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A wide-angle photo taken from the top steps of the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, looking down a paved forecourt and across parkland towards the city skyline at dusk.
24 – 26 Jul

Open House Melbourne Weekend

  • Free
  • Festival

The Open House Melbourne Weekend is a celebration of good design.

Taking place on the last weekend of July, you are invited to participate in building tours, walking tours, talks and events in collaboration with architects and designers, building custodians, community organisations and creative practitioners that demonstrate the significant role that design has to play in the issues shaping our city.

This year's theme is Generous City. A generous city gives more than it takes. It welcomes participation, opens doors and minds and creates space for everyone to belong.

Through Generous City, Open House Melbourne invites you to explore how we can design a more open, equitable and compassionate city that gives back, looks after one another and makes space for everyone.

Hours

Date Times
Fri 24 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 25 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 26 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm

Location

Town Hall
Melbourne
Victoria 3000

Open in maps location for Town Hall

Price and bookings

This is a free event

Book online for Open House Melbourne Weekend

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 8648 8612
  • email address: info@ohm.org.au
  • Visit website for Open House Melbourne Weekend
Facebook page for Open House Melbourne Weekend Instagram page for Open House Melbourne Weekend

Accessibility

  • Accessible toilets
  • Auslan interpreted
  • Mobility access
  • Service animals

All accessibility information is self-reported by the listing owner. It has not been verified by the City of Melbourne.

Part of Open House Melbourne Weekend

A wide outdoor stone walkway flanked by low brick planter boxes with green plants, leading toward a large arched opening in a modern white stone apartment building.
25 Jul

Local: Kensington - Open House

Part of Open House Melbourne, this tour considers build-to-rent as a model for the long term.

  • Free
  • Talk
Interior of the ANZ Banking Museum, with artefacts from the bank's history and a display of colourful money boxes, within the restored heritage chamber.
24 – 26 Jul

ANZ Gothic Bank Museum: Open House

Take a self-guided tour of the ANZ Banking Museum inside the magnificent Gothic Bank chamber.

  • Free
  • Tour
Five stylized figures with plants and flowers instead of heads, walking against a background featuring a yellow building with large dome shapes under a blue sky.
22 Jul

Melbourne Conversations: Designing with Country

How can design reveal and strengthen our connections to Country?

  • Free
  • Talk
The ornate, light-coloured facade of Melbourne Athenaeum Library, featuring classical architectural details, multiple windows on two main floors, decorative columns, and a central statue niche at the top under a cloudy blue sky.
24 – 26 Jul

Melbourne Athenaeum Library: A Hidden Gem

Explore the Melbourne Athenaeum Library as part of Open House Melbourne weekend.

  • Free
  • Activity
A stately room at Government House Victoria, with a blue velvet throne style chair on a low rise stage, blue velvet bench seating on either side and architectural wall trims of arches and columns.
25 Jul

Government House: Open House

Visit Government House as part of Open House Melbourne weekend.

  • Free
  • Learning
A curved reception desk at Koorie Heritage Trust features vertical wood slat panelling, with a timber wall behind and soft lighting.
24 – 26 Jul

Koorie Heritage Trust: Open House

Learn about First Peoples cultures and songlines in art, design and architecture.

  • Free
  • Tour
A woman looking at an old archival book with yellow and green binding in front of packed shelves of the same kind of book.
25 Jul

Behind the Scenes Tour

Take a guided tour of your State Archives for Open House Melbourne.

  • Free
  • Tour
La Trobe Cottage, a white cottage with blue shutters, a dark shingled roof, a brick chimney, and a small porch, surrounded by lush green trees, shrubs, and a white picket fence in the foreground.
26 Jul

La Trobe's Cottage Open Day

Take a look inside Latrobe's Cottage with a guide, as part of Open House Melbourne weekend.

  • Free
  • Activity
An aerial, wide shot of Trades Hall Melbourne, a large, historical, light-coloured stone building with neoclassical architecture featuring a prominent central portico with columns.
25 – 26 Jul

Trades Hall and Literary Institute: Open House

Explore the world's oldest continuously active trade union building during Open House Melbourne.

  • Tour
  • Activity
Historic aerial black and white photograph of the grand, classical facade of Parliament House in Melbourne.
25 – 26 Jul

Parliament of Victoria: Open House

Take a guided tour of Parliament House as part of Open House Melbourne.

  • Free
  • Talk
North Melbourne streetscape in the 1980s with terrace house, station wagon and flower shop.
Until 7 Aug

On the Street Where I Live: Viva Gibb Exhibition

An exhibition of photographs capturing North and West Melbourne from the 1970s to 1990s.

  • Free
  • Art
The modern outdoor plaza at Melbourne Quarter precinct, featuring a large, white spiral staircase as its centerpiece, situated under a massive wooden ceiling supported by angled white pillars.
25 Jul

Melbourne Quarter's Public Art: Open House

Take a guided tour of the public art at Melbourne Quarter as part of Open House Melbourne weekend.

  • Art
  • Tour
Children and their carers engaging in a creative craft workshop around a table at the State Library Victoria.
25 – 26 Jul

OPEN Play at State Library Victoria

Kids can explore how good design can shape our community and city in these drop in sessions.

  • Free
  • Family and kids

Only In The City

Winter Only in the City - Checkout the cold list

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A small tour group looking up from the ground floor of the La Trobe Reading Room.
Until 31 Aug

State Library Victoria Unlocked

On this exclusive tour, gain access to State Library Victoria before the doors open to the public.

  • Walking tour
  • History
Tour leader showing visitors inside Council Chambers in Melbourne Town Hall

Tours and cruises

Discover what locals love about Melbourne with a guided tour of the city and its attractions.​​

  • Tour
  • Walking tour
A small boat cruising along the Yarra River in the late afternoon sun, with a view of the Melbourne city skyline in the background.
Until 27 Sep

Mystery Picnic with Self Drive Boat: Melbourne Laneways

Solve clues, taste and collect pre-paid gourmet food on this unique foodie adventure.

  • Walking tour
  • Events
Three people standing for a selfie on the ground at the MCG.
Until 21 Jul

Sports Precinct Walking Tour

Explore Melbourne's sports precinct on foot with a local guide, including a tour of the MCG.

  • Tour
  • Walking tour
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The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future. For more information, visit Aboriginal Melbourne.

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