1. Marrickville Library (Photograph: Supplied)
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  2. Marrickville Library (Photograph: Supplied)
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  3. Marrickville Library (Photograph: Supplied)
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Marrickville Library and Pavilion

Make quiet time a pleasure at this award-winning library
  • Attractions | Libraries
  • Marrickville
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Time Out says

You could read at home, or you could read inside an award-winning, architecturally designed building that makes quiet time a joy. If you choose the latter, head to Marrickville Library and join the 2,000 people per day that visit: be it for the rhyme time that packs out the ground floor children’s section; for the historic art collection that they brought out of the closed stack into the dedicated art floor; or to peruse the impressive collection of international and domestic periodicals, from high fashion mags to special interest publications on everything from politics to organic gardening. 

The library has become an immensely popular spot for people to study or work collaboratively. Some people stay all day, with coffee breaks provided by the café on street level. Note that you can book spaces to work or study.

Marrickville Library was constructed on a former hospital site and they managed to reuse 27,000 bricks from the old building in the new construction. They also maintained the Women’s Ward as the current reading room. The library now boasts over 1,000 linear metres of items, including movies, DVDs, and even robots for amateur mechatronic engineers. 

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Details

Address
313 Marrickville Rd
Marrickville
2204
Opening hours:
Mon-Thu 9am-7.30pm; Fri 9am-5.30pm; Sat-Sun 10am-5pm

What’s on

Creative Toolbox Symposium

With Sydney just scoring in the top five cities in the world for culture voted by the people in a Time Out global ranking, now’s a better time than ever for a jam-packed and inspiring three-day event for all creatives to come to town.   The Creative Toolbox Symposium will be held in late June across Marrickville. It’s a chance for artists to network with their creative community and access super-handy and inspiring resources under a flexible structure. The best bit? All the speakers are practising creatives and arts workers who are going to share their hard-won knowledge on a successful arts career.  All the events are either free or heavily subsidised. On Saturday and Monday, panels and creative experiences are free, and intimate workshops are $5. Meanwhile on Sunday June 29, a tenner will give you access to a whole day’s worth of panels, starting with a keynote address from industry leader Wesley Enoch AM. Stay for the catered networking event with a visual and performative takeover of Marrickville Town Hall by the joyful artist HOSSEI.  Weave with artists from Boomalli Aboriginal Artist Co-operative, have a laugh with Queer PowerPoint and get insights into the public art scene with First Nations curator Kyra Kum-Sing – just a handful of the 25 plus sessions and interactive events across the weekend.  The Creative Toolbox symposium has been created by Inner West Council to support their creative and performing arts industry locals and is running from June 28 to 30 at...
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