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.
Your library card is valid for the Map Department and the Library Regulations of the Austrian National Library apply.
You will normally receive pre-ordered books within 20 minutes in the Reading Room of the Map Department. Maps and views will be made available for you in the Reading Room on the next day the library is open.
Please appreciate that the use of certain particularly valuable items that require extra protection is subject to conservation restrictions. In exceptional cases and where there is justifiable academic interest, you can send a written request to use them to the Department Director.
A coin-operated photocopier is available in the Reading Room for making photocopies, provided there are no conservation reasons or regulations preventing this. In such cases, we will prepare scans, photographs or microfilm copies for you. Prices can be found in our Price List.
Please send your written request to our Department Director.
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Terms and conditions and prices can be found in our Lending Agreement