You Have a New Memory

About this event

You Have a New Memory is on at State Library Victoria (328 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000) on Sun 8 Nov 2026.

Tickets and details are on the organiser’s website, linked on this page. Prices listed by the organiser: Price Free. They’re indicative, so check the final price when you book.

The organiser lists these accessibility features for the event: https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/visit/access-inclusion.

From the organiser

You Have a New Memory is a State Library Victoria exhibition that explores how and why people remember, through the lens of the Library's enduring collections.

A meditation on the idea of memory, the exhibition invites curiosity about how memories are made, preserved and shared.

Through a cinematic slideshow alongside objects on display, encounter extraordinary and little-known memories hand-picked from the State Library's collection, spanning more than 4.5 million items – from deeply personal diaries and sacred cultural artefacts to stories we may never fully know.

Across 170 years of collecting and stewardship, the exhibition elevates the ordinary and the exceptional alike to show that our collective memory is built as much from everyday life as it is from historic events.

Moving between the intimate and the collective, You Have a New Memory invites you to reflect on your own memories – and leave with new ones.

The venue’s recorded access

Inclusable’s venue database has an entry for Library Reserve at this location. It records wheelchair access, step-free entry, accessible toilet and accessible parking. The venue hasn’t confirmed these details. They describe the venue in general, not this particular event.

Not yet recorded for the venue: communication and sensory features such as a hearing loop or quiet hours. We don’t know either way, so it’s worth checking before you go.