Looking for a winter’s day activity? Discover the Ballarat Library!

Visit the redeveloped Ballarat Library this winter — you might be surprised at what you find.

Ballarat Library kids reading section

Children’s library and parent’s room

Featuring reading nooks inside tree trunks, cubby houses and a sensory play corner, the children’s library also features a kid’s lab with children’s computers pre-set for children to safely learn by discovery. The parents’ room adjoining the children’s library includes a baby changing table, comfortable seating for baby feeding, and child and adult toilets.

Co-Lab

The co-lab includes a youth lounge, a community kitchen for cookery and life skills classes, gaming consoles, public computers, flexible spaces for individual and small group study or work, and three bookable meeting rooms.

Maker Space

Try your hand at creative technology including 3D printers, a vinyl cutter and heat press, sewing machines and digitisation equipment, all designed to encourage lifelong learning. Available for people aged 15+, who have completed their safety inductions.

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