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Onsite access

Facilities and services to access our collection in person

People reading and talking in a large, sunny room at tables, desks and computer stations

Main Reading Room

Reading rooms
A person in a black T-shirt hands over several books to a staff member wearing a white shirt, black vest and red tie. They stand at a library desk labelled "Collect books here" with a computer and phone visible on the counter.
Collection delivery service
Woman using printer/photocopier in the Special Collections Reading Room
Print, copy, scan
Young man browsing Trove on a computer in the Main Reading Room
Computers, internet and wifi
People in the Main Reading Room at the Library
Facilities for visitors

More to see and do

Woman and child smiling as they read a book in the kid's corner of the main reading room

Kid's corner

Family-friendly spaces
Young man looking at convict uniform on display in the gallery
What's on
Orange, brown and white painting hung in the main reading room

Minnie Lumai (b. 1940), Yab-yab-gnerni-gnim (Sugarbag Dreaming), 2009, natural ochre on canvas ; 130 x 125 cm, Main Reading Room.

Artworks in and around the building
Two young women having morning tea at the Bookplate cafe

Bookplate cafe

Cafes
Woman browsing books on display at the Library's Bookshop
Bookshop

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