A Department of international standing
We preserve one of the world’s most important collections of manuscripts and old books. Search our catalogue QuickSearch and the digital library or read your ordered books in the Augustinian reading room.
The reading rooms at Heldenplatz and the collections are closed on public holidays so as on April 7, 8, 9 and 10, 2023.
In the museums - despite of the State Hall - the regular opening hours are valid. The State Hall is open on Monday April 10.
Due to an employees meeting the Reading Rooms at Heldenplatz, the Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books and the Archives of the Austrian Folk Song Institute do not open before 11.30 a.m. on April 13. For the State Hall as well as the museums the regular opening hours are valid.
The Augustinian Reading Room will be closed on Monday, 3 April 2023 due to an event. Alternitavely you can use the reading room of the Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books (Josefsplatz 1 in the left wing of the building, second floor) from 9 am to 4 pm.