Last admission 30 minutes before closing. Unless otherwise stated, these opening hours also apply on public holidays.

For all groups wishing to visit the museum, prior registration is required at  vermittlung@hdgoe.at.

Current special opening hours can be found in the Calendar.

For more information on how to get there and how to contact the hdgö team, please visit Getting Here and Contact.

Tickets can be bought at the checkout counter in the museum and online in our Webshop. Admission to the Ephesos Museum is included.

One-time entry, valid 7 days, Literature Museum, Globe Museum, Papyrus Museum, Esperanto Museum, and House of Austrian History

*Students under 27 years of age, military and civilian servants, holders of a disability pass, members of the Friends of Partner Institutions receive reduced admission to all museum facilities of the Austrian National Library

Further reductions for/with

AK AktivKarte, Salzburger Nachrichten Card, EasyCityPass, Vienna City Card, ÖAMTC Clubmitglieder, Alumniverband der Universität Wien, Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft, Mitglieder des Vereins Muth-Konzertsaal der Wiener Sängerknaben, Vorteilsclub der Stadt Wien, WienMobil Vorteilswelt

If you have any questions about the concessions, please contact us during opening hours at +43 153410 805.

Holders of the “Hunger auf Kunst und Kultur” cultural pass, refugee institutions, ICOM members, holders of an annual ticket for the KHM or an annual ticket for the ÖNB museums, holders of the Bundesmuseencard, holders of tickets from the Deutscher Museumsbund, as well as students on courses, integration classes, accompanying persons registered in the disabled pass, and accompanying persons of groups such as School, after-school, kindergarten, travel, further education or student groups, journalists with valid press card, licensed Austrian tourist guides, members of the Society of Friends of the Austrian National Library, Museumsbund Österreich, Museum Friends of the KHM Museum Association

One-time free admission to the House of Austrian History per NÖ-Card holder per season.

One-time free admission to the House of Austrian History for holders of the Vienna Pass.

Enjoy free admission on the following days:

Holocaust Memorial Day — January 27, 2026

International Women’s Day — March 8, 2026

Liberation Day — May 8, 2026

Monuments Day — September 28, 2026

National Holiday — October 26, 2026

Human Rights Day — December 10, 2026

and every Thursday from 6 pm — 8 pm

Admission fee (per person) is not included; these fees apply to focus, curatorial, overview and individual tours.

Admission to the hdgö is free of charge for events and as part of the #nachgefragt series.

Two accompanying persons per school class are admitted free entry.

If guided tours are cancelled at short notice (later than three working days before their date), cancellation fees must be charged: