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Public programs and learning activities will be delivered onsite and online in 2021. See what's on here.
In April 1770, strangers onboard the Endeavour appeared off the shores of Kamay (Botany Bay). This exhibition explores the eight days that followed and their continuing legacy.
Marking its 10th year, the Photos1440 exhibition returns to the Library with a look back over the past decade of key events and moments captured through the lens of Sydney Morning Herald photographers.
Gay and lesbian life went public in the 70s. Speaking up and standing out, gay men and women took to the streets proudly demanding to be seen, heard and accepted. This exhibition tells their story.
An ever changing selection of fascinating items from the Library's extraordinary collection.
More than 300 original artworks from the Library’s unique collection of landscape and portrait paintings.
Sculpture busts, miniature portraits, ceramics, coins, medals, cutlery, teacups, typewriters, convict bricks and much more!
The State Library of NSW is joining other major arts and cultural institutions for Culture Up Late, with extended opening hours from 5–8 pm every Wednesday and Thursday evening until 1 April 2021.
Deborah Cassrels will be in conversation with Roger Maynard talking about her book, Gods and Demons. She will be discussing the hidden side to the mystical Hindu paradise and vast Indonesian archipelago in which all is not as it seems.
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Salon Series: Reading is FUNdamental
Thursday
Thursday, 25 February 2021 - 7pm to 8:30pm
Celebrate the Coming Out in the 70s exhibition with a series of events to mark over 50 years of Pride.
THOU SHALT NOT! [and so I DID! ]: A Queer Life on the World Stage
Saturday
Saturday, 27 February 2021 - 7pm to 8pm
Join Tim McKew as he takes you on his biographical journey as one of Australia’s unsung queer heroes.
Scholar Talk: Landscaping Eastern Australia through the Colonial Survey
Tuesday
Tuesday, 2 March 2021 - 11am to 12pm
2020 Mitchell Fellow, Dr Jarrod Hore, re-grounds colonial surveying and explores the environmental prehistories of our settler colonial landscapes.
We’ll investigate reasons for migrating and uncover different journeys over the sea.
The State Library of NSW is joining other major arts and cultural institutions for Culture Up Late, with extended opening hours from 5–8 pm every Wednesday and Thursday evening until 1 April 2021.
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