The reading rooms at Heldenplatz are closed on Saturday, August 15 (Assumption Day).
Due to an event, the reading rooms at Heldenplatz will close on Sunday, Sept. 6, at 5 p.m.
The Papyrus Museum welcomes visitors also on Monday, August, 24, 2026 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The deposit of so-called “library copies” continues to serve a cultural need today. The aim of this law is to ensure the complete documentation, as far as possible, of published work in Austria. A legal deposit regulation for the Austrian National Library (formerly the Court Library) has demonstrably existed since 1569.
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