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Attention

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.

State Hall

On June 21, 2025 the State Haal will only be open starting 1 p.m.

Reading rooms

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.

Society of Friends of the Austrian National Library
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Society of Friends of the Austrian National Library

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The young friends of the Austrian National Library (students until the age of 27)

enjoy the museums of the Austrian National Library with free admission*
enjoy free participation in all courses of the Center for Information an Media Literacy (CIM).
Registration for the individual courses by email to cim[at]onb.ac.at stating your name and membership number is essential.
meet each other at exhibition openings, curator tours and behind-the-scene events
receive reduced admission to the partner institutions Alumniverband der Universität Wien, Belvedere, Filmarchiv Austria, Jüdisches Museum Wien, Kunstmeile Krems, MUMOK, Sigmund Freud Museum, Theater an der Wien, Theater in der Josefstadt, as well as the events of the Friends of the Vienna State Opera, the Vienna Konzerthaus and the MuTh - Concert Hall of the Vienna Boys' Choir
support the cultural treasure trove of Austria with their annual contributions

* Membership in the Society of Friends of the Austrian National Library does not entitle the holder to visit the reading rooms. A user card is required for this purpose.

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