The Lyon Housemuseum is a hybrid residence and contemporary art museum located on Cotham Road, Kew, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia.[1] The Housemuseum displays the Lyon Collection of Australian contemporary art in a purpose designed building.[2]
The building is open to the public for pre-booked guided tours, school visits and other events on designated days each year.
The Housemuseum also hosts a series of public talks and lectures on contemporary art, architecture, art history and museology which are open to the public. The annual Housemuseum Lecture is published in the form of a small book. The first book in this series, Meaning in Space by Leon van Schaik,[3] was published in 2011.