On Monday, June 16, a full-day police closure of Heldenplatz was ordered. The reading rooms at Heldenplatz as well as the reading rooms in Picture Archives and Graphics Department and the House of Austrian History will therefore be closed for the whole day.
On June 21, 2025 the State Haal will only be open starting 1 p.m.
The reading rooms on Heldenplatz and the reading rooms of the collections are closed on public holidays. This also applies to Thursday, June 19 (Corpus Christi).
Regular opening hours apply in the museums; in addition, all museums are open on Whit Monday.
Some books of the Department of Papyri can not be ordered online due to their conditions of preserve or other reasons. You can order and read all these books directly in the reading room of the Department of Papyri.
For more information about the waiting time see the list of site keys.
Some books in the Department of Papyri can only be consulted in the collection's special reading room. These books will be handed out to you in the collection's reading room. In this regard, please note the shorter opening hours of the collection.
Your day ticket or annual membership card is only valid in the reading room of the Department of Papyri. To visit the Papyrus Museum you need a separate entrance ticket. You can purchase it directly at the service desk Heldenplatz or conveniently in our ticket shop.