Ambleside Historic Homestead & Museum - Open Hours

Ambleside Park Museum is a local history museum housed in a century old farmhouse.

The homestead is a single storey former farm house in the Italianate style of multi-chrome Hawthorn brick and it is a reflection of progressive building techniques of the time.

Built in the boom-time of 'Marvellous Melbourne', the house sits on a slight rise with views to the City of Melbourne and a backdrop of the Dandenong Ranges.

The two acres of gardens feature significant trees and shrubs dating from the 1880s, 1890s and 1950s.

Ambleside is now the headquarters of the Knox Historical Society, a not-for-profit community group offering a range of resources including:

a museum
school history services
research and community programs.

The School Photograph Collection is a popular section of the museum, especially with people who have had family members attend school in Knox. Approximately 25,000 photographs are kept in this room. Other displays show aspects of the development of the area from a series of farming communities to the City of Knox.

The area depended on agriculture and a large collection of farm machinery and implements are on display in the garden and in the tool shed. A two room cottage, the tool shed and the former porch of St Bartholomew's Anglican Church are part of the museum complex.

Ambleside Park Homestead is one of three historic homesteads owned by Knox Council, including Stamford Park (and wetland walk) and Miller's Homestead and Gardens.

Ambleside Park Museum

Visitors to the museum will enjoy historical household displays, a School Photograph Collection of nearly 25,0000 images, and a variety of farming tools, machinery and implements reflective of the local farming history. Please contact the Knox Historical Society for more information about current displays and guided tours.

Operating times are Thursdays and Fridays between 10am-1pm and Sundays between 1pm-4pm.

Please note: A small entrance fee applies.

AMBLESIDE PARK GARDENS

Ambleside Park is located on two acres of land. Many of the trees in the gardens surrounding the house were planted in the 1870s.

Behind the homestead a huge magnolia tree and an oak tree date from that period. In the front garden camelias, rhododendrons, a holly, a magnolia and a blackwood tree were planted in the 1890s when the homestead was built.

Extensive work was done on the gardens in the 1950s and since the 1970s the gardens have been maintained by the local council and members of the Knox Historical Society Inc.

The Ambleside Park Gardens are available for hire for weddings, wedding photographs and group picnics. Contact the Knox Historical Society Inc. for further information.



Happens: Thursday, Friday, Sunday

Time: Thursday 10am-1pm Friday 10am-1pm Sunday 1pm-4pm



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