Explore the continuously evolving Heritage Collection, presented by the Nelson Meers Foundation.
Detail from the historiated letter 'E' from the Antiphonal: Common of the Saints, bound manuscript on vellum illuminated by Neri da Rimini, 1328, Richardson 273, folio 3r
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
A Grand Obsession: The DS Mitchell Story
- Open:
- 18 June to 30 September 2007
- Venue:
- Picture Gallery
A Grand Obsession: The DS Mitchell Story celebrates the centenary of the bequest of David Scott Mitchell. Mitchell's peerless collection of books, manuscripts, maps and pictures - together with his substantial endowment - established the Mitchell Library.
This exhibition will focus on the life of this great benefactor, on his collection, and on the world of collecting.
Image: David Scott Mitchell (detail), 1925, Norman Carter, ML 104
Supported by The Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts
Max Dupain — Modernist
- Open:
- 9 June to 23 September 2007
- Venue:
- Mitchell Galleries
This exhibition celebrates the modernist idiom as well as Dupain's photographs of Australian modernist architecture. Dupain's own words are used throughout the exhibition and, where possible, comments by architects provide an alternative view on his photography.
Image: Farmhouse (Fredericks), Jamberoo, Max Dupain, 1985
Architect: Glenn Murcutt
Nelson Meers Foundation
Heritage Collection
- Open:
- An ongoing, changing exhibition
- Venue:
- Galleries, Mitchell Wing
The diverse and engaging Collection allows the Library to display together for the first time many of the rarest and most historically significant items from its collection.
Image: A selection of fine book bindings from the Library's Rare Books collection.
Presented by the
Nelson Meers Foundation
ON DISPLAY
Mr Mitchell's monument
An architectural history of the Mitchell Library
- Open:
- An ongoing display
- Venue:
- Dalgety Walkway, Mitchell Wing
This display provides an insight into the various stages in the creation of today's Mitchell Library, commencing with the Government Architect's impressions and designs for the planned 'National Library' building in 1885, to the original building described as 'Mr Mitchell's Monument' and the last additions in the 1960s. Each case features reproductions of original architectural drawings, artists' impressions and photographs.
Image: Detail from 'Section through Central Reading Room and Entrance Hall' W. L. Vernon & G. M. Blair, 1905, reproduction of architectural drawing, ML PXD 363 f. 7