Closing times and special opening hours

Opening hours of the museums of the Austrian National Library during the Christmas holidays and at the turn of the year:
Sunday, 24 December: 10 am - 3 pm
Monday, 25 December to Wednesday, 27 December: 10 am - 6 pm
Thursday, 28 December: 10 am - 9 pm
Friday, 29 December to Sunday, 31 December: 10 am - 6 pm
Monday, 1 January 2024: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

The reading rooms of the Austrian National Library at Heldenplatz are closed for the Christmas holidays and the New Year on the following days:
Sunday, 24 December to Tuesday, 26 December
Sunday, 31 December 2023 and Monday, 1 January 2024
From Wednesday, 27 December to Saturday, 30 December the reading rooms are open as usual.

Please note our closing times and special opening hours for library use, the library of the Theater Museum and the Albertina Study Hall.

Opening hours

Reading rooms

Reading rooms at Heldenplatz

  • Monday - Sunday: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.

    The reading rooms at Heldenplatz offer barrier-free access.

Picture Archives and Graphics Department

  • July until September

    Monday - Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
    Thursday: 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
    Friday: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

    October until June

    Monday - Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
    Thursday: 12 p.m. - 7 p.m.
    Friday: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

    The Picture Archives and Graphics Department offers barrier-free access.

Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books

  • July until September

    Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

    October until June

    Monday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
    Tuesday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
    Wednesday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

    The Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books offers barrier-free access.

Augustinian Reading Room

  • July until September

    Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

    October until June

    Monday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
    Tuesday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
    Wednesday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

    The Map Department offers barrier-free access.

Map Department

  • July until September:

    Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

    October until June:

    Monday until Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 4 a.m.
    Thursday: 12 a.m. until 7 p.m.
    Friday: 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.

    The Department of Music offers barrier-free access.

     

Literary Archive

  • July until September

    Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

    October until June

    Monday - Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
    Thursday: 12 p.m. - 7 p.m.
    Friday: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

    The Department of Planned Languages offers barrier-free access.

Department of Music

  • July until September

    Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

    October until June

    Monday - Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
    Thursday: 12 a.m. - 7 p.m.
    Friday: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

    The Archives of the Austrian Folk Song Institute offers barrier-free access.

Department of Papyri

  • Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.July until September:

    October until June:

    Monday - Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
    Thursday: 12 p.m. - 7 p.m.
    Friday: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Department of Planned Languages

  • July until September

    Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

    October until June

    Monday - Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
    Thursday: 12 p.m. - 7 p.m.
    Friday: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

    The Department of Planned Languages offers barrier-free access.

     

Archives of the Austrian Folk Song Institute

  • Monday: closed
    Tuesday- Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
    Thursday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
    Friday: closed

    Closed in July and August.

    The Archives of the Austrian Folk Song Institute offers barrier-free access.

Museums

State Hall

  • Monday - Wednesday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
    Thursday: 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
    Friday- Sunday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

    October until May: Closed on Mondays

Literature Museum

  • Monday: closed
    Tuesday - Wednesday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
    Thursday: 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
    Friday - Sunday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

    The Literature Museum offers barrier-free access.

Papyrus Museum

Globen Museum

  • Monday: closed
    Tuesday - Wednesday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
    Thursday: 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
    Friday - Sunday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

    The Globe Museum offers barrier-free access.

Esperanto Museum

  • Monday: closed
    Tuesday - Wednesday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
    Thursday: 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
    Friday - Sunday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

    The Esperanto Museum offers barrier-free access.

House of Austrian History (hdgö)

  • You find the opening hours of the House of Austrian History here.