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Public holiday closures

The National Library, including Bookplate Café, the National Library Bookshop and our exhibition galleries and reading rooms, will be closed on Good Friday.

The reading rooms will be closed on Anzac Day, but other sections of the Library will be open as detailed below.

Exhibitions 

The Exhibitions Gallery and Treasures Gallery are open from 9am to 5pm on all other days in April. 

Plan your visit to our exhibition galleries – find out what’s on. 

Bookplate Café 

Bookplate will be open from 9am to 3pm on all other public holidays. 

Bookshop 

The National Library Bookshop will be open from 9am to 5pm on all other public holidays. 

Reading rooms 

All reading rooms will be closed from Good Friday to Easter Monday and on Anzac Day.  

If you have visited the On Stage exhibition and want to sign up for your first National Library card, visit the information desk in the foyer. 

The National Library of Australia acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples – the First Australians – as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land and gives respect to the Elders – past and present – and through them to all Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Cultural Notification

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this website contains a range of material which may be considered culturally sensitive including the records of people who have passed away.

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