Arts House
Address
521 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051
Opening Hours
Ticket Purchasing
Arts House is a City of Melbourne contemporary performance space where artists and audiences gather to find new creative frontiers. Arts House is based at North Melbourne Town Hall.
Visitor enquiries: 11am – 4pm, Monday to Friday on 03 9322 3720 or artshouse@melbourne.vic.gov.au.
Wed 23 Apr - Sat 17 May
- 3D virtual tour
- Accessible bathrooms
- Audio description
- Auslan interpretation
- Clear signage (identifying location and directions)
- Companion card accepted for all paid events
- open captioning
- Closed captioning
- Fridge and water for medications
- Gender neutral toilet
- Quiet space
- Relaxed event
- Tactile tour
- Wheelchair accessible
Arts House is a wheelchair accessible venue.
If you are attending an event or have an appointment to meet us at the venue, you can enter via the step-free entrance at 80 Errol Street (next to the North Melbourne Post Office) This entrance has an accessible ramp and two steps with handrails, and is open during business and event hours.
The second accessible entrance is towards the end of George Johnson Lane. This entrance is ramp only and entry is via pushing a button to allow the door to open. There is clear signage at the Errol St entrance. The entrance via George Johnson Lane has an access symbol but it is covered by the door of the gate when propped open.
If you require a meet and assist service, please email or call Arts House and they can arrange this for you.
There are wheelchair accessible, gender-neutral toilets on each floor and you can access all levels via a lift. There is step-free access between studios, bathrooms and kitchenettes.
There's signage on all of the bathrooms and all of the bathrooms are unisex. Pathways are kept clear and provided with space for wheelchairs to access easily and have room to turn.
Quiet space available.
The room has a dimmable light from the ceiling and there are two lamps in two corners of the room.
There is a rug and coffee table in the centre of the room. Around this are low beanbag chairs as well as cushioned structured seats.
There is a sink and a water cooler.
There are sensory toys, books and sensory cushions and blankets in the space.
There is both paid and free on-street parking on Queensberry and Errol Streets. There are two accessible on-street parking spaces on Queensberry Street (150m from our accessible Errol Street entrance) for holders of a parking permit for people with disabilities.
The preferred drop off location is the Errol St entrance. There are taxi drop-off zones as well as 2 accessible parking spaces.
Google Maps link
Tram: 57 (high floor trams only) to stop 12, North Melbourne Town Hall.
Please note, this is not a wheelchair accessible tram.
Train: 1.1km from North Melbourne Train Station, approximately a 16-minute walk.
Watch the getting to Arts House video.
As there is only on-street parking available, there are 2 options for accessing the building:
The front entrance via Queensberry Street which only has steps and no ramp. There is a handrail but it doesn't go all the way to the front door.
Enter either by the Errol Street entrance or continue further down George Johnson Lane for ramp access entry.
If taking public transport, the 57 tram stop is approximately 50m to either the front door on Queensberry Street or 80m via the Errol Street Post Office entrance.
Learn more about access services with:
- a 3D tour map
- a captioned video explaining how to get to Arts House
- the access services Arts House provides.