The State Library of Victoria will explore the counter-cultural and creative identity of Melbourne from the mid-19th century until today in its upcoming exhibition Bohemian Melbourne this summer. 

Elizabeth Broderick, Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner, will explore the role men must play to create true gender equality in Australia when she delivers the next Big Ideas under the dome lecture at the State Library of Victoria.

On Thursday 25 September theatre goers will get an exclusive preview of works in development by some of Victoria’s most exciting playwrights in Flashpoint, a series of play readings that allow the audience to witness the process of creating new live theatre.

Journalist, author and former federal member for Bennelong, Maxine McKew will examine the state of Australian education when she delivers the 2014 Stephen Murray-Smith Memorial Lecture at the State Library of Victoria.

The extraordinary story behind Les Misérables is revealed in the world-first exhibition Victor Hugo: Les Misérables – From Page to Stage, which opens at the State Library of Victoria today.

Join Andrew Robb AO, Minister for Trade and Investment, as he argues the case for keeping markets open to trade and investment, and staying the course of market-led reforms.

The original 1862 manuscript of Les Misérables, a French national treasure, is leaving Europe for the first time to be exhibited exclusively at the State Library of Victoria, Minister for the Arts Heidi Victoria announced today.

ROME: Piranesi’s vision, the largest Australian exhibition of work from one of Europe’s best known and respected printmakers, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, opens at the State Library of Victoria on 22 February 2014.

Tickets are now on sale for Victor Hugo: Les Misérables – From Page to Stage, a world-first exhibition and the biggest to ever be staged at the State Library of Victoria.

The State Library of Victoria congratulates the recipients of the 2014 AGL Shaw Summer Research Fellowships: Gabriel Maddock, Rula Paterson and Dan Tout.