The library is open for users:
Tue, Wed & Thu 10:30 to 16:00 h
On Nov. 21, the reading room will be closed from 14:30 h on Dec. 12, the room is only available from 13:00 h.
Christmas Closing Time: From Dec. 22 to incl. January 8, 2024, the library will remain closed.
If you have any questions, please contact our library team at bibliothek@freud-museum.at or T: +43 1 319 15 96-15.
The entrance to the library is on the floor above the museum, the first door on the left.
Cloakroom requirement: Bags, jackets, and coats must be left in the museum cloakroom (basement). Entering the library with transparent library bags is permitted.
Our rules of use apply.
Loïc Kurzweil
bibliothek@freud-museum.at
T: +43 1 319 15 96-15
The Library of Psychoanalysis as of now also offers electronic media (full text). These can be researched using the search engine.
If you are specifically looking for E-Journals or E-Books, please use the advanced search function. Under the category "Material Type" you can select "E-Book" or "E-Journal".
A research PC with a campus license is available for readers who work on site in the library.
Outside the library, only holders of annual library cards are entitled to access the electronic full-texts. Links to the desired content are directly available via the entries you find in the search engine. Authentication as holder of an annual card takes place via a login with your e-mail address that has been registered with us. The barcode that you find on your annual card serves as a password. Due to licensing provisions, access cannot be granted to library members, who did not have their annual card activated directly in the library.
Please note that new users of electronic resources are always registered on Fridays, therefore access may be delayed after your library card has been issued.
If there are any problems or questions, please contact: bibliothek@freud-museum.at
At present it is not possible to pay by card in the library. We therefore kindly ask you to bring cash to purchase your library card or day ticket.
Library card
You need a library card to borrow books. Different cards are available:
For pupils: free card
Day-ticket: 3€ (valid for 2 weeks)
Annual card: 25€
Reduced student annual card: 15€
Reminder fees
A fee (50 cent per book per week) will be charged if you forget to return a book
Interlibrary Loan
Holders of library cards for the Library of Psychoanalysis may order books from libraries outside of Vienna (within Austria or, if not available in Austria, within Europe), if the reqired books are not available in any library in Vienna.
To research, please use the search engine provided by the Austrian Library Network, or the Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog.
Please keep in mind that for interlibrary loans, fees occur according to the respective institutions.
Information for libraries
The Library of Psychoanalysis lends books under the following conditions:
- Within Austria: 4 week loan period with the possibility to extend the loan period for another 4 weeks. The fee for interlibrary loans is 3€ per book.
- Other countries: 10 week loan period without the possibility to extend this period. The fee for interlibrary loans is 6€ per book.
You are welcome to send us recommendations for a book purchase (print, e-book, e-journal), please click here. Thank you for your understanding that we cannot consider all suggestions.
Library of Psychoanalysis
The Library of Psychoanalysis at the Sigmund Freud Museum collects literature on Sigmund Freud and on the theory, technique and history of psychoanalysis. Its inventory includes Sigmund Freud's works in first editions as well as German and international complete editions. A complete collection of Freud's pre-analytic works, which are not included in the Gesammelte Werke or Standard Edition, is also available – some of them in the form of original offprints with signed dedications by the author. Books from Freud's private library, which have been acquired through donations or purchases, are also to be found in the collection.
The library also offers a complete collection of the publications issued by the International Psychoanalytic Press (Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag), founded by Sigmund Freud, as well as numerous publications by early psychoanalysts from the discipline's diverse schools. Finally, the library also focuses on works that form links between psychoanalysis and other disciplines such as literary criticism, cultural studies, gender studies, film theory, art history and musicology.
With an inventory of about 40,000 volumes, the library is the largest European library devoted to psychoanalysis.
Journals
The Library of Psychoanalysis possesses all the psychoanalytic journals that appeared before 1945 in original editions. This collection, unique in Europe, includes the Jahrbuch für Psychoanalyse, Imago, the Internationale Zeitschrift für ärztliche Psychoanalyse and many others. Additionally, 32 current periodicals in German and other languages are available.
