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Join us for trivia in the Library Bar.

A wooden bookshelf has piles of books on top of it, and an open notebook with a pencil and a pair of glasses resting on top. Next to it is a glass of red wine.

See what's new in the Amaze Gallery.

Scene inside room with various people in 19th century fashions.

Find out more about our major building plans.

Collection buzz

The collection like you've never heard it

Listen and transcribe audio collections from the archives on Amplify. 

Inventing the future

A recently acquired set of prints shows what state-of-the-art technology looked like in Medici Florence.

Black and white engraved street scene with people wearing eyeglasses.

Take 5 wattle

Shining a spotlight on five wattle-themed items from the collection.

Acacia

The life & death of Smith's Weekly

The death of a newspaper plays out in a box of cartoons.

Cartoon illustration of a man and woman walking down a road.

Journal of the Apophthegm Society

The journal of an obscure society devoted to pithy sayings takes a roundabout route to the Library.

Hand drawn cartoon of a man at a table set with wine and glasses.

Featured events

The scurvy enigma with Professor Robert Clancy AM

Exhibition related
Author Talks
Tuesday
Tuesday 1 November 2022 - 6pm to 7pm
Talk

In connection with the Library’s Kill or Cure? exhibition, Professor Robert Clancy AM examines the history of scurvy.

A painting showing a number of sick men lying on mattresses below deck on a ship. Three sailors stand around them looking concerned and one is feeding a yellow fruit to one of the sick men.
Onsite

Storytime in the Children's Library

Kids at the Library
Wednesday
Wednesday 2 November 2022 - 10am to 10:30am
Free
Workshop

Come and join us in the beautiful Children's Library for preschool storytime.

A parent and child reading a picture book together

History Extension Seminar: The Project

Schools
Wednesday
Wednesday 16 November 2022 - 9am to 2:30pm
Workshop

Join us online for our annual History Extension seminar for HSC students and their teachers!

Two photographs side by side showing the fronts of two different buildings, with a black dot in the centre with white words written on it
Learning
Online

Weird and wonderful treatments from medical history

Exhibition related
Thursday
Thursday 17 November 2022 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Talk

Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, Dr Naomi Koh Belic and Tegan Taylor discuss weird, dangerous, and downright gross remedies from early medical theory.

Headshots of Naomi Koh Belic, Karl Kruszelnicki and Tegan Taylor on a black background. Naomi has pink and purple hair and wears a black shirt, Karl wears a brightly coloured shirt with robots on it, and Tegan wears a multicoloured scarf.
Onsite