State Library of South Australia in Adelaide

Spacious library with plenty of tables and seating. Pleasant cafe on ground floor.

Highly recommended, awesome building

They dont allow newly weds to come take a few pictures on their special day.Security are super rude as well.

An attractive design located in ideal locationA historical space well mixed with modern part.The exhibition corridor combined with self study tables make me feel like in Harry Potters seri who never in Europe style before.Good cultural and attractive environment inside.

Had a lovely visit to the State Library following a Beautiful Lunch at Jolleys Boathouse. The State Library is the most magnificent Library with so much to see & such incredibly interesting Architecture, the State Library really is a real Gem in Adelaide CBD

Well maintained library. Beautiful old style library decks and books.

Very interesting exhibitions and well organised talks. Great helpful and knowledgeable librarians. There are fantastic genealogy resources and also talks.

Everything you need from a library and so much more

A Wonderful Beautiful Place that nobody should miss in Life!!!!!

The SANFL display was disappointing to say the least. The most successful club arguably in Australia was hardly represented. Wouldnt recommend

A beautiful public research library with an excellent environment.

Definitely worth a visit and make sure to see the Mortlock Wing

Great atmosphere, has a lot of fun activities for families to do with young kids. You can read a lot about the history of South Australia here as well there are many helpful story boards around. Also a great place to read or study. Theres a cute library cafe on the ground floor. Would love to come back and do a full tour next time

Finally, the mandatory mask protocol has been lifted here and you may use the computers without wearing a mask. Happy days...

Hogwarts comes to mind when first walking into it. But it is so much more. Its collection of libraries and a mini museum for the state and for Australia. There are several different libraries aimed at cultural history, family history, history of Australia as a Commonwealth. There are also areas for study and a cafe for lunch and coffee.

It was honestly great working there. It had free wifi, which worked great with my laptop though was a bit weird on my phone. It was pretty quiet but people did come in time to time just to walk around. I will definitely go again.

Friendly staff and the library is a beautiful view of the world. I love it!

The security in the ground floor is VERY rude (28 Feb). He pointed his finger at me saying that pack my bag up cos they are about to close in 10 or 15 mins. He could just tell me to pack up without that rude pointing. They always force people to leave like 5 mins before the closing time, this is not the first time, just change your trading hours then. Change closing time to 6:55pm not 7pm.

It is truly a beautiful building to see in its scale. The sign upon entering is a breath to see with its craftsmanship and engineering is just amazing. Then you enter the library and wow it is awesome

State library of South Australia has 3 buildings located in the Northern Terrace precinct. The first building (Mechanics Instituteis the oldest one of them. The middle one is the Spence Wing and is the modern one and then there is the historic building “Mortlock wing”which has Harry Potter vibes to it with all the old resources and the books. Mortlock wing also has a lot of information about South Australia which is definitely worth visiting. This library has constantly been voted as one of the most beautiful libraries in the world.

Beautiful and nice library. There’re plenty of study areas and great selection of books. It’s cosy and quiet to sit and read at this place. Absolutely love it.

Free internet, cozy and quiet play to read, has some study rooms which you can booked with no fees, clean, close to cafe if you want to have coffee, complete collections which you can borrow hard copy books or online books, you can go to the family tree to find your ancestors, good place for children to visit, always provides some activities for public at this place and friendly staff.

Mortlock library is supposed to be the most beautiful in Australia, but the carpet in the library maybe the most dirty, filthy carpet Ive seen in a public building. They have a massive Christmas tree in there playing Christmas music which can be heard right through the upper levels where people are working at desks!!! Im pretty sure thats where the music was coming from. I was planning to do some work there myself but would not be able to compete with the racket. I come from an era when a library was a place of quiet for people to think, learn and read, the tree totally spoils the ambience of the library in my opinion and seems out of place. Disappointing.

📚 Really nice library (not that big though...). Good and cozy to study, read or just to relax/slow down. I just hope it will reopen on Sundays and public holidays. The opening hours are also quite limited (it closes quite early).

So beautiful library 📚😍😍

Interesting place to visit. If you spend a little bit of time here you will find posters and history behind them. Impressed with family history department and photos of first migrants.

Really amazing place to study or have small group work meeting.State library has thousands of resources and the library staff is really helpful.You can book a meeting room here by making a call to the reception. Its free of charge and can be for Max upto 3 hours a day.

So helpful. Guided me right to the information I was looking for then showed me how to access their eResources from home. Too easy.

