Heritage Week
Heritage Week 2025
14 - 21 Sep
Step into the past and discover how fashion tells our story from times gone by this Heritage Week. From historic wedding gowns to Melbourne Cup glamour, explore the changing tastes that shaped Whitehorse and beyond through guided tours, exhibitions, and hands-on heritage fun for all ages!
All ages
Spring School Holiday Program
Spring School Holiday Program
22 Sep - 5 Oct
Stay entertained these school holidays with a range of fun and affordable activities! From arts and pottery, environment, history, and family fun, there's something for all ages.
All ages
What's On
Join us for a delightful Devonshire tea experience at Strathdon House and Orchard Precinct.
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- Adult
- Workshops
This exhibition, from the private collections of members of Box Hill Historical Society, will feature images and objects showing the latest in 19th and 20th century kitchen and dining ware, from eggcups, crockery, cutlery and a cruet set, to a meat grinder and a crockpot.
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- Free
- Heritage Week
In 1924, Thomas Cook Senior, an orphan, arrived in Melbourne pursuing a career in boxing but found his passion in bootmaking. A century later, his legacy endures through craftsmanship and style. Explore historical archives and film props from 'The Man from Snowy River II' collaboration in this display.
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- Free
- Heritage
- Heritage Week
Drawn from the collection of Box Hill Historical Society, as well as private and public collections, images and objects display a range of fashion items.
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- Art Exhibition
- Heritage
- Heritage Week
Wedding dresses on display have been adored, worn and then stored through the decades by Whitehorse Historical Society. Despite the trials and hardships on our life journeys, these dresses and their landscape settings hold the power to evoke universal happy moments.
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- Art Exhibition
- Free
- Heritage Week
Discover how to use massage as a way to naturally support your dog’s health and wellbeing in this unique two-part workshop.
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- Adult
- Workshops
Enjoy a fun filled day exploring heritage trades and crafts, old-fashioned games and races for the kids, live music, giant bubbles, animal farm, Australian animal display, sausage sizzle, Devonshire teas, home-made cake stall and coffee cart.
- Family
- Free
- Heritage Week
Venues & Festivals across Creative Whitehorse
The City of Whitehorse is one of the most dynamic art and cultural hubs in metropolitan Melbourne. There’s something for everyone – exhibitions, music, theatre, heritage, and art and craft.
Creative Whitehorse: connecting you to a creative community.
A gallery hosting curated exhibitions on contemporary subjects, with invited artists and works from its fine collection.
Our well-loved community arts centre, with excellent, accessible term/holiday programs and topical exhibitions.
A historic building hosting events of all sizes: with a stage, catering facilities, hireable spaces and amenities.
Historic cottage and museum complex surrounded by hectares of bushland, open weekends and available for school tours.
A heritage building and vast green space, host to classes, events and sustainability-focussed programs for all ages.
Festivals are one of the most loved programs in the City of Whitehorse, with over 45,000 people attending annually.