List of libraries in Melbourne

This is a list of libraries in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the second UNESCO City of Literature.

[1] Melbourne has a rich and varied reading culture and municipal councils throughout Melbourne provide funding and support for a large network of libraries.

In addition to branch libraries a number of library service providers also operate a mobile service to outer Metropolitan areas.

[2] Inner City Northern suburbs Eastern suburbs South Eastern suburbs Western suburbs The State Government of Victoria maintains libraries within most Government departments and agencies as well as the through the State Library Victoria, the principal reference and research library of the State Government.

There are a large number of special libraries in Melbourne, which are embedded in corporations and organisations in the fields of law, business, professional associations, health, charitable, religious and cultural organisations.

Melbourne Athenaeum
The interior of East Melbourne Library