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...read more
The recently published From Convict Printers to Book Arcades completes the three volume History of the Book in Australia, a project begun in the 1990s. It takes its place alongside...read more
The artists’ archive, through its retention of materials, leaves similar footprints for the researcher and maker to discover. Our three presenters, Peter Lyssiotis, Dr Anne Holloway and Kerri Klumpp, treat...read more
The Melbourne Athenaeum operates on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. We acknowledge them as Traditional Owners of these lands and pay respect to Elders, past and present.
