Doors Open Days

Doors Open Days, Scotland's largest festival of places, history and culture, will return for its 36th year in September 2025!

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Doors Open Days will return in September with a programme events and activities.

Doors Open Days is Scotland’s largest free festival that celebrates heritage and the built environment. It offers free access to over a thousand venues across the country each September.

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Upcoming Events at Doors Open Days

Dance

Maggie’s Linedance Flashmob

6th September 2025

Paisley Town Hall, Paisley

Join Maggie and her Line Dance Class for a Flashmob outside Paisley Town Hall and Paisley Abbey on Saturday 6th September!

Tour

Doors Open Days: Graveyard Tours at Paisley Arts Centre

6th September 2025

Paisley Arts Centre, Paisley

Join The Urban Historian for a tour of Paisley Laigh Kirk and its adjoining graveyard on Saturday 6th September as part of this year's Doors Open Days Festival!

Days Out

Doors Open Days Renfrewshire

6th September 2025 - 7th September 2025

Various Locations Renfrewshire

Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across Renfrewshire! This year's event will be held on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th September.

Days Out

Doors Open Days South Lanarkshire

6th September 2025 - 7th September 2025

Various Locations Lanarkshire

Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across South Lanarkshire! This year's event will be held on September 6th & 7th!

History

Doors Open Days: Inchinnan Parish Church

6th September 2025

Inchinnan Parish Church, Inchinnan

Inchinnan Parish Church will have its doors open on Saturday 6th September, welcoming all with free tours, friendly faces, and complimentary tea and coffee!

Days Out

Doors Open Days East Dunbartonshire

6th September 2025 - 7th September 2025

Various Locations East Dunbartonshire

Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across East Dunbartonshire! This year's event will be held on September 6th & 7th!

Days Out

Doors Open Days Midlothian

13th September 2025 - 14th September 2025

Various Locations Midlothian

Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across Midlothian! This year's event will be held 13th & 14th September!

History

Doors Open Days: Lost Glasgow: Lost buildings

17th September 2025

Kelvin Hall, Glasgow West End

Join the National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall for a talk and screening looking at the lost buildings of Glasgow as part of Doors Open Day and Glasgow 850.

Days Out

Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival

18th September 2025 - 21st September 2025

Various Locations Glasgow

Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival is an annual event celebrating the city's architecture, culture, and heritage through a free programme of open buildings and events taking place in September!

Tour

Doors Open Day: Behind The Scenes Centenary Tours

18th September 2025

Kelvin Hall, Glasgow West End

Celebrate the National Library of Scotland's centenary with a free 'behind the scenes' tour of Scotland’s moving image and sound archive at Kelvin Hall!

History

Doors Open Days: Couper Institute

18th September 2025 - 20th September 2025

Couper Institute, Glasgow South Side

See behind the scenes of the historic Couper Institute in partnership with Glasgow Life as part of Doors Open Day 2025!

Tour

Doors Open Days: Glasgow Street Aid

19th September 2025 - 21st September 2025

Glasgow Street Aid, Glasgow City Centre

Join Glasgow Street Aid for an exclusive look behind the scenes at their extraordinary, purpose fitted Medical and Welfare Centre as part of Doors Open Days!

Tour

Doors Open Days: Researchers at Work: Tours of the ARC

20th September 2025 - 21st September 2025

Mazumdar Shaw Advanced Research Centre, Glasgow West End

Come along and see researchers in action! The ARC are hosting small group tours showcasing the world-class research going on in the centre.

Days Out

Explorathon at Glasgow Doors Open Day

20th September 2025 - 21st September 2025

Mazumdar Shaw Advanced Research Centre, Glasgow West End

Dip into the fantastic research happening on your doorstep, with family-friendly activities and exhibits as part of the Scotland-wide Explorathon festival, in partnership with Glasgow Doors Open Days!

Family and Kids

Doors Open Days: Shoebox City

20th September 2025

Kelvin Hall, Glasgow West End

Join National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall for an all-ages creative session as part of Glasgow's Doors Open Days Festival and get hands on with imagining and building the city of the future!

Tour

Doors Open Days: Tenement House

20th September 2025 - 21st September 2025

Tenement House, Glasgow City Centre

This is your chance to see inside of Glasgow's most loved tenement, An authentic time capsule of life in early 20th-century Glasgow, as part of Doors Open Days!

Tour

Doors Open Days: Holmwood House

20th September 2025 - 21st September 2025

Holmwood House, Glasgow South Side

Discover Holmwood House Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's finest domestic creation as part of Glasgow's Doors Open Days Festival 2025!

Days Out

Doors Open Days: Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre

20th September 2025 - 21st September 2025

Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre, Glasgow West End

The doors will be open for a warm welcome from all at the Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre as part of this year's Doors Open Days events!

Days Out

Doors Open Day at The Engine Shed

20th September 2025 - 21st September 2025

The Engine Shed, Stirling

The Engine Shed is opening it's doors on 20th and 21st September as part of Doors Open Day 2025. Join us to discover what's inside and learn about it's history!

Film

Doors Open Days: Film Screening - From Scotland with Love

20th September 2025

Couper Institute, Glasgow South Side

As part of the Cathcart, Merrylee & Muirend Summer Festival, Doors Open Day, and in partnership with Glasgow Life, join us for a FREE film screening in the atmospheric Couper Institute!

Days Out

Doors Open Days West Lothian

20th September 2025 - 21st September 2025

Various Locations West Lothian

Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across West Lothian! This year's event will be held on 20th & 21st September!

Tour

Doors Open Day: Adam Smith’s Panmure House

27th September 2025 - 28th September 2025

Panmure House, Edinburgh Old Town

Explore the historic Adam Smith's Panmure House in the heart of Edinburgh for Doors Open Day weekend!

Days Out

Doors Open Days Stirling 2025

27th September 2025 - 28th September 2025

Stirling

Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across Stirling!

Days Out

Doors Open Days: Out of the Blue Drill Hall

27th September 2025

Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Leith

On Saturday 27th September, hourly tours will be running at the Out of the Blue Drill Hall from 11am until 1pm as part of Edinburgh Doors Open Days!

Days Out

Doors Open Days - Edinburgh

27th September 2025 - 28th September 2025

Various Locations Edinburgh

Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across Edinburgh! This year's event will be held on September 27th & 28th!

Days Out

Doors Open Days - East Lothian

27th September 2025 - 28th September 2025

Various Locations East Lothian

Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across East Lothian! This year's event will be held on 27th & 28th September!

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, Stirling

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Festivals

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, Various Locations Stirling

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Festivals

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Callander & Trossachs Summerfest , Callander

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Festivals

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, Various Locations Stirling

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, Various Locations Stirling

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Stirling Winter Festival

NA NA, Various Locations Stirling NA

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History Live

NA NA, NA NA

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University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA

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