Dumfries & Galloway Set To Celebrate 30 Years Of ‘Doors Open Day’

What does ‘heritage’ mean to you? From a walk back stage at The Theatre Royal in Dumfries,Scotlands oldest working theatre, or a Ghostly Tour of the Crichton Church Crypt to Battle Re-enactments at Sorbie Tower, Doors Open Days in Dumfries and Galloway on the 7th and 8th September has much to offer!

Doors Open Days is Scotland’s largest free festival celebrating heritage and the built environment, offering free access to over a thousand venues across the country in September, each year.

Doors Open Days has sadly been much diminished in our region in recent years. However, the Dumfries and Galloway Museums and Heritage Network took over in 2018 and this year 37 D&G venues are taking part over the weekend of 7th and 8th September.

D&G Doors Open Days weekend is 7th and 8th September.

The Venues are –

1. Devils Porridge Museum – Eastriggs
2. Thomas Carlyle Birthplace Museum – Ecclefechan
3. Annan Museum
4. Dryfesdale Lodge Visitor Centre – Lockerbie
5. Savings Bank Museum – Ruthwell
6. Cruck Cottage – Tortherwold
7. Caerlaverock Wetland Centre
8. Crichton Church and Gardens – Dumfries
9. Theatre Royal Dumfries
10. Dumfries Historic Building Trust
11. Robert Burns House – Dumfries
12. Moat Brae Peter Pan House – Dumfries
13. Robert Burns Centre – Dumfries
14. Dumfries Museum and Camera Obscura
15. Old Bridge House Museum – Dumfries
16. Robert Burns Ellisland Farm and Museum
17. Dunscore Heritage Centre
18. Penpont Heritage Centre – Sundial Cottage
19. Dalbeattie Museum
20. Sanquhar Tolbooth Museum
21. Kirkpatrick Durham Parish Church
22. Balmaclellan Parish Church
23. Cat Strand Arts Centre – New Galloway
24. Kells Parish Church – New Galloway
25. St Johns Town of Dalry Parish Church
26. Cally Gardens – Gatehouse of Fleet
27. Mill on the Fleet – Gatehouse
28. Kirkdale Water Powered Saw Mill
29. Creetown Heritage Museum
30. Gem Rock Museum- Creetown
31. Sorbie Tower
32. Whithorn Roundhouse
33. The Museum Newton Stewart
34. Port William Inshore Rescue (lifeboat Station)
35. Mull of Galloway Experience
36. Hallmuir Ukrainian Chapel and War Memorial
37. Kirkmaiden Old Church near Drummore

You can find full information about all the venues by clicking HERE

The aim of Doors Open Days is to ensure that Scotland’s built heritage is made accessible to residents and visitors on weekends in September. It is coordinated nationally by the Scottish Civic Trust and is part of European Heritage Days alongside Scottish Archaeology Month.

In Dumfries and Galloway Doors Open Days are coordinated by the

Dumfries and Galloway Museums and Heritage Network.

dgmuseumsnetwork.org.uk

If you would like more information, please contact the DOD D&G co-ordinator, Mick MacLeod, via the national website www.doorsopendays.org.uk.