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State Library of Victoria
Haven for Researchers and Booklovers
The State Library of Victoria is Mecca to readers and researchers. From the outside it looks like yet another public neo-classic building. Once inside past the guards and electronic security the visitor walks up the marble steps and through the archway into booklover nirvana.
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State Library of Victoria, photograph (c) Ali Kayn 2005
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Main public areas of the library :
Trescowthick Information Centre; La Trobe Information Centre (Australiana); Arts Library; Temporary Reading Room; The Herald & Weekly Times Ltd Newspaper Reading Room; Genealogy Centre; Copy Centre; Secure Reading Room
The Museum of Victoria (Melbourne Museum) has moved to the Carlton Gardens.
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State Library Reading Room, Photograph Courtesy Tourism Victoris , Mark Chew, Winter 2007
Just the facts:
Contact:
Opening Hours: see web site
Book retrievals and the Copy Centre close half an hour before these times.
The Library is closed on all public holidays.
Official website
@Library_Vic Official Twitter channel of State Library Victoria. We like books, reading & long walks through the stacks. Find us @Library_Vic on Instagram & Periscope
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Getting there:
328 Swanston St, Melbourne
Take tram along Swanston Street
City Circle tram
Train to Melbourne Central Station
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Sculpture outside the State Library of Victoria (c) Ali Kayn
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