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Hampden Park is the national football stadium of Scotland, home to Scotland international matches since 1906.
Located in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, the stadium has a capacity of 51,866.
Visit the most important court in Glasgow, where notorious villains of bygone were tried. Visit courtrooms old and new and cells where prisoners are housed. Take a guided tour or wander leisurely.
Classical elegance and architectural tricks distinguish Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson’s finest domestic creation!This hidden South-side gem is all about art, architecture and design.
The Italian Garden and Arandora Star Memorial is the world’s largest permanent memorial to the 805 victims of the tragedy. The Garden is an enclosed space adjoining St Andrew’s Metropolitan Cathedral.
Completed in 1876, the Church was modelled on the 13th Century Sainte Chapellein Paris.
The result is a magnificent building offering a beautiful sanctuary, dedicated to the worship of God.
The stonebuilt listed Knightswood St. Margaret’s Church, designed by the well known architect Sir Robert Lorimer, dominates Knightswood Cross and inside houses a 156 year old Father
Willis organ.
Lambhill Stables is located in the north of Glasgow and was built around 1815 as a staging post in the days when horses pulled boats and barges along the Forth and Clyde Canal.
Visit our magical printworks where you can set type, ink up and pull a print on our antique printing presses. Print your name, bind a book, make a printer’s hat. Print goodies and fun for all ages!
Come and see inside of a traditional silk screen print studio, M.A.R.S in the Hidden Lane. Learn how screen printing works, see prints from M.A.R.S 40 year archive and try pulling a print yourself.
Celebrate our five-year anniversary by joining a very special free tour, to learn more about how the Willow Tea Rooms Trust consulted world-leading experts to restore this Mackintosh masterpiece.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed church. Magnificent stained glass and exceptional wood & stonework relief carving are highlights of the interior, where light and space are used to dramatic effect.
After years of campaigning to save the building from the demolition, the Trust came together to give a new life to this important piece of Glasgow architectural history.
It’s a time of change as churches unite! Explore this vibrant, community hub and enjoy a sensory experience.
Live music – Pop up cafe – Children’s Activities – Craft stalls
Be one of many who walked through the concert hall at the former Glasgow Musicians Society, a forgotten club established 1884, housing Ottoman Coffeehouse, refurbished back to its past magnificence.
An exciting and unique opportunity to take a behind the scenes tour of the former M&S building on Sauchiehall Street, which is currently occupied by 80+ artists.
A rare opportunity for visitors to enter a beautifully adorned Masonic Temple on the first floor of a three tier tenement building. A mini museum in itself dedicated to local history.
The Print Clan Studio is a working screen printing studio located on Glasgow’s historic High Street. During the festival you can try the art of textile printing, and print your own GDODF tote bag!
Provan Hall dates back to the 1470s and is one of Glasgow’s oldest surviving buildings. Explore the newly renovated medieval building and take a step into its medieval past and exciting future as a co
Queen’s Park Camera Club will be displaying a wide range of our members’ prize-winning work.
Our friendly club members will be on hand to chat and give advice on how to improve your photography.
Queen’s Park Govanhill Church, a place used for worship, Bible study, and gathering to pray, as well as a place of community outreach, full of historical interest, especially the stained-glass windows
As a part of the Doors Open Day Festival 2023, Page\Park are delighted to open our doors and share the work of visual artist, and project collaborator, Rachel Duckhouse.
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow has been in existence since 1599. On your visit you will be able to explore the many rooms of the College, as well as the heritage held within!
Italianate, “palazzo” style building; designed by Charles Wilson.
Built for the Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow in 1857.
Members’ law library on upper floor
“Women in the Law” Exhibition in Hall
Roystonhill Spire, formerly part of Townhead-Blochairn church built in 1866, with stained glass by William Morris and Daniel Cottier, is a landmark building saved by a determined community campaign.
Discover a hidden wonder of Glasgow’s West End. Enjoy a free puppet show, Sat / Sun 11am, 1pm 3pm, with tours after each show. Check out our cafe, gift shop, and activities at www.maskandpuppet.co.uk
Built in the 1890s South Rotunda covered 24m-deep shafts to tunnels which enabled access to the other side of the River. See this iconic building restored, with many original features still in place.
Our event space in the heart of Springburn Park, Glasgow’s last great Victorian park. We look forwards to taking part in the Doors Open Day Festival again, and welcoming more people to our space.
Fine late-Renaissance style church, with a 150-ft campanile, domed crossing and ornate marble-lined interior and painted ceiling.. Wonderfully restored. Now is the time to visit this beautiful gem.
Discover St Bride’s, a West End gem. Our splendid Gothic Revival church has stunning stained-glass and exceptional acoustics. Join us to explore the building and experience our choral services.
All who walk into our building are stunned by its beauty! Imposing on the outside, but warm on the inside. Are you the only one on the S’side who has not been into that church by the traffic lights?
post-Reformation Catholic Cathedral.Neo-gothic style.Contemporary artwork including Peter Howson’s ‘St John Ogilvie’ & Cloister Garden with memorial
Building Open with optional tours available.
St. Ninian’s was built between 1872 and 1877 and was the first Episcopal Church to be built on the south side of the Glasgow. It is built in a neo- Gothic style.
A guided tour of Stockingfield Art Park and sneak peak at the Beithir’s head. Everyone on the tour is invited to make their mark by decorating a belly button tile for the Beithir’s body.
SWG3 is one of the UK’s most eclectic and credible multi-arts venues. Over the last two years, SWG3 has transformed the campus with significant capital investment as it aims to become net zero!
At the Technology & Innovation Centre (TIC) we are transforming the way academics, business, industry and the public sector work in partnership.
Come along and explore Glasgow University’s brand new Advanced Research Centre (ARC).
The ARC is the creative and collaborative heart of research at the University of Glasgow.