Open House Melbourne

Open House Melbourne is an annual festival that celebrates architecture and the city.

The festival presents a program of building openings, tours, talks and events that teach us about our city. It provides insight into how the city works and demonstrates the significant role that design has to play in addressing the critical issues that are shaping its form, future and identity.

As a proud precinct partner, each year we open the doors to some of Hobsons Bay's iconic spaces across the final weekend in July. This year we open our doors on Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 July, most events are free. Check out our full program below.

We invite you to rediscover your city — to seek out new places and to reconnect with old favourites.

Open House Melbourne is an independent not-for-profit organisation that fosters public appreciation for architecture and public engagement in conversations about the future of our cities.

Open House Melbourne: Former Williamstown Morgue

Discover the history of this Georgian-style building that was erected in May 1859.

Open House Melbourne: The Substation

Learn more about a landmark of the industrial history of the inner west.

Open House Melbourne: Williamstown Town Hall

Step inside one of Victoria’s finest town halls, dating back to 1918.

Open House Melbourne: Truganina Explosives Reserve

Explore the unique history of a storage facility for explosive materials.

Open House Melbourne: Re/discover Australian Modernist Ian Graham Bow

A discussion led by PhD candidate Heather Lee about modernist artist Ian Graham Bow at the uniquely domed Hobsons Bay City Council Chambers.

Open House Melbourne: Altona Homestead

Explore the first homestead built on the foreshore of Port Phillip Bay, constructed in the mid-1840s by Alfred and Sarah Langhorne.

Open House Melbourne: Altona Water Treatment Plant

Join a 90-minute guided walking tour of world-renowned land artist Agnes Denes’ work 'A Forest for Australia' and the Altona Water Treatment Plant.

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