A finger on the pulse of literature
Whether it be the poems of Ingeborg Bachmann, plays by Ödön von Horvath or novels by Peter Handke, you can find the originals in the Literary Archive, one of the most important institutions of its kind in the German-speaking region. We collect and acquire literary legacies, both pre- and post-death, of Austrian authors from the 20th century (notably from 1945) and make them available for research purposes.
We were recently able to acquire a significant portion of the literary estate of the Jewish intellectual and salonnière » Bertha Zuckerkandl.
Due to an employees meeting the Reading Rooms at Heldenplatz and the collections do not open before 11.30 a.m. on December 19. For the State Hall as well as the museums the regular opening hours are valid.
The reading rooms at Heldenplatz and the collections are closed on public holidays so as on December 8, December 24, December 25, December 26 and December 31, 2022; January 1 and January 6, 2023.
In the museums the regular opening hours are valid.