On Monday, June 16, a full-day police closure was imposed on Heldenplatz and Herrengasse. The reading rooms at Heldenplatz, in the Picture Archive and Graphics Collection and in the Music and Esperanto Collection as well as the House of Austrian History will therefore remain closed all day.
On June 21, 2025 the State Haal will only be open starting 1 p.m.
The reading rooms on Heldenplatz and the reading rooms of the collections are closed on public holidays. This also applies to Thursday, June 19 (Corpus Christi).
Regular opening hours apply in the museums; in addition, all museums are open on Whit Monday.
The unique library hall with over 200,000 historical books is one of the most beautiful in the world and underwent extensive conservation and restoration measures from 1 June to 31 December 2022.
Gilding as well as components made of stucco, marble, stone, metal and last but not least the historic bookcases made of walnut were conserved and restored in elaborate steps for six months.