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Preservation and conservation

Tuesday
Tue 19 Mar 2024, 2.00 pm
  • series: Inside the Library
​Come behind the scenes to see the Conservation Laboratory and the work undertaken by the Collection Care Branch.
a room filled with tables and chairs and conservation technology and equipment
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Wadgayawa Nhay Dhadjan Wari (they made them a long time ago) tour

Tuesday
Tue 19 Mar 2024, 5.30 pm
  • series: Inside the Library

Explore our new exhibition, featuring Aboriginal belongings removed from Country over the last 230 years that have travelled back to Sydney.

Items from First Nations communities on display
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Backstage pass

Thursday
Thu 21 Mar 2024, 5.30 pm
  • series: Inside the Library
Head into the underground stacks with our curators and explore the Library’s vast book, manuscript and picture collections.
Curator shows book while tour guests look on
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Teacher exhibition tour - Wadgayawa Nhay Dhadjan Wari

Thursday
Thu 21 Mar 2024, 5.00 pm
  • series: Schools

Join an exclusive tour for teachers and hear the stories behind the significant belongings on display.  

damien conducting wadgayawa tour speaking grroup
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Discover our new photography exhibition: Shot

Wednesday
Wed 27 Mar 2024, 5.30 pm
  • series: Inside the Library
Join a curator-led tour of Shot, and immerse yourself in Australia’s past as seen through the lens of Australian photographers.
Curator displaying photo items
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  • Onsite
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David Moore: Digitising his Black Star photojournalism collection

Thursday
Thu 28 Mar 2024, 2.00 pm
  • series: Inside the Library

Visit the Library’s photography studios to hear from our imaging team about the challenges they faced digitising David’s Black Star archive.

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Discover our new photography exhibition: Shot

Wednesday
Wed 10 Apr 2024, 2.00 pm
  • series: Inside the Library
Join a curator-led tour of Shot, and immerse yourself in Australia’s past as seen through the lens of Australian photographers.
Curator displaying photo items
  • Tour
  • Onsite
  • Free

Wadgayawa Nhay Dhadjan Wari (they made them a long time ago) tour

Wednesday
Wed 10 Apr 2024, 5.00 pm
  • series: Indigenous
  • series: Inside the Library

Explore our new exhibition, featuring Aboriginal belongings removed from Country over the last 230 years that have travelled back to Sydney.

Items from First Nations communities on display