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.

Picture Archives
and Graphics Department

Austrian State Treaty

Get a picture of us 

With a stock of over three million objects of the most diverse historical media genres, the Picture Archive and Graphics Collection is the largest picture documentation center in Austria. It is an archive, library, scientific picture agency and reproduction service point for picture orders from all collections of the Austrian National Library.

What to expect at our Department?

In our beautiful rooms in the Corps de Logis in the Neue Hofburg you can

Research
Our scientific staff will be happy to assist you in your search for pictorial material and documents from the holdings of our collection

  •     prints, watercolors, hand drawings
  •     historical photographs and posters
  •     the former family fideicommiss library of the House of Habsburg-Lothringen
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Order reproductions
You can order digital reproductions of our inventory objects on site or online in the webshop.

Consult specialist literature
Our extensive selection of literature in the fields of art, history, photography, architecture and much more invites you to browse in a quiet atmosphere.

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