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State Hall

On June 21, 2025 the State Haal will only be open starting 1 p.m.

Reading rooms

The reading rooms on Heldenplatz and the reading rooms of the collections are closed on public holidays. This also applies to Thursday, June 19 (Corpus Christi).

Regular opening hours apply in the museums; in addition, all museums are open on Whit Monday.

Literary Archive

Feder, Bleistift und Radiergummi des Literaturnobelpreisträgers Peter Handke.

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.

Literature Museum

Where We Come From. Literature and Origins

Helles Foto durch ein Fenster auf einen See mit Bergen und Wald.

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