The Turnbull

Exploring the library's development in its cultural context, this history is also the history of New Zealand's intellectual and cultural life in the twentieth century. From books and bibliophiles to taonga and Treaty claims, strong personalities and controversy are part of the Turnbull story. Scholars, researchers and writers, librarians, benefactors and Friends have helped to sustain Alexander Turnbull's founding vision of a great library as a vital link from the past to the future.