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Events, exhibitions, and workshops presented by the Library.

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  • Exhibition
  • Free
  • On Site

Shot

29 Oct 2023 to 3 Nov 2024

400 photographs | 200 photographers | 3 centuries

Exhibition Information
Composite image with three photographic images from the Shot exhibition
  • Exhibition
  • Ongoing
  • Free

Amaze Gallery

See an ever-changing display of remarkable items from the Library’s collection.

Exhibition Information
Colour sketch of streetscape
  • Exhibition
  • Ongoing
  • Free

Paintings from the Collection

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

Exhibition Information
Oil painting. Panoramic scene of a harbour.
  • Virtual excursion
  • Online
  • Free

Going places: Migration to Australia

Tuesday
Tue 23 Jul 2024, 9.30 am
  • series: Schools

We’ll investigate reasons for migrating and uncover different journeys over the sea. 

Event information
  • Virtual excursion
  • Online
  • Free

Rush for Gold

Wednesday
Wed 31 Jul 2024, 11.00 am
  • series: Schools

Join the rush to learn about striking it lucky in the 1850s.

Event information
  • Special event
  • Onsite
  • Ongoing
  • Free

Trivia in the Library Bar

Wednesday
Wed 7 Aug 2024, 6.00 pm
  • series: Live at the Bar

Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for Trivia in The Library Bar.

Event information
A wooden bookshelf has piles of books on top of it, and an open notebook with a pencil and a pair of glasses resting on top. Next to it is a glass of red wine.
  • Virtual excursion
  • Online
  • Free

Amazing Women in Australian History

Tuesday
Tue 13 Aug 2024, 11.00 am
  • series: Schools

From government to literature, civil rights to agriculture, this line-up of women has a big story to tell.

Event information
portraits of five women
  • Special event
  • Onsite
  • Ongoing
  • Free

Trivia in the Library Bar

Wednesday
Wed 4 Sep 2024, 6.00 pm
  • series: Live at the Bar

Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for Trivia in The Library Bar.

Event information
A wooden bookshelf has piles of books on top of it, and an open notebook with a pencil and a pair of glasses resting on top. Next to it is a glass of red wine.
  • Special event
  • Onsite
  • Ongoing
  • Free

Trivia in the Library Bar

Wednesday
Wed 2 Oct 2024, 6.00 pm
  • series: Live at the Bar

Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for Trivia in The Library Bar.

Event information
A wooden bookshelf has piles of books on top of it, and an open notebook with a pencil and a pair of glasses resting on top. Next to it is a glass of red wine.
  • Virtual excursion
  • Online
  • Free

Significant Individuals: Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson

Monday
Mon 14 Oct 2024, 12.00 pm
  • series: Schools

Step back in time to 1813 and follow the journey of Gregory Blaxland, William Charles Wentworth and William Lawson.

Event information
The Blue Mountain pioneers, lithograph by M. Emile Ulm, Sydney Mail, 1880, SLNSW SPF/1396
  • Special event
  • Onsite
  • Ongoing
  • Free

Trivia in the Library Bar

Wednesday
Wed 6 Nov 2024, 6.00 pm
  • series: Live at the Bar

Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for Trivia in The Library Bar.

Event information
A wooden bookshelf has piles of books on top of it, and an open notebook with a pencil and a pair of glasses resting on top. Next to it is a glass of red wine.
  • Special event
  • Onsite
  • Ongoing
  • Free

Trivia in the Library Bar

Wednesday
Wed 4 Dec 2024, 6.00 pm
  • series: Live at the Bar

Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for Trivia in The Library Bar.

Event information
A wooden bookshelf has piles of books on top of it, and an open notebook with a pencil and a pair of glasses resting on top. Next to it is a glass of red wine.