What you'll hear inside Austrian National Library:

• 1
  Prunksaal

  Baroque State Hall dating from 1723, adorned with frescoes by Daniel Gran and marble statues of emperors.

• 2
  Papyrus Collection

  The world's largest collection of papyri, comprising 180,000 objects spanning from 1500 BCE to 1500 CE.

• 3
  Museum of Globes

  The world's only public museum dedicated to globes, housing over 380 terrestrial and celestial spheres, some dating back to the 16th century.

• 4
  Museum of Papyri

  An exhibition of 200 carefully selected objects from the papyrus collection located in the Neue Burg wing.

• 5
  Map Collection

  Historical maps from the sixteenth century onwards, featuring the fifty-volume Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem containing 2,400 maps, regarded as the finest atlas ever created.

• 6
  Music Collection

  Austria's musical archive housing original scores and first editions from composers including Anton Bruckner and Richard Strauss.

• 7
  Collection of Manuscripts and Rare Books

  Manuscripts spanning from the 4th century to the present day, representing nearly all literate cultures.

• 8
  Incunabula Collection

  One of the world's five largest collections of historical printing, comprising 8,000 incunabula and sixteenth-century Fugger newspapers.

• 9
  Museum of Esperanto and Planned Languages

  A department housing materials dedicated to artificial and planned languages, with particular focus on Esperanto.