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Buildings (No Booking Necessary)
Come & explore this newly renovated church building in the heart of the city dated from 1877. You will experience a story of survival & renewal, of community & creativity, of art & poetry.
Baltic Chambers is surrounded by modern office blocks which highlight the grandeur of this impressive Victorian era building. It contains the studios of Glasgow’s longest operating radio station.
See the very auditorium where Stan Laurel made his stage debut and experience the sights, sounds, touch, taste, and smell of the world’s oldest surviving music hall.
A rare opportunity to see this unique ‘Glasgow’ style tenement built in 1906. Learn about the history of this innovative building, and enjoy the stunning from views from the private roof garden.
Castlemilk Stables, originally designed by David Hamilton, once a home for the horses and workers of the Stuart family which lived in Castlemilk House which is no more being demolished in 1969.
The CCA has been at the centre of Glasgow’s art scene for over 30 years. It operates within an Alexander Greek Thomson building, a Georgian villa and another building, each with a distinctive history.
The West End has another new resident. We invite you to come and see inside Clarice Pears, visit Glasgow’s Health exhibition and be part of the University’s 100 years of public health celebrations.
This is your chance to find out about Zen Buddhism and visit a working Zen temple in the heart of Glasgow. Come along for a guided tour and an opportunity to ask questions and find out about Zen
This weekend only – find out more about the pioneering companies working at Fairfield, visit the 1950s with characters Muriel and Jasper and the future with The Shipyard Trust! Kids activities too!
Please come along & visit our striking Category B-listed former church; hidden gem in the West End. Now a vibrant Mental Health Community building confidence, skills, relationships & fighting stigma.
Eleven stumps of 330 million-year old lycopod trees preserved where they grew. A unique and internationally important geoconservation site – the oldest of its kind in the world.
Completed in 1899, Barrowfield Weaving Factory was built on French Street by John French and Son.
Up a lane between residential blocks there’s our G3 Growers community garden. Come and join us to see how easy it is to grow your own food and help bees and birds to thrive!
Lodge Georgetown 1170 has operated in our area for over 100 years. Visit our hall, set up as it would be in our closed meetings, find our about our craft and explore our history and museum artefacts!
Glasgow Central Mosque is the first purpose-built mosque in Glasgow and the largest in Scotland.
The City Chambers somehow manages to be a hidden gem in the very centre of the city. A combination of mosaic, marble and carved wood with grand corridors and function rooms .
You can see our magnificent Pipe Organ installed in 1887, so impressive that visitors from far afield come to see it. We had a group in (see htttps://sowneoforgane.com/surveys/cathedral-square-glasgow
What began as a single screen cinema nearly 50 years ago has become Scotland’s most diverse and best publicly attended independent cinema in Scotland also running the Glasgow Film Festival.
The beautiful Category B listed Carnegie Library has been home to the world-famous Glasgow Women’s Library since 2013. There is a library, archive & a programme of year round events dedicated to women
Visit Govan Old and travel back over a 1,000 years to the golden age of the Kingdom of Strathclyde. Explore Celtic sculptured crosses, Viking hogback gravestones and the mysterious Govan sarcophagus.
Greyfriars Biophilic Community Garden is a green oasis in the heart of the medieval city. It will indulge and satisfy your need for and love of nature. It will make you smile.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Arts Yard is home to the visual delights of Carnival Arts Scotland. Come and see colourful carnival sculptures, artist ‘open studios’ and an exhibition celebrating carnival in Glasgow.
We are an artist run creative co-operative providing a platform for new graduates and early year creatives as a stepping-stone into their artistic career. We have a gallery and studio spaces.
Welcome to The Deep End! Step inside this intriguing building to find Govanhill Baths archive, our upcycling project, artists’ studios, and more.