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.
Starting August 1, 2025, the State Hall will open at 9 a.m.
Due to a police closure of Heldenplatz,
- the reading rooms at Heldenplatz,
- the Papyrus Museum and
- the Haus of Austrian History
will be closed all day on 9 July.
This also affects the reading rooms of Picture Archive and the Graphics Department as well as the reading room of the Literature Archive.