Alert

State Hall

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

Police closure at Heldenplatz

The reading rooms at Heldenplatz and of Picture Archive and Graphics Departement, as well as the Papyrus Museum and the House of Austrian History, will be closed on Wednesday, December 3, from 4 p.m. and all day on Thursday, December 4, and Friday, December 5 due to a police closure at Heldenplatz.

All other facilities of the Austrian National Library will be open as usual.

Reading rooms at Heldenplatz

The reading rooms at Heldenplatz will be open as usual on Saturday, December 6, and Sunday, December 7, but will be closed on Monday, December 8, due to the public holiday.

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.

Support

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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.