Alexander Turnbull Library centenary

Find out about Alexander Turnbull and his incredible gift to New Zealand. Help us remember and celebrate Turnbull and the Library with our 2018 centenary celebrations.

Photo of Alexander Turnbull — **Who was Alexander Turnbull?**
'Most generous bequest'

Coloured book covers from the Turnbull collection — **New Zealand’s national documentary heritage**
Turnbull Library collections

Major new additions to Alexander Turnbull Library collections

Photo of Peter McLeavy. — **Significant art archive acquired**
Peter McLeavy art archive acquired by Alexander Turnbull Library

Curator Roger Shepherd looking at the Flying Nun records. — **Major new addition to the collections**
Flying Nun master recordings to be digitised and preserved

Writing inspired by Alexander Turnbull

Robert and Alexander Turnbull seated and surrounded by a variety of artifacts. — **Alexander Turnbull surrounded by a variety of artifacts**
Turnbull on the blog

Ex Libris, Fortuna Favet Iuvat from one of Alexander Trunbulls bookplates. — **Turnbull Library Record**
Read the Turnbull Library Record online

Past events

Goodbye to all that: Armistice 1918. Shows pairs of people running a race holding buckets of water. — **Find out how people coped when WW1 ended.**
Goodbye to all that: Armistice 2018

**Eve de Castro-Robinson delivered the Lilburn Lecture 2018**
Listen to the lecture courtesy RNZ

Commemorate the centenary
We had a memorial hikoi walk of remembrance

Dr Lydia Wevers standing at a podium in the Great Hall at Parliament. — **Dr Lydia Wevers: Books and their readers**
Listen or read the Founders Lecture

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Donations and bequests help build the collections and support the activities of the National Library and Alexander Turnbull Library.

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