In 1972 the collection was moved to an environment controlled storage inside the State Library of Tasmania's 11 story tower.

[1] The Allport Library is managed by Libraries Tasmania, under a management committee consisting of two trustees of Henry Allport's will, one seat nominated by the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, one seat reserved for an expert in rare art and books appointed by the Minister, and a representative of the Department of Education Tasmania.

[2] These include a portrait of John Glover, by Mary Allport; a number of the earliest photographs taken in Tasmania; a collection of photographs by John Watt Beattie; sketches by Thomas Bock,[3] and most famously, William Buelow Gould's Sketchbook of fishes, which is recognised as a UNESCO document of world significance.

These include a Chelsea 'Goat and Bee' jug, perhaps the earliest example of English porcelain from 1745, and four plates from the Nantgarw China Works.

These include Louis de Freycinet's Voyage autour du monde, and extensive collections of papers, pamphlets and records from historic Tasmanian institutions, such as the Bank of Van Diemen's Land.