Due to an event, the State Hall will be open on Wednesday, November 19, from 12 p.m.
Due to an event, the State Hall will be closed on Friday, December 12, 2025 from 5 p.m.
The reading rooms on Heldenplatz will be open during the Christmas holidays, with the exception of December 24 and 31 as well as public holidays. The reading rooms of the collections will only be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. between December 27, 2025 and January 5, 2026.
Please note the opening hours in December and around New Year's Eve.
As a European cultural language, Hebrew has a long tradition of printing. But Yiddish and other European and non-European languages were also printed in Hebrew script. Find more information about our historical Hebraica here.
The Austrian National Library has a rich collection of historical prints in Arabic script and in numerous languages. Find more details here.
