21,000 enjoy White Night Melbourne at the Library
News:
The Library was flooded with bright lights and sweeping soundscapes on Saturday 20 February for White Night Melbourne, a dusk ‘til dawn celebration of culture and creativity across the city.
New Sights and Sounds: Boheme & Bowie, Classics & Colleen, and lots more
Many great new arrivals for the New Year include latest releases and favourite titles in pop, rock, jazz, rhythm & blues, film soundtracks, opera, dance, classical and children’s songs. They include baubles, bangles and beads… Read More ›
The discovery of a plan
Buildings & streets, People & professions, Such was life:
Edna Walling created beautiful watercolour designs of her gardens and now Manuscripts staff have just discovered another one, found in the papers of a former Victorian Premier.
Celebrating Indigenous children’s books
The Legends of Moonie Jarl (1964) was the first Indigenous children’s book published in Australia. Here, Juliet O’Conor explores this extraordinary book and the contemporary diversity of Indigenous children’s literature.
Passengers in History : a major new resource for arrivals to South Australia 1836 – 1961
The South Australian Maritime Museum has recently launched an exciting new database Passengers in History which includes entries for 328,000 passengers and 20,000 voyages to South Australia between 1836 and… Read More ›
State Library Victoria: open for 160 years
Cities & towns, Such was life:
On the Library’s 160th birthday we look at events which have shaped Victoria since 1856.
State Library celebrates 160 years of serving Victoria
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Today State Library Victoria celebrates 160 years since first opening to the public on 11 February 1856. It is Australia’s oldest free public library and the nation’s busiest with nearly 1.8 million visitors a year.
Melbourne to commemorate Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising
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State Library Victoria and the University of Melbourne partner to commemorate the centenary of Ireland’s historic 1916 Easter Rising and its effect on Australia during a time of war.
Warhol & Weiwei, together at last
Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
Andy Warhol and Ai Weiwei, strange bedfellows? Maybe not……
Colour our collections
News:
This week, libraries, galleries and museums across the world will be sharing some of their favourite collections for you to get colourful with on Instagram.
Such was life
Melbourne’s Marvelous Madame Weigel
Madame Weigel’s Journal of Fashion became a staple of Australian life for those interested in being well dressed, well presented, and well informed. This treasure trove has recently be digitised and made available online.
Arts
‘It really belongs to you people anyway…’: The story of Ken Pound
To celebrate the Children’s Book Council of Australia Week, we pay tribute to the life of children’s literature collector, Ken Pound, and the collection he has left for us all.
