1 Shakespeare Place, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
Function Venue
•The Library has venues to accommodate 10 to 500 people, available for seminars and conferences, corporate and government events, product and book launches.
The 132 seat Metcalfe Auditorium provides an effective venue for a wide range of presentations, seminars, meetings and lectures. Its modern decor, spot lighting and seating, facilitate comfort and concentration. Catering can be provided in ...
The Friends room is on the ground floor of the historic Mitchell Library building. This beautiful space is the original Mitchell Reading Room, opened to the public in 1910. It features enameled steel and leadlight bookcases which hold editi...
The Vestibule of the Mitchell wing features some of the finest stained glass in Sydney by artist Arthur Benfield and a magnificent white Italian Botticino marble staircase with turned balustrades. All of these features add to the neo classi...
The Dixson Room is located on the ground floor of the Mitchell wing and offers an elegant historic setting with views across the Domain and to Woolloomooloo. This is a warm and spacious room with high ceilings and original oil paintings ado...
The Gallery Room is located on the ground floor of the Mitchell building and adjoins the Friends Room. It is a warm and spacious room with high ceilings and a decorative stained glass window; it is ideal for conferences, luncheons, dinners ...
The Shakespeare Room located on the ground floor of the Mitchell wing commemorates the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. Arthur G Benfield’s stained-glass window, the Seven Ages of Man, depicts a scene from A...
The Macquarie Room is a modern triangular shaped room, featuring a glass wall overlooking the courtyard between the old and new wings of the State Library and often used as the catering area for the Metcalfe Auditorium. The Macquarie Room i...
A state-of-the-art 344 seat auditorium located below the Mitchell Library Reading Room. The auditorium is equipped to host high-end productions and performances, and vastly expands the diversity of events offered by the State Library. ...
Featuring geometric glass ceiling, the Glasshouse is ideal for cocktail parties, conference breaks and formal dining under the stars. The Glasshouse is suitable for small displays however not suitable as an exhibition hall.
More than 300 original artworks from the Library’s unique collection of landscape and portrait paintings are on permanent public display. Located on Level 1 of the Mitchell building are the Painting’s Galleries which are available for hir...
The Library Bar is located on the rooftop of the historic Mitchell Building and features unique views across to the Harbour and city skyline. The Library Bar is available for private hire outside of opening hours. Venue hire includes ...
Amazing place where you can find history The map on the floor of the entry way is a glimpse into the past and the ways that map-making has advanced in the last two centuries Steeped in history and with an ever changing gallery, the library is a great place to go to experience some local flavor. The main library room is absolutely breath taking, especially if you actually manage to make it inside. If you are here at Sydney the a must visit place This is definitely a must see if you're trying to experience Sydney's history
I was just killing time in Sydney so I ventured in to the State Library of NSW. It’s a stunning sandstone building in a lovely location opposite the Sydney Botanical Gardens. It’s beautifully quiet inside. Lots of small art exhibitions upstairs in the galleries. I love exploring buildings like this overseas but this one in my home town is lovely and it’s free.
The original building is just stunning and it’s as much an art gallery / exhibition space as a library. It’s totally worth an afternoon to see all of the galleries. I loved the map room. We saw an excellent exhibit on the Dunera. The massive reading room is epic.
A magnificent library that has it all! This beautiful building is not only a public library, but has several small art exhibitions, a cafe, shop, and plenty of space to hang out and relax in. The exhibitions were impressive in their quality and scope. The library's permanent collection has many paintings of Australian landscapes and historical figures. Some of the newer exhibits, such as the one on Internment Camps, were informative and well curated.
The State Library is not only a library, but also an art gallery and various interesting special and temporary exhibitions, the number of which exceeded my expectations. The collection of landscapes and figures is a permanent exhibition, and you can log in to the website on your mobile phone to listen to the audio introduction, which is free. There are also some interesting temporary exhibitions with different themes.
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