This year marks a significant milestone for the Library. For 200 years, we've been a place of curiosity and storytelling. Now is our time to come together to celebrate this Library and libraries everywhere. Be among the first to see our 200th Anniversary program by subscribing to our enewsletter. Subscribe here: https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/enews | The State Library of New South Wales

The Library is the place to be. 🙌 We're excited to share our 2025 program — a year filled with transformative storytelling, compelling programs and more unforgettable experiences. From the underground auditorium to the rooftop bar — and across the state — we’re bringing new stories and ideas to life. Our program features creative collaborations with leading yidaki (didgeridoo) player and composer William Barton, Skye McIntosh and The Australian Haydn Ensemble, and Stephen Page, renowned directo

What’s your idea of the Australian Dream? In our new exhibition, architecture and design enthusiast Tim Ross explores the idea of home with fascinating finds from the Library’s collection. “For a long time, we’ve been told that the Australian dream means a quarter-acre block, a Hills Hoist, and a Holden in the drive way. But that’s never been the whole story,” says @modernister. Come and see highlights including drawings by icons like Nino Sydney and Peter Muller, to archival photographs and foo

This week we welcomed our new Summer Fellows! Each year the Library offers a number of prestigious fellowships to support the study, writing and teaching of Australian history and culture. Over the next few months these researchers will be delving into our archives to uncover fascinating stories and bring fresh perspectives. We’re especially thrilled to welcome our inaugural Summer Fellows (Architecture), in partnership with Architecture Insights. We can’t wait to see their diverse projects come

Do you have a family member who served in WWI? The Library has a rich collection of material including diaries and letters written by the men and women who served in the First World War. If you’d like to dig deeper into your family’s military history, we’re here to help. Our librarians can help you get started and guide you through our collections and resources. 💻 Explore the collection: https://ow.ly/YL1550VFUyO 🗃️ Get family history help: https://ow.ly/EaTI50VFUyP | The State Library of New

Let’s take a look inside. 👀 ‘This Ferral Australis’ by John Hinds is an artists’ book that explores ideas of language, history and colonisation. It’s a concertina book, made from one piece of paper folded back and forth in a zig-zag pattern, and is wrapped in maritime canvas covers with a red wax seal. As you unfold the book, you can see where the artist has printed over facsimiles of colonial publications and documents with animal skulls, antique suns and fake ‘Shakespearean’ sonnets. This is