See Dr Kate Flaherty and actors from Bell Shakespeare explore the link between the books that inspired Shakespeare and Shakespeare's own work.

Celebrate William Shakespeare's birthday with Shakespearean gems from the National Library's rare books collections.

Personal papers, manuscript scores, literary manuscripts, sound recordings and family photographs of Peter Sculthorpe, plus videos of films for which he wrote the music and television interviews.

Recordings of folk music, dance music, folklore and oral history from New South Wales and Queensland recorded during the period 1955-1990.

Recordings of folk songs and dance music from Queensland and also stories, legends and recollections of customs and immigrant settlement, particularly German and Scandinavian in rural Queensland.

40 recordings of folk music, folklore and reminiscences from people in rural New South Wales recorded 1983-1988.

A summary of copyright and rights in the Music Collection.

See how Yvette Grant used the Library’s collections to revive the memory of four women in the story of Australian ballet.

2121 books, pamphlets, programs, periodicals and plays published between 1755 and 1972. 

2780 music scores for songs and vocal and piano selections from American, British and Australian musicals, music theatre, films and television shows produced from about 1920 to 1990.

80 oral history interviews with musicians, dancers and others, and recordings of songs and performances, as well as sheet music, imprints and personal papers.

We hold one of Australia’s largest collections of performing arts materials.