![](https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/videos_thumb__526x354_/public/wotb-behind-the-scenes_1.jpg?itok=uUbu17-N)
Behind the scenes of 'World of the book'
See a short time-lapse video of the installation of the Library's 'World of the book' exhibition in the iconic Dome Galleries.
The Children's Quarter, Create Quarter, Hansen Hall and Ian Potter Queen's Hall will be closed on 3 July from 3 to 6 pm for Kids Takeover. Find out more about our school holiday program.
History & politics52Collection insights43Exhibitions36Australian history32Artists & writers30art26Family History Feast25art & design18Popular culture18Culture17world of the book17printmaking15WWI14literature14military13Family history13war13world of the book13architecture13illustration13Big ideas under the dome12performance12State Library Victoria12books11family history feast11Australian history11Rome: Piranesi's vision11Giovanni Battista Piranesi11children's books11rare books9History of the book8creative fellows8human rights7creative fellows7music7Victorian history7family history7Writing the war7fellowships6library fellowships6education6library6Poetry Slam6artists' books6Foxcroft Lecture6literature6digital technology6cultural history6Library collections6social justice5Melbourne5poetry5WWII5Stephen Murray-Smith Memorial Lecture5Exhibition talks & tours5author in conversation4foxcroft lecture4Library collections4culture4Redmond Barry lecture4artists and writers4history4author in conversation4journalism4Multicultural history4performance4Redmond Barry Lecture4poetry slam4library fellowships4one object many stories4indigenous people4collections3genealogy3victorian history3Gusto!3literacy3velvet iron ashes3Making Public Histories3exhibitions3Artists' books3food3persian manuscripts3culinary history3Collection insights3White Night3youth literature3Ned Kelly3Don Grant Lecture3Environment3gender issues3storytelling3history of the book3sport2interior design2health2Exhibitions & tours2fellowship2popular culture2australian literature2Gallipoli2victoria gallery2India2Fromelles2Indigenous Australians2rare books2web2design2art2world war one2food2foreign policy2spoken word2music2library fellows2national security2velvet iron ashes2pop culture2Law2book printing2Ned Kelly2Indigenous people2Journalism2victoria gallery2books2diaries and manuscripts2State Library of Victoria2family history records2social justice2graphic design2
See a short time-lapse video of the installation of the Library's 'World of the book' exhibition in the iconic Dome Galleries.
Watch a fascinating panel discussion about the social history of advertising in Melbourne, with rare examples from the Library's collection.
Share the experiences of a front-line soldier, brought to life in this reading of Eric Chinner's WWI letters home.
See words and pictures from the WWI diaries of nurse Alice Kitchen, who sailed with the AIF's first convoy.
Sasha Grishin describes the lithographic process used by ST Gill, the subject of our winter 2015 exhibition, Australian sketchbook.
Watch this intriguing panel discussion led by Kaz Cooke, focusing on one object from the Library's collection: a Victorian-era mourning brooch.
Step inside London’s world-renowned V&A with the museum's keeper of Word and Image, Julius Bryant.
Colin Holden describes the aristocrats and Grand Tourists in Piranesi's print from Vedute di Roma.
Watch our short film featuring extracts from the history-making 'Gallipoli letter' written by Sir Keith Murdoch in 1915.
Showing 9 out of 34 results