Members Hour: Caroline Simpson Library
Love in the Library: A Valentine’s Viewing at the Caroline Simpson Library.
Where could you buy a cupid-themed mirror in Sydney in 1914? What was considered an appropriate wedding gift for a couple in 1900? Where did couples find out about the rules and etiquette for courtship in the 1840s? And how many romantic postcards can you send without a reply before you realise she’s not the one?
Traces of love, in all its forms, can be found throughout the library collection. Members will have the chance to view rare books, sheet music collections, trade catalogues, photographs and personal archives that explore the themes of love, romance and courtship.
Celebrate all things amorous for Valentine’s Day with Collections Discovery Assistant Mel Flyte in a romantically themed Members Hour in the Caroline Simpson Library.
Members Hour provides members with exclusive access at our properties.
Bookings essential.
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Caroline Simpson Library
The Mint, 10 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000- Cafe
- Wheelchair accessible
- Thursday 13 February 10am–11am
Caroline Simpson Library stories
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The Alexander Mackintosh Archive: revealing records of a master builder
Forgotten for decades, the archive of building contractor Alexander Mackintosh was rediscovered in a roof space in the 1990s. It includes more than 270 architectural drawings and reveals information about the work of many of Sydney’s leading architects of the early 20th century
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Hearing the music of early New South Wales
A new website documents an exciting partnership between Museums of History NSW and the University of Sydney in an exploration of Indigenous song and European settler vocal and instrumental music in early colonial NSW
The architectural pattern books of Elizabeth Macquarie
The architectural achievements of Governor Macquarie’s era are usually attributed to Macquarie’s architect Francis Greenway. Yet evidence collected during an inquiry into the state of the colony of NSW in the early 1820s includes references to the involvement of the governor’s wife, Elizabeth Macquarie, in matters architectural
Wallpaper
Beyond the wallpaper: the life and work of Phyllis and John Murphy
A significant donation of more than 3,000 wallpaper samples to the Caroline Simpson Library reflects just one facet of the remarkable careers of Phyllis and John Murphy, partners in life, architecture and heritage conservation