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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Sarah Aitken

From a Shakespeare First Folio to Bowie’s handwriting: inside Mona’s new $100m library of 30,000 books

A modern building with illuminated translucent panels rises above a concrete base with a lit pathway leading to the entrance
The new wing at Mona, Phrontisterion, comprises David Walsh’s most personal collection. Photograph: Jesse Hunniford

David Walsh is nervous.

It’s the day before the public opening of his Hobart museum’s new library and wing, and he’s accidentally still here when the media arrive.

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