Alert
Attention

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 Friday, July 25, to Tuesday, August 5, 2025.

Due to the shutdown of the ordering system, no media orders can be accepted from Thursday, July 24, 2025, 4 p.m. to Tuesday, August 5, 2025, 4 p.m. The regular opening hours will then apply again from Wednesday, August 6, 2025.

The study room of the Albertina is closed from July 15 to August 15. During this time (except July 25 to August 5), media ordered from the Albertina collection will be transported twice a week (Monday and Thursday) to the reading rooms of the National Library on Heldenplatz and can be used there.

State Hall

Starting August 1, 2025, the State Hall will open at 9 a.m.

State Hall

Due to an event, the State Hall will be closed on August 4, 2025.

Centifolium Stultorum: Büchernarr

The Collection of Manuscripts and Rare Books includes:

  • Manuscripts from all literate cultures, from late antiquity to the present day
  • Autograph documents and bequests from the 16th century onwards
  • Books dating from the earliest days of printing (incunabula) up to 1850, plus rare and valuable editions and numerous special collections (e.g. "Japonica", or pamphlets) right through to contemporary artists' books
  • Files from the ANL archive, the Broda archive and the Waldheim archive
  • Specialist literature about the different categories of holdings
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