What's On
Marking the UNESCO International Year of Indigenous Languages, this exhibition builds on the Library's historical collections with stories of resilience and achievement from communities throughout NSW.
Recording the stories of newly arrived migrants and refugees.
A new project by Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones, who has collaborated with four Sydney elders — Uncle Chicka, Aunty Esme, Aunty Sandra and Uncle Dennis — to tell a very personal story of Aboriginal Sydney.
A collection of images from the Deadly Awards captured by Jamie James from 1994-2013.
Thousands of people travel now through Central Station every day, but how many know what once lay beneath it? Dead Central will take you on a journey back to 19th century Sydney, to rediscover a place you thought you knew.
A personal look at children’s lives during the First World War.
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.
Sculpture busts, miniature portraits, ceramics, coins, medals, cutlery, teacups, typewriters, convict bricks and much more!
In his latest book, Bedlam at Botany Bay, historian and author James Dunk chronicles the madness in the early days of the colony.
Rare Books: Librarians' Favourites from the Rare Book Collection
Discover the breadth and depth of the State Library's Rare Book collection
Every Friday one of our Curators will take you through our exhibitions paying attention to their favourite items and sharing stories from the collections.
Talking Deadly: Subverting & Co-opting the Colonial Archive
Join Callum Clayton-Dixon for his talk on how the members of the Armidale Aboriginal community, having identified the need for a community-driven and self-determining language revival effort at a local level, established the Anaiwan Language Revival Program.