Open House Melbourne Explained

Genre:Open day
Frequency:Annual
Location:Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Next:27–28 July 2024
Participants:111 buildings
Attendance:130,000 estimated

Open House Melbourne (OHM) is an event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,that showcases many of the city's buildings to the public. This annual event has been held on the last weekend in July since 2008.

Open House Melbourne is also a not-for-profit association that runs the Open House Weekend, as well as an annual program of events.

History

Open House Melbourne is an initiative of the Committee for Melbourne Future Focus Group. The inaugural Open House Melbourne 2008 event saw eight buildings open and more than 30,000 visits across the day. Since then, the event has grown and the 2010 event expanded to 59 buildings, incorporating Docklands in addition to Melbourne's CBD, and attracted almost 65,000 visitors.[1]

In the 2011 event 75 buildings opened their doors and attracted 100,000 visitors.[2]

For its fifth year, the 2012 event featured 100 buildings and attracted 135,000visitors.[3]

In the 2013 event 111 buildings opened over the weekend and attracted 130,000 visitors.[4]

The 2016 event featured over 100 buildings.[5]

In 2017 Open House Melbourne held the Open House Ballarat Weekend, the first regional program run by Open House Melbourne, in partnership with City of Ballarat and Visit Ballarat.[6] In 2018 and 2019 the organisation also held Open House Bendigo in partnership with The City of Greater Bendigo.[7]

The 2019 event featured over 200 buildings and 45 special events, tours and talks.[8]

Description

Notable contemporary, historic, and sustainable buildings and spaces located in and around the Melbourne City Centre, Carlton, East Melbourne, Southbank, Docklands and the Greater Melbourne area are opened for visitors as part of this initiative. Well-known buildings not usually open to the public are open for free public tours. Among the buildings included are historical landmarks, contemporary buildings, galleries, theatres, sporting grounds, and places of worship.

Shortlist of participating buildings

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Melbourne Open House. Heritage Council of Victoria. August 2010 . 6 June 2012.
  2. News: Open House Adelaide. About Time . 20 May 2012. 6 June 2012.
  3. Web site: Open House Melbourne 2012 Report. 2013-02-14 . 2013-04-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130420054036/http://www.openhousemelbourne.org/docs/final-report_lr.pdf . dead .
  4. Web site: Media Release. 28 July 2013 . Open House Melbourne . 17 September 2013.
  5. Web site: Open House Melbourne 2021 - Online.
  6. Web site: Ballarat.
  7. Web site: Bendigo 2019.
  8. Web site: The Weekend July 2019 | Open House Melbourne . 2019-10-26 . 2019-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191026030404/https://www.openhousemelbourne.org/melbourne/the-weekend-july-2019/ . dead .