Grasslands installation
In 2014, award-winning Melbourne artist Linda Tegg transformed the State Library forecourt into a flowering grassland.
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In 2014, award-winning Melbourne artist Linda Tegg transformed the State Library forecourt into a flowering grassland.
Learn the significance of Victor Hugo’s bequest to the Bibliothèque nationale de France in this inspiring talk by Guillaume Fau.
Watch the fascinating evolution of the Library site from 1856 to 2013 in this virtual 3D reconstruction.
Oxford University’s historic Bodleian libraries are celebrated around the world; Richard Ovenden tells us why.
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