The whole world under one roof
The Map Department of the Austrian National Library is one of the world’s most important institutions of its kind due to its comprehensive and valuable holdings. We collect and acquire old and modern maps, plans, atlases, globes, topographical plans, geographical reliefs as well as specialised geographical and cartographic literature and make these available to you.
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.
Due to the restoration of the State Hall, the service desk at Josefsplatz will be open daily from 1 July - 31 December 2022 only from 8 am to 2 pm. We kindly ask you to purchase day tickets after 2 pm either online or at one of the other service desks of the Austrian National Library. Thank you for your understanding!