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class="cta__title">How do you take your coffee?</h1><p>Examine the influence of coffee on local innovation and culture in these images from <em>The changing face of Victoria</em> exhibition.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/work" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/Work_hero2.jpg?itok=6nK7ozXL" width="262" height="177" alt="A painted image of industry workers rallying together" title="CFOV 2021 work" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">What are you working for?</h1><p>Celebrate the local pioneers who set an international precedent for workers’ rights with this gallery of images from <em>The changing face of Victoria</em> exhibition.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/camping" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/Camping_hero2.jpg?itok=kpjKwonc" width="262" height="177" alt="Black and white photo of a women walking in the Australian bushland" title="CFOV 2021 camping" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Where do you camp?</h1><p>Consider how camping connects us to the land through these images from <em>The changing face of Victoria</em> exhibition.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/water" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/Water_hero2.jpg?itok=MpPxz9ou" width="262" height="177" alt="An image of an outdoor area with a bucket, soaps and clothing." title="CFOV 2021 water" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">How much water do you need?</h1><p>Explore the role of water in our lives in this selection of images from T<em>he Changing face of Victoria</em> exhibtion.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/photo-tour" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/WindowonCollection_HERO.png?itok=-S4jD_jK" width="262" height="177" alt="A burnt out train carriage with grey skies behind it" title="Window on Collections hero" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">State of Change: Regional & rural stories of 2020</h1><p>Captured through a local lens, this poignant series of photographs shares moments of regional life and its challenges in an extraordinary time. </p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/behind-the-paint" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/WhatsOn_848x477.jpg?itok=dtC8NEan" width="262" height="177" alt="Man lying on black and white pattered ground" title="Behind the paint tile" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Shannyn Higgins: Behind the Paint</h1><p>In this striking portrait series, some of Victoria’s most prolific street artists dive in to the world they’ve created, and invite you to join them.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/velvet-iron-ashes" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/via-gallery-banner-555x248.jpg?itok=AOR1Gs7-" width="262" height="177" alt="A woman in a vibrant hat and green cape" title="Velvet Iron Ashes" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Velvet, Iron, Ashes online gallery</h1><p>Explore images that uncover the surprising connections between the extraordinary people, events and icons that make up Victoria's history, in this selection from the <em>Velvet, Iron, Ashes</em> exhibition.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/peter-wille" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/Beaumaris_SLV.jpg?itok=kRphLIAw" width="262" height="177" alt="" title="Beaumaris " /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Peter Wille</h1><p>Explore Peter Wille's photographs of Melbourne's architectural wonders from the 1950s and '60s.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/books-ideas" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/hero-books-ideas.jpg?itok=61oNTTmx" width="262" height="177" alt="blue and gold bordered tibetan manuscrupt" title="Tibetan palm-leaf manuscript" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Books & ideas</h1><p>Travel through time to see the iconic texts that have inspired, informed and altered the course of history, in this selection from the <em>World of the book</em> exhibition.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/books-imagination" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/hero-books-imagination.jpg?itok=9PauGUIt" width="262" height="177" alt="Shakespeare folio with portrait" title="Shakespeare Second Folio" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Books & imagination</h1><p>Venture to the imagination's frontier, in this selection of marvellous publications from the <em>World of the book</em> exhibition.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/exploring-world" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/hero-exploring-world.jpg?itok=0ZsVM6nX" width="262" height="177" alt="book with illustrations of bugs, some removed" title="Exploring the world hero" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Exploring the world</h1><p>Wander through a selection of books from the great age of travel and exploration, taken from the <em>World of the book</em> exhibition.