From hundreds of rare books, to treasure hunting LEGO^® bricks; from a new lecture series with a twist to a deep dive into Ulysses – State Library Victoria is delighted to announce a summer blockbuster program of events.

This summer, State Library Victoria will become State Library Bricktoria when it plays host to an array of LEGO^®-inspired activities in partnership with The Brickman, Australia’s only LEGO^® Certified Professional, from Monday 10 January until Sunday 6 February 2022.

State Library Victoria’s Vision 2020 redevelopment has won the Urban Design Award in this year’s Melbourne Awards. Vision 2020 was an ambitious $88.1 million redevelopment that increased public space by 40% and seating by 70%.

The recipients of the 2022 State Library Victoria Fellowships, worth a total $200,000, were announced last night at an event with Minister for Creative Industries the Hon. Danny Pearson MP.

State Library Victoria’s startup support service, StartSpace, has today launched the inaugural Lisa Ring and Family Scholarships program with the announcement that applications for its first two scholarships are now open.

Australia’s oldest and most popular public library, State Library Victoria, will reopen its doors today in line with the Victorian Government’s reopening Roadmap.

Museum director, cultural leader and science advocate Rose Hiscock will deliver the 2021 Stephen Murray-Smith Memorial Lecture, titled ‘Why we need to tear down the borders between science, design and art in a post-COVID world’, on Thursday 28 October. The event will be hosted online by State Library Victoria.

Dinosaur drawings, animation classes and crafternoons are just a few of the activities on offer

Applications are now open for State Library Victoria’s fellowships program which invites Australians to draw on the Library’s extraordinary collection to create new works in any form

The President of the Library Board of Victoria, Christine Christian AO today announced that CEO, Kate Torney OAM will leave the Library in September to take up the role of CEO of the Peter MacCallum Foundation.