In addition to regular opening hours, the State Hall and the museums of the Austrian National Library will be open on May 25, 2026.
The reading rooms of the Austrian National Library will be closed on Sunday, May 24 (Whit Sunday), Monday, May 25 (Whit Monday) and Thursday, June 4, 2026 (Corpus Christi).
Due to an event, the Papyrus Museum will not open until 12 p. m. on June 10, 2026.
Due to an event, the State Hall will already close at 6 p.m. on June 11, 2026.
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.
Josefsplatz 1
P.O.Box 25
1015 Wien
Phone: +43 1 534 10
Fax: +43 1 534 10-280
Signal-Messenger (Mo-Fr 09 bis 21 Uhr): +43 664 964 41 81 (or scan the OR-Code on the right)
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More contacts in alphabetical order:
Archives of the Austrian Folk Song Institute: archiv[at]volksliedwerk.at
Ariadne: ariadne[at]onb.ac.at
Book purchase: erwerbung[at]onb.ac.at
Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books: had-slg[at]onb.ac.at
Department of Music: musiksammlung[at]onb.ac.at
Department of Papyri: papyrus[at]onb.ac.at
Department of Planned Languages: esperanto[at]onb.ac.at
Digital Library: digital[at]onb.ac.at
Esperanto Museum: esperanto[at]onb.ac.at
Globe Museum: globen[at]onb.ac.at
Information services : information[at]onb.ac.at
Institute for Conservation: restaurierung[at]onb.ac.at
Licence requests: bildarchiv[at]onb.ac.at
Literary Archive: lit[at]onb.ac.at
Literature Museum: literaturmuseum[at]onb.ac.at
Map Department: kar[at]onb.ac.at
Marketing and Communications: kommunikation[at]onb.ac.at
Reading rooms at Heldenplatz: benuetzung[at]onb.ac.at
Renting: vermietungen[at]onb.ac.at
Restitution: margot.werner[at]onb.ac.at
Papyrus Museum: papyrus[at]onb.ac.at
Picture Archives and Graphics Department: bildarchiv[at]onb.ac.at
Press Office: kommunikation[at]onb.ac.at
House of Austrian History: office[at]hdgoe.at
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