Doors Open Days

For the open days held by schools, see Open house (school).

Doors Open Days (also known as Open House or Open Days in some communities) provide free access to buildings not normally open to the public. The first Doors Open Day took place in France in 1984,[1][clarification needed] and the concept has spread to other places in Europe (see European Heritage Days), North America,[2] Australia and elsewhere.

Doors Open Days promotes architecture and heritage sites to a wider audience within and beyond the country's borders. It is an opportunity to discover hidden architectural gems and to see behind doors that are rarely open to the public for free.

Open Doors Days trace their origin to the 1990 Door Open Day held as part of Glasgow's year as European City of Culture.[3]

  1. ^ "France.fr - Discover an unexpected France embraced and enjoyed by those who make it what it is".
  2. ^ About Doors Open Ontario Retrieved 25 February 2010 Archived February 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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