Opening hours

Special opening hours

The State Hall and all museums of the Austrian National Library will be open on Easter Monday, April 21 and Monday, June 9, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The reading rooms at Heldenplatz will be closed from Good Friday, April 18, 2025 until Easter Monday, April 21, 2025. 

Reading rooms

Reading rooms at Heldenplatz

  • Monday  Sunday: 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.

    The reading rooms at Heldenplatz offer barrier-free access.

Picture Archives and Graphics Department

  • July until September:

    Monday – Wednesday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
    Thursday: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
    Friday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

    October until June:

    Monday – Wednesday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
    Thursday: 12 p.m. – 7 p.m.
    Friday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

    The Picture Archives and Graphics Department offers barrier-free access.

Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books

  • July until September:

    Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

    October until June:

    Monday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
    Tuesday: 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
    Wednesday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
    Thursday: 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
    Friday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

    The Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books DOES NOT offer barrier-free access.

Augustinian Reading Room

  • July until September:

    Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

    October until June:

    Monday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
    Tuesday: 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
    Wednesday – Friday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

    The Augustinian Reading Room DOES NOT offer barrier-free access.

Map Department

  • July until September:

    Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

    October until June:

    Monday – Wednesday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
    Thursday: 12 p.m. – 7 p.m.
    Friday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

    The Map Department offers barrier-free access.

     

Literary Archive

  • July until September:

    Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

    October until June:

    Monday – Wednesday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
    Thursday: 12 p.m. – 7 p.m.
    Friday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

    The Literary Archive offers barrier-free access.

Department of Music

  • July until September:

    Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

    October until June:

    Monday – Wednesday: 9 a.m.– 4 p.m.
    Thursday: 12 a.m. – 7 p.m.
    Friday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

    The Department of Music offers barrier-free access.

Department of Papyri

  • July until September:

    Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

    October until June:

    Monday – Wednesday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
    Thursday: 12 p.m. – 7 p.m.
    Friday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

    The department of Papyri offers barrier-free access.

Department of Planned Languages

  • July until September:

    Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

    October until June;

    Monday – Wednesday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
    Thursday: 12 p.m. – 7 p.m.
    Friday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

    The Department of Planned Languages offers barrier-free access.

     

Archives of the Austrian Folk Song Institute

  • Monday: closed
    Tuesday – Wednesday: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
    Thursday: 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
    Friday: closed

    Closed in July and August.

    The Archives of the Austrian Folk Song Institute offers barrier-free access.

Reading room of the Theater Museum

  • Monday: 10 am – 1 pm
    Wednesday – Friday: 10 am – 12 noon and 1 pm – 5 pm

    Special opening hours and further information about the library can be found on the website of the Theater Museum.

Museums

State Hall

  • Monday: closed
    Tuesday – Wednesday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
    Thursday: 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
    Friday- Sunday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

    The State Hall offers barrier-free access.

Literature Museum

  • Monday: closed
    Tuesday – Wednesday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
    Thursday: 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
    Friday – Sunday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

    The Literature Museum offers barrier-free access.

Papyrus Museum

Globe Museum

  • Monday: closed
    Tuesday – Wednesday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
    Thursday: 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
    Friday – Sunday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

    The Globe Museum offers barrier-free access.

Esperanto Museum

  • Monday: closed
    Tuesday – Wednesday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
    Thursday: 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
    Friday – Sunday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

    The Esperanto Museum offers barrier-free access.

House of Austrian History (hdgö)

  • You find the opening hours of the House of Austrian History here.

Alert

The State Hall and all museums of the Austrian National Library will be open on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Reading rooms

The reading rooms at Heldenplatz will be closed from Good Friday, April 18, 2025 until Easter Monday, April 21, 2025

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