News

Help needed to maintain and host Doors Open Days website - paid contract!

We’re looking for help to maintain and host our website. This is a paid contract! **DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 17th APRIL 2020**

Stone, Sea and Sky - education pack!

As part of our Doors Open Days 30th celebrations, we created a bilingual (English / Gaelic) education pack with ideas to engage children with the built environment. Check it out here!

Invitation to present to the Saltire Society Glasgow Branch

Tours in Translation: Foreign-language tours of Glasgow City Chambers

Interested in the work we did to put on foreign-language tours of Glasgow City Chambers for Doors Open Days? Want to see a tour offered in your language as part of Doors Open Days 2020? Learn more here!

Young Advisory Panel: how we're working to include more young people in Doors Open Days

We put together a team of young people who worked with us to create their own Doors Open Days guides. Read here to learn more about their work and why they are passionate about engaging young people with Scotland's sites, spaces and stories.

Spotlight on: Diversity at Doors Open Days

Our Diverse Heritage Project Officer has been hard at work diversifying Doors Open Days' participation and programming. Read here to learn more about how recent partnerships with the Glendale Women's Cafe and the Glasgow Disability Alliance helped bring Glasgow Doors Open Days to new audiences.

Braw Buildings 2019

Read more about our Braw Buildings project, which offered free hostel accommodations for select young people and families to visit Doors Open Days 2019.

Stone, Sea and Sky - celebrating the architecture and culture of Scotland's islands

Stone, Sea and Sky is a Doors Open Days 30th anniversary project that celebrates the places, spaces and stories of Scotland’s islands. Read here to learn more about how we worked with school pupils across the islands to engage communities with their unique architecture and culture.

Cultural Embassies - A tale of surprising European connections

Read here to learn more about our Cultural Embassies project, which mapped connections between Scotland and 27 of its European neighbours.

Doors Open Days 2019 weekend 5

It's weekend 5 of Doors Open Days 2019! We've gathered some of our highlights for this weekend's regions - take a look, start planning your weekend and make sure you don't miss out on the final weekend of Doors Open Days 2019!