Thinking of visiting the Library around Christmas or New Year's Day? Plan your visit with our summer opening hours, from Monday 23 December 2024 to Wednesday 1 January 2025.

See what's happening at the Library this summer, including exhibitions, tours and more.

Learn about one of our largest manuscripts collections.

Explore handwritten diaries that can now be read online.

The librarians of the National Library have put together their top picks for summer holiday reading.

Find your axe, put on your skates and grab a beer for these lesser-known sports that need more attention.

In the second part of our sports stories series, we turn our attention to books by and about the Australian athletes on the basketball and tennis courts and in the swimming pool.

Reading recommendations featuring stories from the Australian cricket, AFL, rugby and soccer fields.

The Library has recently digitised the speeches of Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue AC CBE DSG.

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

Online services will be temporarily unavailable while we undertake planned maintenance.

Researchers, academics and creatives are encouraged to apply for 6 philanthropically funded scholarships and 5 grants which open for applications on Monday 1 May 2023.