Due to an event, from June 17 to 18, 2026, the Augustinian Reading Room service will take place in the Study Reading Room of the Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books.
Due to an event, the Globe Museum, the Esperanto Museum and the reading room of the Collection of Planned Languages will not open until 11 a.m. on June 24, 2026.
Due to an event, the State Hall will already close at 4 p.m. on June 25, 2026.
The Picture Archives and Graphics Department is with approximately 3 million objects Austria's largest image documentation centre. It is an archive, library, scientific image agency and service centre for image orders from almost all holdings of the Austrian National Library.
In addition to a wide variety of holdings in the fields of photography and graphic art, the collection also includes the former family library of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. The modern open-access library offers extensive literature on topics such as art, genealogy and history.
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