Alert

State Hall, Augustinian Reading Room and the reading room of the Map Collection

Due to a police closure of Josefsplatz, the State Hall will open on Tuesday, October 21, starting 12 noon only.

The Augustinian Reading Room will not open until 12.30 p.m. on this day.
The reading room of the Map Collection will not open until 12 p.m. on that day.

State Hall and Augustinian Reading Room

Due to a police closure of Josefsplatz, the State Hall will open on Wednesday, October 22, starting 12 noon only.

The Augustinian Reading Room will be closed on this day. Reading activities will be relocated to the study reading room of the collection of manuscripts and old prints.

State Hall

Due to an event, the State Hall will be closed on Friday, October 31, from 3 p.m.

Opening times during the holidays

The reading rooms on Heldenplatz will be closed on Sunday, October 26 (National Holiday), Saturday, November 1 (All Saints' Day) and Sunday, November 2, 2025 (All Souls' Day).

The State Hall, Literature Museum, Papyrus Museum, Globe Museum and Esperanto Museum will be open during their regular opening hours.

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Support

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Whether you adopt a book as a private individual, or organise a specific sponsorship scheme for your business

As a supporter of the Austrian National Library you will be helping to preserve our shared cultural heritage for future generations. We will be pleased to tell you about the various ways you can help.

Here is a quick overview of our initiatives:

Book adoption

Make it possible, as a book sponsor, to save thousands of individual books.

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Become an animal sponsor

In order to preserve the treasures of the zoological picture collection for future generations, we need your help.

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Sponsorship for a flower

We invite you to sponsor a historical flower display from the imperial collections.

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Donations

As a sponsor of the Austrian National Library, you help to preserve our common cultural heritage for future generations.

Become a partner or sponsor

As a sponsor of the Austrian National Library, you help to preserve our common cultural heritage for future generations.

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Become a member

There are different ways to become part of the Society of Friends of the Austrian National Library.