Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre combines state-of-the-art design with a warm and friendly atmosphere.
As the biggest of our branches, Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre's extensive collection stretches over three floors. It also hosts our Local History collection and research room, and boasts multiple study areas, a reading garden, a PC training room and our largest children's area. Access is easy with four hours of free parking in the basement and a passenger lift serving all floors. It's a hub for library programs and events-there's always something going on at Bankstown Library!
Bankstown Library was designed by internationally renowned architect, Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (FJMT) as a community facility which meets the current and future needs of our growing city. Special features include sustainability initiatives like improved performance lighting, an efficient air conditioning system and our unique in-library Green Wall which uses the natural filtering properties of plants for unique air quality system.
What else is available at Bankstown Library?
- Programs and events
- Green wall
- Tech Centre
- Tovertafel and accessible technology
- Local and Family History collection
- 24/7 return chute
- Social story for children with additional needs
- Justice of the Peace
- Lifts
Special features include sustainability initiatives like improved performance lighting, an efficient air conditioning system and our unique in-library Green Wall which uses the natural filtering properties of plants for unique air quality system.
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Are you ready to experience a touch of magic? Discover the incredible Tovertafel (or "magic table") at Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre, where imagination comes to life! This cutting-edge interactive table transports you to a world filled with wonder and excitement.
Engage in captivating games, puzzles and interactive stories that will spark your creativity and will help stimulate physical, cognitive, social and sensory levels in those who use it. It was developed for those with dementia to use but is now known to benefit both adults and children with intellectual disabilities. It also allows for wonderful opportunities of intergenerational play.
If you would like to see a demonstration of this device or would like to bring a group in to use it, please contact the Aged and Disability Team on 9707 9733.
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