The Shakespeare Window
Have you ever visited the 6th floor of the La Trobe Reading Room and gazed out over the Dome? Did you notice the Bard of Avon peering over your shoulder?
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Robot monsters, Mr Squiggle, death metal zombies and a bit of Monty Python: business as usual in the Arts Library
New in Arts, just a few of the things that make popular culture so popular
State Library Victoria welcomes significant funding announcement
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State Library Victoria has welcomed significant new funding announced last night by Minister for the Creative Industries, Martin Foley.
Bookings open Monday 27 June for Family History Feast 2016
State Library Victoria hosts its 13th annual Family History Feast during National Family History Month in August this year. On Monday 8 August, the popular program turns to the subject… Read More ›
Cataloguing the Emmerson Collection
In April 2015, we received the most significant and valuable donation of rare books in our 160 year history: The Emmerson Collection. One year on, we look back over the extraordinary work being carried out by our rare book cataloguers Derrick Moors and Richard Overell.
Storytime launch for the Premiers’ Reading Challenge for Early Years
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Minister for Families and Children, Jenny Mikakos, and Catherine Andrews launched the Premiers’ Reading Challenge for Early Years at the Library this week.
Help us build an archive!
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We need your help to capture and record Melbourne’s laneways as they exist now for the State Collection.
Out of Ireland have we come: the arts in a century of change
Photography, Rare Books & Arts, Updates, Visual arts:
As the State Library celebrates the anniversary of the Easter Rising in Dublin, 1916, it seems appropriate to look at how Irish artists have transformed their culture over the course of a not uneventful century.
New display opens to commemorate Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising
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Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising was a pivotal moment in the Irish struggle for independence from Great Britain, that would have far-reaching repercussions here in Australia.
State Library recognised as ‘speciality event venue’
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The Library has been named a state finalist at the Meetings and Events Association Industry Awards. The awards recognise excellence and best business practice in the meetings & events industry.
