The Melbourne Athenaeum will close for the New Year period at 4:00pm Wednesday December 20 and will reopen at 10:00am Tuesday January 9.

During this period the returns box will be available on the landing outside the library when the building is open. Ebooks and eaudiobooks will be available through Overdrive and the Libby app.

News and Events

Friday 1 December 2023
Zoe Knighton
A founding member of the one of the library’s favourite quartets, Zoe Knighton will take to the stage on Friday 1st December for a solo performance. Zoe will play Suites...read more
Friday 15 December 2023
Peter Beilharz Book Launch
Melbourne 1971: radical counterculture, hippies, opposition to the Vietnam War and consumerism. The birth of Oz blues rock, with a leading role by Australian group Chain. Peter Beilharz has penned...read more

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