenting the events of the war
  • The former Familien-Fideikommissbibliothek of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and its archives
  • Marks of homage to the imperial family: examples of the art of Historicism and the Jugendstil
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Capacity library area at Heldenplatz

Due to the minimum distance required by the authorities, currently not all seats are available in the reading rooms. The capacity indicator serves as an orientation for your visit

 
 
 

183 seats are still available.

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