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/art-nature" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/hero-art-nature.jpg?itok=azhBMxxn" width="262" height="177" alt="open book with lily illustration and text" title="Art and nature hero" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Art & nature</h1><p>Unearth a selection of exquisite and rare works of botanical and natural history, from the <em>World of the book</em> exhibition.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/artists-books" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/hero-artists-and-books.jpg?itok=aYvrFVXU" width="262" height="177" alt="leatherbound gilt-edged book" title="Artists and books hero" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Artists & books</h1><p>Revel in the beauty of the book as a tangible object in this selection of artists' books from the <em>World of the book</em> exhibition.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/magic" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/dancing%20wizard_mini_0.jpg?itok=YQubgxir" width="262" height="177" alt="purple background with blue and yellow illustration of a dancing wizard" title="Magic gallery" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Magic</h1><p>This gallery provided artists with inspiration for the Library's 2017 Redbubble #CreateArtHistory contest, and you too can use it to kickstart your own artwork. Remix, reuse, do your own thing.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/weird-wonderful-creatures" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/topsell_0.jpg?itok=mJ0A8zdE" width="262" height="177" alt="Medieval depiction of a lamia half-human half-beast" title="Weird and wonderful creatures" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Weird and wonderful creatures</h1><p>This gallery provided artists with inspiration for the Library's 2017 Redbubble #CreateArtHistory contest, and you too can use it to kickstart your own artwork. Remix, reuse, do your own thing.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/botanicals" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/water%20lily_0.jpg?itok=mwtnQOhS" width="262" height="177" alt="detail of ancient Egyptian scene with minaret, temple, palm trees and blue lotus flower" title="Botanicals" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Botanicals</h1><p>This gallery provided artists with inspiration for the Library's 2017 Redbubble #CreateArtHistory contest, and you too can use it to kickstart your own artwork. Remix, reuse, do your own thing.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/gunaikurnai-country" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/Ray-Thomas.jpg?itok=Urn00L8-" width="262" height="177" alt="A bearded, smiling man" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">On Gunaikurnai Country: Gippsland Aboriginal Elders, leaders & artists</h1><p>View portraits of Gippsland Gunaikurnai Elders, leaders and artists, taken in collaboration with photographer Angela Lynkushka between 2014 and 2016.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/on-air-40-years-3rrr" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/3rrr-thumbnailcrop.jpg?itok=zoIBt5Py" width="262" height="177" alt="" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">ON AIR: 40 years of 3RRR</h1><p>Dig through a curated selection of artwork, photos and and ephemera tracing 40 years of Triple R, Melbourne's much-loved community radio station.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/story-island" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/boy-dad-boat.jpg?itok=l4H3tnuC" width="262" height="177" alt="Cross-section illustration of teenage boy and adult man sitting in a rowboat" title="The boy felt water swirling about his feet" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Story Island: an adventure in pictures</h1><p>Enjoy a selection of magical works from Australia's favourite children's book illustrators and authors!</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/heroes-villains-strutts-australia" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/black_thursday_crop.jpg?itok=Ap0Wu3pC" width="262" height="177" alt="Painting of people fleeing a large bushfire" title="William Strutt, 'Black Thursday, February 6th, 1851' (detail), 1864, oil on canvas, State Library Victoria" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Heroes and villains: Strutt's Australia</h1><p>Browse a range of brilliantly executed dramatic images from colonial life selected from our winter 2016 exhibition, <em>Heroes and villains: Strutt's Australia</em>.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/irish-rising" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/six-days-irish-republic.jpg?itok=q4xjNZah" width="262" height="177" alt="Cover illustration for Six days of the Irish Republic" title="Cover illustration for Six days of the Irish Republic" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">The Irish Rising</h1><p>Explore images and artefacts of the 1916 Easter Rising that marked a pivotal moment in the Irish struggle for independence from Great Britain, and which had a far-reaching impact on the Irish diaspora in Australia.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/bohemian-melbourne" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/wo_bomel_valimyers.jpg?itok=THYZLL5W" width="262" height="177" alt="Black and white photograph of artist Vali Myers in her studio" title="Vali Myers in her studio" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Bohemian Melbourne</h1><p>Celebrate the creative free spirits and unconventional places that have shaped Melbourne's character.