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.
In 2015, the Literature Museum opened at the ‘Grillparzerhaus’, the former Royal and Imperial Court Chamber at No. 6 Johannesgasse. Its name derives from the office of its former director Franz Grillparzer, which has survived in its original condition. On two floors, it presents more than 200 years of Austrian history of literature through particularly fascinating objects from the Austrian National Library’s Literary Archive. Moreover, temporary exhibitions take place on a regular basis.