Discover Melbourne’s Oldest Lending Library
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Speaker: Fiona Moore
The Melbourne Athenaeum (originally known as the Melbourne Mechanics’ Institution) houses the city’s oldest lending library. Commencing as a collection of donated books in a rented house at the corner of Queen and Bourke Street, the library has been operating in its current premises in Collins Street since 1842. An annual subscription fee of one pound entitled members to become part of a literary and cultural hub. Join Fiona Moore, the Library’s Archives Manager, at this session and discover how the library developed, and learn about its treasures.
Presented by: The Melbourne Athenaeum Library
at The Melbourne Athenaeum Library, Level 1, 188 Collins Street, Melbourne
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