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/founding-port-phillip" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/map.jpg?itok=8-0oV6Fa" width="262" height="177" alt="Sepia hand-drawn map of the initial surveying of the Port Phillip area, including Port Phillip Bay" title="Port Phillip Association map" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Founding of Port Phillip</h1><p>Trace the early days of Melbourne and the Port Phillip settlement, from Batman's treaty to Fawkner's <em>Advertiser</em>.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/australian-sketchbook-st-gill" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/1%29-Title-page%2C-Australian-Sketchbook-by-S.T.G.jpg?itok=r4Ci47Xg" width="262" height="177" alt="" title="Australian sketchbook by STG title page" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Australian sketchbook: Colonial life and the art of ST Gill</h1><p>Gain insights into everyday life in 19th-century Victoria in our gallery of artworks by ST Gill, colonial Australia’s most popular artist.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/living-war" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/living-war-feature.jpg?itok=LWWX_Esx" width="262" height="177" alt="Living the War: World War I" title="Living the War: World War I" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Living the war: World War I</h1><p>Share the experiences of the soldiers who fought on the battlefields of WWI in our gallery featuring poignant images, videos, audio and diary extracts.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/victor-hugo-les-miserables-page-stage" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/detail_from_Cosette_Emile_Bayard_848x477.jpg?itok=XMrMNOfL" width="262" height="177" alt="Émile Bayard, ‘Cosette’, c 1886, in Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, London, 1887, State Library of Victoria"" title="Émile Bayard, ‘Cosette’, c 1886, in Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, London, 1887, State Library of Victoria"" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Victor Hugo: Les Misérables – From Page to Stage</h1><p>Admire rarely viewed treasures sourced from around the globe in our world-first exhibition <em>Victor Hugo: Les Misérables – From Page to Stage</em>.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/free-secular-democratic" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/Sir-Redmond-Barry_848x477.jpg?itok=7ercYkF1" width="262" height="177" alt="George Frederick Folingsby, Sir Redmond Barry, c 1880, oil on canvas, State Library of Victoria" title="George Frederick Folingsby, Sir Redmond Barry, c 1880, oil on canvas, State Library of Victoria" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Free, secular and democratic</h1><p>Explore the story of the library's first 60 years with these rarely viewed works from our <em>Free, secular and democratic: building the Public Library 1853-1913</em> exhibition.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/rome-piranesis-vision" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/Flavian-Amphitheatre_848x477.jpg?itok=t5uHIUth" width="262" height="177" alt=" Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Veduta dell’Anfiteatro Flavio, detto il Colosseo (View of the Colosseum, or Flavian Amphitheatre), 1765–78 impression, etching and engraving, from Vedute di Roma, 1748–78, Rare Books collection, State Library of Victoria" title=" Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Veduta dell’Anfiteatro Flavio, detto il Colosseo (View of the Colosseum, or Flavian Amphitheatre), 1765–78 impression, etching and engraving, from Vedute di Roma, 1748–78, Rare Books collection, State Library of Victoria" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Rome: Piranesi’s vision</h1><p>See unforgettable images of classical and baroque Rome by Italian master printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–89), selected from our exhibition <em>Rome: Piranesi’s vision</em>.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/gusto" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/road_to_health_milk_848x477.jpg?itok=0gByMp6m" width="262" height="177" alt="Hollander & Govett Ltd, colour lithograph, c 1939" title="Hollander & Govett Ltd, colour lithograph, c 1939" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Gusto! A culinary history of Victoria</h1><p>Enjoy evocative images of iconic foods, significant culinary figures, vintage advertisements and more.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/love-devotion" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/love-devotion-tile_1.png?itok=X92zR7An" width="262" height="177" alt="Love and devotion: from Persia and beyond" title="Love and devotion: from Persia and beyond" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Love and devotion: From Persia and beyond</h1><p>Discover illustrated Persian manuscripts and rare editions of European literature from our <em>Love and devotion</em> exhibition.