Events & Exhibitions

Featuring photographs and picture books from the Library's collections.

World Track Laying Record is a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Torres Strait Islander workers breaking the world record for track laying in the Pilbara.

On World Refugee Day author and refugee advocate, Carina Hoang will reflect on the exodus of more than one million Vietnamese between 1975–1996.

Happy Animal Journeys is a collection of short films that puts the magic back into animation.

Learn how to create your very own animal animation flipbook.

Goologoolup NAIDOC Week Screenings, program of films from the National Film and Sound Archive Black Screens Collection and the Western Australian Indigenous Community Stories collection.

Come along to learn more about the Aboriginal archives, photographs and stories held at the State Library.

Curious and unexpected treasures from the State Library's collections are brought together to encourage visitors to unleash their imaginations.

Save the date: Sat 28 and Sun 29 July. Program to be announced.

Exhibition of a selection of Richard Woldendorp's landscape photographs from the State Library of Western Australia collection.

An exhibition that celebrates the seldom-told stories of some of Western Australia’s Aboriginal design icons.

From concept to picture book, join Steve on his adventure through Rio’s Carnival and explore how this story came into existence.