What’s On

Over 30,000 spectators. Countless sporting heroes. One tournament. Take a front row seat in this major celebration of First Nations sporting...

Stories and characters from much-loved Australian picture books come to life in this celebration of children’s literature. 

An immersive exhibition looking at how western medicine understood health, disease and treatments from the 15th century to the 19th century. 

Travel across Australia and see the world through 19th century panoramas from the Library’s collection.

An ever changing selection of fascinating items from the Library's extraordinary collection.

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

Join curator, Sarah Morley, as she leads you through our exhibition galleries and shares some of her favourite collection items!

This month Bri Lee is in conversation with fashion journalist and author Amy Odell, about her book Anna.

Bring the whole family on a tour of our picture book exhibition and discover some fabulous stories from behind-the-scenes at the Library.

Join Anna Feinberg, author of the Tashi series, for a magical hour of imagination and inspiration! 

Hear the extraordinary stories of how Australian entertainers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries took audiences in Asia by storm.

Bring the whole family on a tour of our picture book exhibition and discover some fabulous stories from behind-the-scenes at the Library.