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Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival 2019
​16-22 September

Header Image: Galina Walls Photography
About Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival

Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival 
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Over 200 open buildings, guided walks & events each September. 

Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival is an annual event celebrating the city's architecture, culture & heritage through a free programme of open buildings and events taking place over one week in September. Explore some of the city's iconic historic buildings and architectural gems, and get behind the scenes at theatres, working factories, distilleries and more! Discover your inner urban explorer on our guided walks, get hands on with workshops and delve into the history and future of the city with our programme of talks! 

​​Organised by Glasgow Building Preservation Trust,  Glasgow Doors Open Days is part of a family of Doors Open Days events taking place across Scotland throughout September, coordinated nationally by the Scottish Civic Trust.
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[Now closed] We're hiring!
​Applications are open for our paid placement.


Storage Vault join us as sponsors for Glasgow Doors Open Days 2019


Aged 18-25? Love Doors Open Days? Get paid to join our Young Advisory Panel...


Applications are open for our paid placement opportunity for University of Glasogw students, supported by their Internship Hub. Students will get an insight into all aspects of festival coordination, joining Glasgow Building Preservation Trust to help with the administration and delivery of GDOD 2019! Deadline 13th Jan, further info here...
We're proud to announce that Storage Vault has signed up to be our latest sponsors for Glasgow Doors Open Days 2019...read more
We've teamed up with the Scottish Civic Trust, with support from National Lottery Fund, and are on the hunt for new members from 6 areas of Scotland (including Glasgow!) to join our Doors Open Days Young Advisory Panel (YAP).  
Get exclusive preview visits to Doors Open Days buildings & share your must-see itinerary in a series of dedicated guides & videos, designed & created by you! (with some help from the professionals)

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Children's Programme Illustrations:
Sam Russell Walker

In 2018 we commissioned emerging Glasgow-based illustrator
​ Sam Russell Walker to create new illustrations which were displayed across our children's programme. Take a look at the work he produced here: 

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​Running since 1990, Glasgow Doors Open Days has opened the doors of hundreds of buildings across the city, welcoming over 89,000 visitors in the past five years alone - and all completely free of charge. 




If every visitor to the 2018 Glasgow Doors Open Days contributed just 10p we would reach our fundraising target.
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G31 1JF
​Registered Company Number: SC079721
Scottish Charity Number: SC015443
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