Albury Library Museum, Library museum in Albury, Australia
The Albury Library Museum at the corner of Kiewa and Swift Street combines a public library with exhibition spaces in one building. Its collection of about 50,000 items including books, magazines, and digital media serves both everyday borrowing and research needs.
This building opened in 2007 with a permanent exhibition called Crossing Place that traces Albury's story from Wiradjuri times through European settlement. That exhibition forms the foundation for understanding the different periods that have shaped the town.
The permanent exhibition Crossing Place: A Story of Albury traces the town's history from the Wiradjuri people through European landholders to post-war migration and the modern city. It is the museum's central display and the main way visitors meet the communities that shaped Albury.
Free Wi-Fi, computer stations, meeting rooms, and a café are available to visitors. These facilities make it straightforward to spend time here whether you want to work, relax, or meet with others.
In its first year the building drew 226,000 visitors, 80,000 of them into the exhibition space. The library holds 50,000 books, magazines and electronic media items, and the building won the Australian Institute of Architects' National Award for Public Architecture.
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