The following details some stats and fun facts about State Library Victoria’s Vision 2020 redevelopment.

State Library Victoria will today open the doors to its reimagined library, marking the completion of an ambitious $88.1 million Vision 2020 redevelopment that has increased public space by 40% and seating by 70%.

After a 16-year closure, State Library Victoria’s original reading room and one of Melbourne’s most breathtaking heritage spaces, The Ian Potter Queen’s Hall, will reopen to the public on 5 December 2019.

From today, cricket fans and history buffs will have the rare chance to see the original Ashes Urn on display in State Library Victoria’s brand new free exhibition, Velvet, Iron, Ashes.

Book lovers are in for a treat when State Library Victoria reopens Australia’s largest exhibition dedicated to books, World of the book, to showcase a refreshed range of rare books on Saturday 16 November.

State Library Victoria today launched a major new exhibition, Velvet, Iron, Ashes, exploring the surprising connections between some of Victoria’s greatest stories, open from 24 October 2019 until 12 July 2020.

State Library Victoria today announced that it will open the doors to its transformed library on 5 December. This will mark the completion of an ambitious $88.1 million redevelopment that will increase public space by 40% and seating by 70%.

Victorians will soon uncover the surprising connections between some of Victoria’s greatest stories when State Library Victoria unveils a ground-breaking new exhibition, Velvet, Iron, Ashes, open from 24 October 2019 until 12 July 2020.

Whisper, a dystopian young adult novel by Queensland-based author, Lynette Noni has today won Gold in the 2019 Inky Awards – Australia's annual awards for new youth literature hosted by State Library Victoria – while The Cruel Prince, a fantasy novel by American author Holly Black, took out the Silver Inky, which is awarded to an international title each year.

State Library Victoria will bring to life the magical creation of books for this year’s White Night Melbourne Reimagined, which will see one of the city’s most iconic spaces transformed over three consecutive nights from 22–24 August.