Annual maintenance work will take place again this summer, which is why the reading rooms at the Heldenplatz location and in all collections will be closed from Saturday, July 26, to Wednesday, August 5, 2026.
Due to the shutdown of the ordering system, no media orders can be accepted from Friday, July 24, 2026, 4 p.m. to Wednesday, August 5, 2026, 4 p.m. The regular opening hours will then apply again from Thursday, August 6, 2026.
The study room of the Albertina is closed from July 15 to August 15, 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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