Austrian National Library with 7.4 million items is the biggest library in Austria. The collection consist from: Papyri, manuscripts, ancient and rare books, maps, globes, music, portraits, graphics, photographs, autographs and posters as well as works in and on Esperanto and other artificial languages are stored in the various collections and are available for scientific research.

Austrian National Library Colections

Department of Broadsheets, Posters and Ex Libris

330,000 objects (broadsheets, posters and Ex Libris)

Department of Manuscripts, Autographs and Closed Collections

From the 4th century untill the present day: late antique, medieval and modern manuscripts from almost every literate culture.

Department of Music

Austria's music archives, and great collection of autographs

Austrian Literary Archives

Picture Archive

Department of Incunabula, Old and Precious Books

• The collection is composed from:
  • incunabula (books printed before 1500),
  • printed works from the period 1501-1850 and
  • printed bibliophile rarissima of no specific period.

A page from a rare Blackletter Bible (1497) printed in Strassburg by J.R.Grueninger. ...

Archives of the Austrian Folk Song Institute

Official Site :http://www.volksliedwerk.at/

Austrian National Library Museums

State Hall

Official Site : http://www.onb.ac.at/siteseeing/prunksaal/index.htm

Globe Museum

380 globes and scientific instruments including terrestrial and celestial globes made before 1850 Official Site : http://www.onb.ac.at/ev/collections/globe-museum/index.htm

Papyrus Museum

• Inventory
  • Papyri 137,864
  • Archaeological documents (without papyri) 50,769
  • Museum objects 5
  • Books and serials 14,049
  • Microforms 555
  • Audiovisual materials 2,292
  • Picture documents 16,944
  • Official Site :http://www.onb.ac.at/ev/collections/papyrus/index.htm

Esperanto Museum

Official Site :http://www.onb.ac.at/ev/collections/esperanto/index.htm