Glasgow Doors Open Days Events – tickets still available!

Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival is an annual event taking place across the city during the third week in September. Buildings open their doors and give free access to the public to showcase the city’s architecture and heritage. As well as access to buildings, the week-long programme includes walks, tours, talks and special events.

Glasgow City Heritage Trust will be running daily ‘mini city break’ walks (plus a talk) at lunchtime so that you can get away for your desk and get active at lunchtime by having a gander around the city centre with Niall Murphy, Deputy Director of Glasgow City Heritage Trust.

All events are free but booking is required. Click on the events below for more information and to book. 

Doors Open Days® occur across Scotland every September and are coordinated nationally by the Scottish Civic Trust.

Walk: Ghost Signs and Old Shopfronts of Glasgow 

During Doors Open Days 2019, become a ghost sign buster as you walk around Glasgow looking at ghost signs and old shopfronts, discovering the hidden stories of the buildings around you.

Walk: The Evolution of Glasgow

As part of this year’s Doors Open Days GCHT’s Deputy Director, Niall Murphy, will lead three interconnected walks from Glasgow’s heart to the West End.

Walk: Railway Metropolis

As part of Glasgow Doors Open Days this year, author and guide Ian R Mitchell will lead two interconnected walks that explore Glasgow’s railway heritage. Part One is a loop around Springburn park, former Railway Metropolis, and Part Two heads through Garngad to Dennistoun.

Glasgow Doors Open Days Lunchtime Talk: The Glasgow Cenotaph

Friday 14th September, 1pm, 54 Bell St

Niall Murphy, Deputy Director of Glasgow City Heritage Trust, tells the story of the Glasgow Cenotaph and how Sir JJ Burnet’s understated design came about.

Glasgow Doors Open Days Guided Walk 4: George Square

Thursday 13th September, 1pm, FREE

Highlights include an explanation of why the various people were selected for immortalisation and who the sculptors were. The tour will take a closer look at the Cenotaph with its superb sculpture by Ernest Gillick. Finally, the tour will also look at the positions of the monuments, and how they have moved over time.

 

Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival is an annual event taking place across the city during the third week in September. Buildings open their doors and give free access to the public to showcase the city’s architecture and heritage. As well as access to buildings, the week-long programme includes walks, tours, talks and special events.