Ever wondered how people learned the piano in the 1780s, 1880s and 1980s?

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

Season one of the Bookmark This podcast, Off Stage, explores the vibrant characters, milestone moments and cultural treasures found in the exhibition On Stage: Spotlight on Our Performing Arts. Hosted by journalist, author, radio broadcaster and playwright Melanie Tait, Off Stage delves into the untold stories of Australia theatre, dance, music and film.

To celebrate this milestone, we are sharing 3 recently acquired photographs of the band

This collection-in-focus display highlighted the work of Melbourne-born painter and designer Kenneth Rowell.

The PROMPT Collection is a collection of collections. It relates to the performing arts industry in Australia from the 1880s until the present.

Our dance collection contains portraits, manuscripts, oral history interviews, photographs, music scores, personal papers, theatre programs and memorabilia.

A summary of copyright and rights in the Music Collection.

Uncover Australia's performing arts history with On Stage.

The Oral History and Folklore collection records the voices that describe our cultural, intellectual and social life.

This large collection of music covering seven decades of Australian musical history, consists of scores and performance parts.

About 15,500 items of sheet music and about 700 music albums from the late eighteenth century to the 1980s, as well as the personal papers of Snell.