Room Hire

The RHSV has a spacious room upstairs, formerly an Officers’ Mess, available for hire. With the character and atmosphere of the 1930s, the wood-panelled room is perfect for conferences and workshops, dance-classes and yoga, meetings and training sessions.

The room can accommodate 80+ people theatre-style or up to 50 people (tables supplied) for workshops. Fees include data projector, whiteboard and PA system. The Officers’ Mess upstairs is not fully-accessible as there is no lift.

Downstairs we also hold events in our flexible Gallery Downstairs and have a small meeting room, the Gordon Moffatt Room. Both rooms on the ground floor are fully accessible (ramp into the building and accessible toilet). The Gallery Downstairs will take up to 150 cocktail-style. The Gordon Moffatt Room holds 10-12 at the board tables.

Catering packages

Room hire rates and terms & conditions

Complete the form below or download the form and send your completed room hire application form to office@historyvictoria.org.au or phone 03 9326 9288 if you have any questions.

Photos below are of an exhibition launch in our Gallery Downstairs (an event for 170 people where we seated 110 and the remainder stood). Photos of the Officers Mess Upstairs were taken by Robert Miniter.

A large group of people sit in neat rows in the gallery space at the RHSV.
Another angle of the seated audience in the RHSV gallery downstairs space.
The Officers Mess Upstairs at the RHSV is a wood-panelled room with a pressed ceiling
Taken at a different angle, this image of the Officers Mess upstairs at the RHSV shows the windows along one side of the room.
Another angle of the Officers Mess room for hire at the RHSV shows again the wood floor and wall panelling, as well as an old fire place and art deco ceiling.
Some wood panelled columns in the Officers Mess room for hire at the RHSV.

Room Hire Booking Form

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