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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
State Library of Victoria
The State Library of Victoria on Swanston Street in Melbourne and its Domed Reading Room.
Behind the library is an apartment block and the headquarters of BHP-Billiton, world's largest mining company.
Saint George and the Dragon at the Library Forecourt
The Domed La Trobe Reading Room
La Trobe Reading Room Desks
La Trobe Reading Room Dome
The library was renovated between 1999 and 2003. Before then the skylights were covered up as the roof was leaking. Without the Australian sun pouring in through the skylights the library had a more Gothic Northern European feel to it. Or maybe that's just my memory of it when studying the in my school years.
La Trobe Reading Book Shelves
La Trobe Reading Room Study Desks
Redmond Barry Reading Room
Behind the library is an apartment block and the headquarters of BHP-Billiton, world's largest mining company.
Saint George and the Dragon at the Library Forecourt
The Domed La Trobe Reading Room
La Trobe Reading Room Desks
La Trobe Reading Room Dome
The library was renovated between 1999 and 2003. Before then the skylights were covered up as the roof was leaking. Without the Australian sun pouring in through the skylights the library had a more Gothic Northern European feel to it. Or maybe that's just my memory of it when studying the in my school years.
La Trobe Reading Book Shelves
La Trobe Reading Room Study Desks
Redmond Barry Reading Room
Labels: australia, books, melbourne
Posted by James Clark - editor of itravelnet.com
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Monday, April 21, 2008
Medieval Melbourne
On display at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne is The Medieval Imagination - Illuminated manuscripts from Cambridge, Australia and New Zealand.There are over 90 manuscripts are on display, dating from the 8th to the 16th centuries.
It's an amazing collection of work, and to top it off, it is free. I have found myself wandering into the library whenever I am in the city to have another look.
It's worth a visit to the State Library just to see the Domed Reading Room. It was opened in 1913 and it was the largest of its type in the world on completion. The reading room was built to hold over a million books and up to 500 readers.
The exhibition is on from 28 March to 15 June 2008.
The Medieval Imagination at State Library of Victoria
Labels: australia, books, melbourne
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Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Last Second Books at Gatwick
Novel Idea book vending machine at a departure gate at London Gatwick, and none of them by Grisham or Brown.
Novel Idea book vending Gatwick
Novel Idea book vending Gatwick
Labels: airport, books, england, gatwick, london
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Sunday, November 04, 2007
Church of good books - Maastricht
There are thousands of beautiful old churches across Europe, but many of them lack the funds and worshippers to maintain them, and they end up decaying beyond repair. So I thought this bookshop in Maastricht makes for a good compromise.
Dominicanenkerk
The Selexys bookstore chain has converted this old Dominican church into a bookstore. They have English language books in store and it is a pleasing environment to browse books in.
Related link: Bookstore Guide
Selexyz Dominicanen
Selexyz Dominicanen Church Windows
Dominicanenkerk
The Selexys bookstore chain has converted this old Dominican church into a bookstore. They have English language books in store and it is a pleasing environment to browse books in.
Related link: Bookstore Guide
Selexyz Dominicanen
Selexyz Dominicanen Church Windows
Labels: books, church, maastricht, netherlands
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