Local History

Last updated 9 December 2025

Christmas Closure: Our libraries will be closed from 12pm on Tuesday 23 December for the holiday period. Regular hours will resume at Newcastle and Wallsend Libraries from Saturday 3 January. Regular hours at all our other libraries will resume from Monday 5 January.

Return chutes will be closed during this period and will reopen with libraries on the above dates. Find out more about our Library Christmas Closures on the Our Branches page.

Current opening hours:

Branch	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Sat	Sun
Local History	9:30am – 5pm	9:30am – 8pm	9:30am – 8pm	9:30am – 5pm	9:30am – 5pm	9.30am – 2pm	closed

Location

Level 2
War Memorial Cultural Centre
15 Laman Street
Newcastle 2300
P: 02 4974 5330