Bring the Library to your lounge room with the Hopes and Fears virtual tour!

Press 'Play' to start exploring. If you need assistance, instructions for navigating the tour can be found below.

To navigate the tour, press the 'Play' button in the centre of the screen and then use the arrow keys on your keyboard, click or drag your mouse, or click on the white circles on the Gallery floor to move around the Gallery.

Clicking on the orange icons will bring up information about the exhibition and the themes explored.

Clicking on the grey icons near each item brings up the item captions and background information about an item.

Clicking on the green icons on the exhibited items will bring up an image of the item and a link to the digitised version on Trove, where available.

Clicking on the yellow icons will bring up a link for a webpage.

Clicking on the blue icons will bring up our labels for kids.

If you need further assistance, more information can be found by clicking the 'Help' button in the bottom right-hand corner of the virtual tour screen.

Let us know what you thought of the virtual tour by using our User Feedback form.

Hopes and Fears: Australian Migration Stories is showing at the National Library of Australia from from 26 July 2024 to 2 February 2025.

Read about the exhibition