Treasures Gallery: Virtual exhibition | National Library of Australia (NLA)

Treasures Gallery: Virtual exhibition

Explore highlights from our physical and digital collection; from maps and books to manuscripts, photographs, paintings and ephemera

How to explore

To begin your tour, click the 'Play' button.

To move around the Gallery:

  • use the arrow keys on your keyboard
  • click or drag your mouse
  • click on the white circles on the Gallery floor.

To find more exhibition information:

  • click on the blue 'I' icons to open information about the exhibition and the themes explored
  • click on the grey 'D' icons to open the item captions and information
  • click on the green 'picture' icons to open an enlarged image
  • click on the purple 'people' icons to open our kid friendly descriptions and activities.

For more information on how to use the virtual tour, click 'Help 'in the bottom right-hand corner of the virtual exhibition.

About the exhibition

The Treasures Gallery showcases our extraordinary holdings. Our vast collection is primarily made up of documentary resources and is the largest collection about Australia and the Australian people in the world.

Learn more about the Treasures Gallery

Exhibition details

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Daily

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9:00am – 5:00pm

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Free

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Treasures Gallery

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Rows of shelves filled with colourful books and doorways lined down the middle
What we collect

The Library aims to collect all of our stories so Australians can understand our past, present and place in the world.

A photograph of the Library’s Treasures Gallery. The William Shakespeare display is on the left-hand side of the image. The Fred Ward card catalogue is on the right-hand side of the image.

National Library of Australia Treasures Gallery.

Welcome to Treasures 2025

Explore our new Treasures Gallery exhibition opening Saturday 13 December.

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