Open House in Port Phillip welcomes visitors and residents will have access to a range of buildings, talks, tours and exhibitions.
These include Armstrong's Studios, Australia’s equivalent to London’s Abbey Road Studio.
This "hit factory" was home to some of the most popular and iconic records that Australia has produced over the last 50 years, from John Farnham’s ‘Whispering Jack’, enduring footy anthem Up there Cazaly, Little River Band to Cruel Sea, Renee Geyer and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
This event features a panel on 26 July 2025 featuring acclaimed broadcaster and author Jane Gazzo, in conversation with producers including Roger Savage, Mick Harvey, John Olson and Ernie Rose.
Other Open House opportunities include exploring the labyrinth of tiny lanes between Albert Park’s elegant cottages in the footsteps of early working-class people.
Portholes to the Underworld allows you to discover the network of portholes acting as portals to thousands of kilometres of underground drains, pumps, pipes and cables which have serviced utilities such as gas, sewage, plumbing and telecommunications for more than a century.
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Open House Melbourne (OHM)
Address: Room 3, Level UG Johnston St Building, Collingwood Yards, 35 Johnston St, Collingwood 3066
Tel: 03 8648 8612
Open House Melbourne programming exists on what always was and always will be the land of the people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, as well as to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the wider Melbourne community and beyond. Indigenous sovereignty has never been ceded in Australia and we are mindful of this in everything we do, given our focus on the modern built environment.