If there was any place that could capture the imagination of kids and adults alike to discover reading then this is that place.

Great! Alot of History to Investigate. From old and I mean old books to the mistakes and triumphs of humans. Keep your eyes peeled. God Bless Australia! May we do even better with Jesus Help. Stay Safe Humans! #brucesplanet.com

- Kids talking and playing loudly.- People playing music on their phones.- Tourists chatting about whilst they look around.- People taking photos with their phone vol at max.- The guards dont seem to care one bit.- The conversations of the people one floor down is so loud, I can tell where and what time Karen needs to pick up Donna for drinks later.This library is a joke. Come on Adelaide. Youre better than this.

Must see, free to visit. The State Library has an old reading room, which has a lot of history displays.

Love being able to reserve books so easily, and this is a lovely light airy library to visit.Staff are friendly and so helpful. Lots of different kinds of books here and if you want to read them at home you can borrow them for free. Love it.

The Mortlock Wing of The State Library of South Australia is a MUST DO when in Adelaide. It almost has a Harry Potter feel to it with the old, tall wooden bookcases stacked high with aged books. It has a beautiful charm to it and is really well maintained. Very beautiful indeed!

Most of the staff / librarians are not doing their work but busy talking to each other. Some of the staff / librarians at the counter are extremely rude and venting their anger at customers particularly one blonde short bob hair middle-age female librarian sitting at the counter. None of them are wearing name tag. The service has deteriorating so much and there is no proper avenue to channel feedback to the right authority to look into it.It has lost its purpose to provide service to the community.

the reading room is amazing, a lot of old books are historic, like in the Harry Potter movie.. 😁🤩😍😍

Incredible structure and a wealth of information. A truly world class facility.

Must go! Free entry to great temporary exhibitions......

beautiful historical building, great collection of books, good wifi,frienly staff and dont forget to register yourself to the free tour! the guide will explain you many insightful facts about the building!

The State Library of South Australia is situated in the city (along North Terrace). The library has 2 wing: new wing and old wing. The main entrance is in the new wing. The Mortlock wing exhibition (old wingis accessible via the a link bridge on the second floor of new wing building. You will not regret visiting Mortlock wing exhibition as the architecture is very unique. It is also a great place to read books.

Good place to visit and take photos or access good quality free internet.

The state library provides a lot of quiet space for study and work, and there are several exhibition area for historical items about the South Australia. The architecture of the building in its interior is quite simple as not much classical decorations can be found in the interior. It is a good place to have a look.

Great modern and historic library. Amazing staff and librarians with great facilities. You do need a dedicated State Library card to borrow anything!! (OneCard Network doesnt work). MUST visit the Mortlock Wing of the library (go up the stairs when you enter the Wing to get to the next level!

The State Library also has an art gallery. A competitive exhibition was ongoing, with jury judgments already indicated. We did not fully agree with the jurys decisions. In fact, one landscape painting so caught our art-collectors fancy that we acquired it. Staff are lovely, dedicated ladies, who were so very helpful. Be therefore aware of smaller art exhibitions: sometimes you can find true jewels there, both in art and attending staff.

We recently visited the State Library to obtain a copy of a 1917 newspaper. The staff were amazing and spent 1 hour helping us find the page we wanted then printing it out. They then enlarged the page to A2 and photo-shopped the page so it was very clear. I cant recommend the State Library highly enough the staff especially Dean were exceptional.

The Mortlock wing is exceptional. A truly beautiful place to visit. Very peaceful.

Make sure you take time to visit the State Library even if it is to check out the decadent, delicious and divine reading room. Its absolutely stunning and so lovely to be surrounded by a million minds worth of knowledge transcribed onto paper. This room can also be used for functions and from what Ive seen from various events, the room is even more amazing.

The State Library is a great asset to the city and the Mortlock wing is a wonderful place to explore. The library puts on some wonderful showcases and childrens performances. There is also free WiFi (which is why the hallways are packed full of people).

Great library, the Mortlock wing is the best, nice quiet place with power points and a lamp Available at every table, same goes for the main library, its also cool how you can look through most old newspapers through viewers, the library staff are very friendly and are happy to help you out.

When this two-story library opened in 1884, officials were pleased by its majesty, yet felt it was missing something—a timepiece. The Dent and Sons clock still holds pride of place at the end of the reading room, high up on the wrought-iron and gold ornamented balcony. (A staff member winds it once a week.One feature that’s been replicated in more modern libraries is the glass roof; its dome lets in natural light and enhances the warmth of the beautiful room.