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Doors Open Days 2024

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.

Last updated

02 Sep 2024

Doors Open Days 2024

Cowane Hospital
Cowane's Hospital, taken by Colin McLean Photography ©CMP

Doors Open Days is back on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September 2024. This is the 30th year of Stirling participating in Doors Open Days. The venues taking part and event details/opening times are now on the national Doors Open Days website, available by following the link below.

Doors Open Days 2024 - Schedule of Events

2024 is the 30th year of Stirling’s Doors Open Days festival, as well as part of the Stirling 900 celebrations. This year many buildings are welcoming Doors Open Days visitors to celebrate the built heritage, ancient & modern, of the Stirling area.

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

Doors Open Days are coordinated nationally by the Scottish Civic Trust and are organised locally in each Council area. Doors Open Days is part of European Heritage Days and is supported by Historic Environment Scotland.

The list of venues taking part in this year’s DOD include:

  1. Allan’s Primary School Bastion
  2. The Bank
  3. Bannockburn House Tours
  4. Camphill Blair Drummond House
  5. CCDT Gillies Hill Community Woodland and Walled Garden
  6. Central Library
  7. Cowane’s Hospital
  8. Creative Dunblane
  9. Dementia Services Development Centre
  10. Engine Shed
  11. Gargunnock Kirk
  12. History of the University of Stirling historic campus and archives walking tour
  13. Holy Rude
  14. Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church
  15. Kippen Parish Church
  16. Kippen Smiddy
  17. Lecropt Kirk
  18. Leighton Library
  19. Mugdock Castle
  20. University of Stirling Art Collection at the Pathfoot Building
  21. Kings, Wolves and Drones: 20 Years of Care & Repair at Stirling City Heritage Trust
  22. Sheriff Court Tours
  23. St Blane’s Church, Dunblane
  24. St Ninians Old Parish Church
  25. Stirling Council Archives at the Central Library
  26. Islamic Centre
  27. Stirling Old High School Observatory
  28. Stirling Old Town Jail – Behind the Bars Tour
  29. The Smith Art Gallery & Museum Tours
  30. The Tolbooth
  31. War Graves Tour
  32. Well House Tours
  33. Well House Walks of the Eco Museum Airthrey Copper Mine trail

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