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France is marking the bicentenary of the deciphering of the Rosetta Stone hieroglyphs by linguist Jean-François Champollion. In Perspective, we spoke to Vanessa Desclaux, who looks after the ancient Egyptian manuscripts at France's Bibliothèque Nationale, the National Library in Paris. She told us more about her passion and work, as…

All roads lead to Eureka

ICONIC pieces of SNP history harking back to the selection of Winnie Ewing as a by-election candidate have been uncovered.

What do you do when something you know exists vanishes without a trace? You go searching for it.

It's not the donation one would expect the National Library of Australia to receive, however it is now home to ballet shoes once owned by two Australian dance greats.

It was a grim federal budget for arts and culture on Tuesday night.

Rare books, maps, documents, photographs and films and will be on display at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh.

Daniel Boud's photograph of Ange Sullivan preparing a "ghost light" at the Sydney Opera House has come to represent a symbol of hope for Australia's performing arts industry.

Dr Marie-Louise Ayres, who became director-general of the National Library in 2017, has been reappointed to the role.