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  • Free
  • On Site

Charles Rodius

17 Jun 2023 to 12 May 2024

Discover the story behind Australia's rejected and forgotten portrait artist, Charles Rodius (1802-1860).

Sydney Harbour from Cumberland Place watercolour
  • Exhibition
  • Free
  • On Site

Action! Film & War

7 Oct 2023 to 28 Apr 2024

An exhibition about the power of moving images to record and shape Australia’s history.

Black and white photograph of man with moving picture camera
  • Exhibition
  • Free
  • On Site

Nikon-Walkley Press Photography Exhibition

21 Oct 2023 to 28 Apr 2024

See the winners and finalists selected from the Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism.

Nikon prize winner
  • Exhibition
  • Free
  • On Site

Wadgayawa Nhay Dhadjan Wari

7 Oct 2023 to 5 May 2024

(they made them a long time ago)

Collage of objects from the exhibition Wadgayawa Nhay Dhadjan Wari
  • Exhibition
  • Free
  • On Site

Shot

29 Oct 2023 to 3 Nov 2024

400 photographs | 200 photographers | 3 centuries

Composite image with three photographic images from the Shot exhibition
  • Exhibition
  • Ongoing
  • Free

Amaze Gallery

See an ever-changing display of remarkable items from the Library’s collection.

Colour sketch of streetscape
  • Exhibition
  • Ongoing
  • Free

Paintings from the Collection

More than 300 original artworks from the Library’s unique collection of landscape and portrait paintings.

Oil painting. Panoramic scene of a harbour.
  • Virtual excursion
  • Online
  • Free

Spotlight on Shakespeare

Tuesday
Tue 2 Apr 2024, 2.00 pm
  • series: Schools

This interactive experience will inspire your students to learn more about the great playwright, William Shakespeare! 

  • Talk
  • Onsite
  • Free

History Now: Histories of capitalism

Wednesday
Wed 3 Apr 2024, 5.00 pm
  • series: History Now
  • series: Talks & Ideas
Hannah Forsyth and Sophie Loy-Wilson discuss the ways in which historicising capitalism is changing our approach to history in Australia.
Hundred dollar bills splayed out
  • Special event
  • Onsite
  • Ongoing
  • Free

Trivia in the Library Bar

Wednesday
Wed 3 Apr 2024, 6.00 pm
  • series: Live at the Bar

Join us on the first Wednesday of each month 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.
  • Virtual excursion
  • Online
  • Free

Gallipoli: in their words

Thursday
Thu 4 Apr 2024, 9.00 am
  • series: Schools

Delve into the State Library’s rich World War I collection to discover the lived experience of those who served at Gallipoli. 

  • Onsite

Launch into Library research: Using pictures for historical research

Thursday
Thu 4 Apr 2024, 10.00 am
  • series: Lifelong learning
Pictures can hold a wealth of information to enrich your historical research.
 
A group of people looking at a book around a table