Guided Tour of Melbourne's Iconic State Library

I booked online the free guided tour of the State Library at 1:45pm on Sunday. There are lockers quite near entrance to keep our bags. Our guide is an experienced lady who has much experience visiting the library as a child. Our guide pointed out the interesting arts featured in this library. She brought us to the La Trobe reading room and showed us the Gordian Knot. We learned alot from this guided tour and I would strongly recommend it. After our Library visit, walking down Swanston Street, we saw the grand building of Melbourne Town Hall. After that we walked all the way to Fed Square.

+13

I don’t think there’s anything in particular they need to know in advance. It was good to realise there was a lift if needed.

Great insight into how the library began and continued to grow until today. From the original building to all the additions to make such a grand library.

Excellent tour of the building, contents, history delivered by two well informed, knowledgeable tour guides.

We looked at a lovely exhibit about Love Letters before we joined the free Book of the World tour. The tour guide was fabulous and gave us a great overview of the building and its history and books in the exhibition. To see the oldest book in Australia and the oldest script, among many others throughout the ages, was amazing. The hour was over too soon. We then went into more exhibits, paintings and more books, before our brains couldn’t take any more. You could easily spend all day here, and I would have liked to have lunch to rest a little and then look at some more books. Unfortunately, we didn’t have the time. Staff was very helpful and friendly, will definitely be back.

We went on the free library tour and so glad we did. This library is impressive and beautiful. It once was the museum and the art gallery so it is huge. It still has a number of important artefacts, mainly Ned Kelly’s armour, rifle and a boot. Look up and around as there are beautiful murals and the dome area is stunning.

+17

Extremely interesting and informative tour of this beautiful library. Well worth visiting for the special stories and details of the characters who built this unique building. Warm and friendly tour guides. Highly recommend.

Was fantastic, the Guides were brilliant. The building is absolutely amazing. I would recommend others visiting this place.

The scenery here is overwhelming. If you want to find a feeling of being immersed in endless knowledge then come here. I really want come here every week :))

Did the historical tour through the library, it was brilliant. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and welcoming. Would highly recommend it if you are in the city to make time to see it, spectacular, well done!