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.
Starting August 1, 2025, the State Hall will open at 9 a.m.
Due to an event, the State Hall will be closed on August 4, 2025.
The Literary Archives of the Austrian National Library publish two scholarly periodicals (Profile and Sichtungen, only available on our german website), several editions of works, and numerous individual publications. Our editions of works are largely based on our own estate holdings and range from Albert Drach's works in 10 volumes to Elfriede Gerstl's works with many first publications to the Vienna edition of all the works of Ödön von Horváth, which sets international standards in edition scholarship.
Accompanying books have been published for the permanent exhibition as well as the special exhibitions at the Literature Museum.
On our german website, you can also find information about our editions and other publications.