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?
New in Arts, just a few of the things that make popular culture so popular
Arts & literature, Such was life:
State Library Victoria has a significant collection of British, French and Australian WWI posters. As the war progressed, changes emerge in the content and themes of the images; through recruitment, the symbolism of women and to our heroes on the Front.
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State Library Victoria has welcomed significant new funding announced last night by Minister for the Creative Industries, Martin Foley.
People & professions, Such was life:
Alice Manfield, or ‘Guide Alice’ as she came to be known, had a strange, romantic childhood on Mount Buffalo. She grew up to become a talented naturalist, photographer and writer, as well as an unlikely feminist figure.
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 ›
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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.
Film, Music, Rare Books & Arts:
Some great new audio and video arrivals in Arts include latest releases in opera, pop, rock, classical music and film soundtracks.
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We need your help to capture and record Melbourne’s laneways as they exist now for the State Collection.