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.
Discover the Austrian National Library and its five museums together with your school class. Draw from the range of age-appropriate guided tours. Arrange either a regular 45-minute tour or choose the extended 90-minute tour, for instance by combining a visit to the Baroque State Hall at Josefsplatz with the service facility of the Library at Heldenplatz.
In one of the most magnificent library rooms in the world, your pupils will experience a journey from the Baroque period to the present, encountering the old favourites of Greek mythology that bring the ceiling fresco to life. In addition to the guided tour of the State Hall, you may also get a brief overview of the current special exhibition.
Duration: 45 minutes
Costs: EUR 3.30 per pupil
Flat rate under 15 pupils EUR 49.50
Teachers (max. two per school class) free
Read, listen, see, marvel: we offer guided tours for school groups starting from the seventh grade to show pupils the highlights of our permanent exhibition. They will gain an insight into the many varied literary forms of expression. They will experience literature in different media, from manuscripts and books to audio plays, music and film. They will be inspired to think about the objects and their stories and learn that literature can be fun.
Duration: 45 minutes
Costs: EUR 3.30 per pupil
Flat rate under 15 pupils EUR 49.50
Teachers (max. two per school class) free
Take your pupils on a fascinating journey through 3000 years of Egyptian cultural history in the Papyrus Museum of the Austrian National Library. Tip: combine this age-appropriate tour with our workshop “Writing on Papyrus”.
Contact: +43 1 534 10-427
Duration: 45 minutes (incl. workshop: 90 minutes)
Costs: EUR 3.30 per pupil (EUR 5.50 incl. workshop)
Teachers (max. two per school class) free
What do century-old globes say about the world and the universe? Take your school class on a visit to the only museum of its kind in the world and discover its 250 unique earth and celestial globes.
Duration: 45 minutes
Costs: EUR 3.30 per pupil
Flat rate under 15 pupils EUR 49.50
Teachers (max. two per school class) free
The guided tour of this unique museum informs your pupils about the most successful planned language in the world: Esperanto. They also learn about many other invented languages at interactive media stations, such as the famous Klingon from the TV series “Star Trek”. Tip: combine the tour with a crash course in Esperanto.
Duration: 45 minutes (incl. crash course: 90 minutes)
Costs: EUR 3.30 per pupil (EUR 5.50 incl. crash course)
Flat rate under 15 pupils EUR 49.50 (incl. crash course EUR 82.50)
Teachers (max. two per school class) free
Millions of publications, from children’s books to current non-fiction books, are kept in the book storage facilities of the Austrian National Library. How do you access all this knowledge? Through this tour, your pupils will be given an initial introduction on how to use the library.
Duration: 45 minutes
Costs: EUR 3.30 per pupil (from the age of 15)
Flat rate under 15 pupils EUR 49.50
Teachers (max. two per school class) free
Pre-scientific papers: more information here
For special wishes and private group tours in German, English, French, Spanish and other languages, please contact us at tel. no. +43 1 534 10-464 or via email: kulturvermittlung[at]onb.ac.at
