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Creative Acts Guided Exhibition Tour
Highlights
- Join a guided tour to uncover nearly 600 unique collection items that spark creativity and inspire storytelling.
- Explore the State Library Victoria, the third busiest library in the world, rich with over six million objects.
- Gain exclusive curator insights into the Creative Acts exhibition, enhancing your understanding of art and culture.
- Embark on a journey through gallery spaces, discovering treasures that illuminate our shared past and challenge perspectives.
Join an exclusive guided tour with curator insights into Creative Acts; State Library Victoria’s latest exhibition that showcases artists and their inspirations.
How does the third busiest library in the world curate an exhibition? With more than six million objects to choose from, where does a curator start and what sparked the idea for Creative Acts?
Embark on a journey through gallery and exhibition spaces, uncovering treasures from the Library’s vast collection. Guided by State Library Victoria storytellers, discover how the objects held in the collection both illuminate our shared past and spark stories that can inspire, challenge and generate creativity.
Gain a curatorial insight into the Creative Acts exhibition, an ambitious display of nearly 600 collection items, from new commissions by visionary Australian creators to collection highlights from the Library.
Itinerary highlights
Redmond Barry Reading Room
Learn how the Library collects items, what is collected and how collections can piece together stories.
Cowen Gallery
Explore the evolution of State Library Victoria’s gallery spaces from when its doors first opened in 1856 to now.
North Rotunda
Understand how the portraits displayed in this heritage-rich space have contributed to the history and cultural life of the state.
Creative Acts
Gain a curatorial insight into how the exhibition came together, the commissioned artists and a deeper look at the items on display.
Tour details
- On demand
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
Access & Inclusion
An access and inclusion statement is available on the business website.
- https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/visit/access-and-inclusion
Operation information
State Library Victoria Tours
Join these exclusive guided tours and experience State Library Victoria’s heritage spaces before the doors open to the public.
Guided by State Library Victoria storytellers, embark on a journey through one of Australia’s most magnificent spaces. From the Library’s iconic Dome and hidden spaces to its magnificent galleries and latest exhibition, Creative Acts.
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