Open House Melbourne
GenreOpen day
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
InauguratedJuly 2008 (2008-July)
Next event29–30 July 2023
Participants111 buildings
Attendance130,000 estimated
Websiteopenhousemelbourne.org

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 135,000 visitors.[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 and Docklands 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

References

  1. ↑ "Melbourne Open House" (PDF). Heritage Council of Victoria. August 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Open House Adelaide" (PDF). About Time. 20 May 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Open House Melbourne 2012 Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "Media Release". Open House Melbourne. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Open House Melbourne 2021 - Online".
  6. ↑ "Ballarat".
  7. ↑ "Bendigo 2019".
  8. ↑ "The Weekend July 2019 | Open House Melbourne". Archived from the original on 26 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
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