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/modern-tomorrow" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/AMAT_logo_tile262x177_0.png?itok=CZCyXE3L" width="262" height="177" alt="As Modern As Tomorrow" title="As Modern As Tomorrow" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">As modern as tomorrow: Photographers in postwar Melbourne</h1><p>View the work of Melbourne's best postwar photographers in our <em>As modern as tomorrow </em>gallery<em>.</em></p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/cowen-gallery" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/Bourke_Street_east_George_Pownall_848x477.jpg?itok=REKl1Btk" width="262" height="177" alt="This view of Bourke Street looks east toward Elizabeth Street. The buildings on the right are the Metropole Hotel and Arcade, which have since been replaced by the Commonwealth Bank building on the corner of Elizabeth Street." title="Bourke Street east, George Pownall, c 1912" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Cowen Gallery</h1><p>See Victoria's history come to life in colonial and modern artworks from the Cowen Gallery.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/look" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/Look_exhibition_848x477.jpg?itok=NnkCM7pC" width="262" height="177" alt="Look! exhibition hero image" title="Look! exhibition hero image" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Look! The art of Australian picture books today</h1><p>Explore the world of children's books with images by Australian illustrators, drawn from the <em>Look!</em> exhibition.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/melbournes-cup" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/know_your_horses_848x477.jpg?itok=YC4NwAw8" width="262" height="177" alt="Detail from Melbourne Cup Winners Australia by GL Whiteley 1902" title="Detail from Melbourne Cup Winners Australia 1861-1902, colour photolithograph poster by GL Whiteley, 1902" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Melbourne's cup: 150 years</h1><p>Celebrate the history of the Melbourne Cup with pictures from our rich and eclectic collection.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/victoria-175" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/Melbourne_from_the_south_bank_of_the_Yarra_848x477.jpg?itok=QXgPJOrx" width="262" height="177" alt="Melbourne from the south bank of the Yarra, 1840, Eleanor (Nellie) McGlinn, c 1875" title="Melbourne from the south bank of the Yarra, 1840, Eleanor (Nellie) McGlinn, c 1875" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Victoria 175</h1><p>Discover the people connected with early Melbourne, drawn from our <em>Victoria 175</em> exhibition.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/rennie-ellis-everyday-people" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/rennie_ellis_english_models_melbourne_cup1967.jpg?itok=FvaozgZg" width="262" height="177" alt="Rennie Ellis English models, Melbourne Cup 1967" title=" English models, Melbourne Cup 1967 by Rennie Ellis" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Rennie Ellis: Everyday people</h1><p>From footy fans to sharpies, sales girls to senior citizens, glimpse the diverse social history Ellis documented.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/til-you-drop" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/tilyoudropthumbnail.jpg?itok=RPGcWyoR" width="262" height="177" alt="Mural hall at Myer" title="Mural hall at Myer" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Til you drop: A Melbourne history</h1><p>Meander through Melbourne's shopping past with these images from the <em>'Til you drop</em> exhibition.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/anzac-spirit" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/sightsegypt.jpg?itok=TtTwy1pi" width="262" height="177" alt="Seeing the sights in Egypt" title="Seeing the sights in Egypt" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">The Anzac spirit</h1><p>Explore these remarkable images of Anzac soldiers at sea, in the trenches, performing daily chores, and at leisure.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/medieval-imagination" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/psalter_hours.jpg?itok=hF9J581p" width="262" height="177" alt="Double page of Psalter Hours" title="Double page of Psalter Hours" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">The medieval imagination</h1><p>Admire the beauty of illuminated manuscripts up close in images selected from our exhibition <em>The medieval imagination.</em></p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link 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estate sale" title="Sandringham Estate" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Marvellous Melbourne</h1><p>Revel in the splendor of 1880s Melbourne in this selection of images from <em>The changing face of Victoria</em> exhibition.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="/search-discover/galleries/law-order" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/ned-teaser.jpg?itok=kCutzZs8" width="262" height="177" alt="black background with sepia photo of bearded man in chains against bluestone wall" title="Ned Kelly in chains" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Law & order</h1><p>Explore stories from Melbourne's orderly and disorderly past in images selected from <em>The changing face of 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