ÖNB Digital 3.5 million digital objects from all collections of the Austrian National Library
ANNO 27 million pages from historical newspapers and magazines
Women in Motion - 1848 bis 1938 Activists and associations of women's movements in the Habsburg monarchy and in Austria
Picturearchive Austria 400,000 selected objects from the image archive, the graphics collection and the collections of the Austrian National Library

Austrian Books Online Informations to Austrian Books Online
AKON 75,000 historical postcards from all parts of the world
ALEX Rechts- und Gesetzestexte
Webarchive Archiving of websites in Austrian web space
Digital collections

Digital Editions The rich and varied holdings of the Austrian National Library offer an excellent fund for editions of all kinds
Museums Digital
Online exhibitions
Online trainings Would you like to improve your research skills comfortably and independently of location? We offer many of the ÖNB special training courses on site or via streaming.

Alert

State Hall

Due to an event, the State Hall will be closed on Friday, December 12, 2025 from 5 p.m.

Reading rooms at Heldenplatz and the departments

Due to a legally required works meeting, all user facilities of the Austrian National Library (reading rooms at Heldenplatz and collections) will not open until 11.30 a.m. on Thursday, November 27, 2025.

Reading rooms

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.

Opening times during the holidays

Please note the opening hours in December and around New Year's Eve.

Reading room map department

Please note the revised opening hours for the Map Department reading room on Thursday, November 27, 2025: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Library
Donations to the Austrian National Library

Donations to the Austrian National Library

Unsolicited donations received will be handled in the following way by the Austrian National Library:

The Austrian National Library reserves the right to make further use of these donations.
These will only be made available if they meet the collection guidelines of the library.
See: Collection guidelines
Special prints will only be made available if these meet the collection guidelines and the library does not own the work or the newspaper in which the article concerned was published.
Donations not made accessible by us will be passed on to the libraries of universities in Vienna, depending on the subject covered.
The Austrian National Library does not generally return donations for administrative and cost reasons.

Contact:
erwerbung[at]onb.ac.at

If you would like to send us books, please use the following adress:
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
Team Erwerbung
Josefsplatz 1
Postfach 25
1015 Wien

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