Now the State Library of Victoria is staging a provocative exhibition, Bohemian Melbourne, examining Melbourne bohemians from the 1860s through to the present. The concept of “the bohemian” is ...

Melbourne's State Library Victoria has seen many changes since it opened 160 years ago. Opening as Melbourne Public Library in 1856, the library initially consisted of a single building fronting ...

For many Melburnians, the State Library is defined by the Dome Room — the majestic silent reading room built in 1913. Ms Torney described it as "probably the most photographed room in Melbourne".

She's the pride of Swanston Street with arguably the most beloved front lawn in all of Melbourne, and now there's another reason to love State Library Victoria. It's just been named one of the ...

This Melbourne attraction is no stranger to worldwide ... to give us our very own library of the most popular ones on the planet. State Library Victoria made the podium, ranking as the third ...

So how the hell did the organisers of Melbourne Music Week (MMW) get approval to hold a week’s worth of gigs and dance parties there? “The State Library was very welcoming when we approached them,” ...

Each year, the two-storey Victorian monolith in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD has more than a million visitors. The giant La Trobe Reading Room in the State Library Victoria. Designed by eminent ...

Never before seen historical photographs of Melbourne and country Victoria are being made public for the first time. The State Library of Victoria is releasing its archive of photos of Melbourne ...

Such innovation is evident throughout Melbourne’s State Library Victoria which reopened this week to reveal the final phase of its Vision 2020 transformation. The transformation of Australia’s ...

There is something very chic about the State Library’s collection of post-war photographs from Melbourne in the 1950s. Exploring the work of eight leading photographers, active during the time, the ...