Top rated Public libraries in Melbourne, Australia to elevate your visit (Updated January, 2024)

Top rated Public libraries in Melbourne

Experience the best that Melbourne has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 30 places from Public library category.

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State Library Victoria

Public library

State landmark opened in 1856, spanning one city block & featuring a grand reading room.

4.80 (3K reviews)

Parkdale Library

Public library

👍 Nice library, the facilities are great. However if you are seeking an instructional book on table tennis, they only have one book :( Two books on the subject would be sufficient for 5 stars.

4.70 (51 reviews)

Melton Library & Learning Hub

Public library

👍👍 A fantastic place to go to. Beautifully made, well lit space with lots of colour and are. Everything is well organized. Staff are ever ready to help and always with a smile. Can work off the internet, have council enquiries done, hold meetings / conferences.

4.60 (165 reviews)

Wyndham Library Service - Manor Lakes Branch

Public library

😠 Library is meant to be a place for study and other educational activities. Not for playing card in several groups, chat and socialise. There are pubs, hotels or their homes. I couldn’t understand how the library authority allowed that to be happen.

4.60 (77 reviews)

Carrum Downs Library

Public library

👍👍 Quite a small library, but has easy parking outside, a few stores outside (takeaway) if you're hungry, and very quiet even on a Saturday afternoon. Perfect for studying! Also has desks, chairs and powerpoints for laptop. Huge thumbs up for friendly staff and how tidy the space is inside. Love it.

4.60 (66 reviews)

Diamond Valley Library

Public library

😠 One of the staff members was extremely loud the entire time we were there, to the point where we had to leave. If you're planning on doing any quiet reading or study, it's near impossible. Otherwise, it's a nice, modern library. Just a shame it doesn't provide a quiet environment

4.60 (34 reviews)

Flemington Library

Public library

😠 Borrowed a new book. Book was not protected by the clear covering that usually covers library books. Accidentall damaged it when transferring it in my bag. Offered to replace the exact same book. Got refused and said I had to pay $35 (most other places sell it for $22). I found it unreasonable and u...

4.60 (33 reviews)

Bunjil Place

Civic center

👍👍 PROS: Great Library 📚 Architecture and exterior and interior engineering design especially the Wooden 🪵 piece of decoration design … Great atmosphere inside , beautiful community theatre and a functions event area .. Right nxt to a Swimming pool 🏊‍♂️as well. CONS: No Apple Computers 🖥️ for Librar...

4.50 (1.3K reviews)

Brimbank Libraries Sunshine

Public library

👍👍 This place has become ONLY BETTER! I owe it to this place to keep me out of both the streets and the house during my teens. Learned so much, had a peaceful place to just go online, read books, do homework, draw and daydream. Feeling safe and like nobody was going to assault me was a nice break betw...

4.50 (182 reviews)

Wyndham Library Service - Julia Gillard Library Tarneit

Public library

👍 Excellent service by lady at service desk. Added technology made book borrowing and return super easy.

4.50 (161 reviews)

Carnegie Library

Public library

👍 Has good spaces for studying but be warned - it's a very loud library. At various periods throughout the day parents bring their children (the library has an indoor children's area near the study spaces) and they WILL scream at the top of their lungs.

4.50 (140 reviews)

Eltham Library

Public library

😠 Whilst trying to take our daughter out of the library we were loudly told off by one staff member for our 2yo making too much noise. We were already dealing with the 2yo and being rudely told off did not help (other than to cause her to cry even more). We left immediately.. I work with libraries reg...

4.50 (127 reviews)

Balwyn Library

Public library

👍👍 A beautiful building with great natural light and a good range of books. Also some nice places to study/work.

4.50 (95 reviews)

Hoppers Crossing (Plaza) Library

Public library

👍 Not a bad library at all, it's just ruined by people who smell really bad...

4.50 (90 reviews)

Wyndham Library Service - Werribee Branch

Public library

😐 I find the library to be a good place to read and find new books to endulge yourself in and to just get any work you may have done. They have a good amount of resources, including computers, desks/tables, dvds, etc. The staff are really nice and willing to answer any question/request you may have. T...

4.50 (53 reviews)

Endeavour Hills Library

Public library

👍 Cute, compact, quiet area perfect to escape and study in

4.50 (48 reviews)

Mill Park Library

Public library

😠 Used to be good, now it's a children's daycare with books. Be prepared to conjure up all your mental energy to concentrate as you have a frenzy of kids screaming and running around you. Aren't there enough daycare centres in the vicinity - do we really need to make a library, which are few and far b...

4.40 (194 reviews)

Brimbank Libraries

Public library

😠 It amazes me how the library staff allow the older men who sit in a group outside, to sit there. I have received constant harassment from these guys and they don't do anything about it. Not a pleasant place to go to if you have to walk past them to go inside the library.

4.40 (101 reviews)

Lalor Library

Public library

😐 The library itself is fine. I used the "parents room" when I was there. They keep it locked so you need a key to access it. There is no chair or anywhere to feed your baby. It was pretty dirty, no soap to wash your hands and the microwave was filthy. Lucky I didn't need to feed my baby or I'd have t...

4.40 (84 reviews)

Brimbank Libraries: Deer Park Library

Public library

👍👍 very friendly staffs and it is so quiet good for study thank you

4.40 (73 reviews)

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