Doors Open Ottawa
Doors Open Ottawa is an annual event held in the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, that gives the public access to many of the city's unique and historically significant buildings. Among the buildings included are government offices,[1] museums,[2] radio stations,[3] places of worship,[4] embassies,[5] and historical landmarks.[6] It is the second-oldest Doors Open event in North America;[7] after Doors Open Toronto.[8]
Admission is free of charge. Doors Open Ottawa has recorded nearly 850,000 visits since it began in 2002.[9]
More than 140 buildings took part in the 2018 event[10] and over 140 buildings were expected to take part in 2019.[11]
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Doors Open Ottawa 2020 has been cancelled. There are plans to resume in 2021.[12]
2019 buildings
The 2019 building list was as follows:[13]
- AIDS Committee of Ottawa
- Algonquin College DARE District
- All Saints Anglican Church (Greely)
- allsaints Event Space
- Bank of Canada
- Barber - Carving & Sculpture Inc.
- Barry Padolsky Associates Inc. Architects, Mercury Court Building
- Bayview Yards
- Beckta Dining & Wine Bar - The Grant House
- Beechwood Cemetery
- Ben Franklin Place - Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe
- Billings Estate Artefact Collection Storage
- Billings Estate National Historic Site
- Britannia Yacht Club
- Bytown Museum: Commissariat Building
- Canada Council Art Bank
- Canadian Conservation Institute
- Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind National Training Centre
- Canadian Space Services
- Canmet Bells Corners Research Complex
- Carleton Immersive Media Studio
- Carleton Masonic Lodge 465
- Carp Exhibit Hall
- Christ Church Bells Corners Chapel & Cemetery
- Christ Church Cathedral (Ottawa)
- Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church
- Church of St. Bartholomew
- City of Archives, Rideau Branch
- CKCU FM - University Centre
- Congregation Machzikei Hadas
- Connaught Building
- Cumberland Heritage Village Museum
- Dickinson House
- Diefenbunker: Canada's Cold War Museum
- Discovery Centre, Carleton University
- Dominican University College
- Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church
- Earnscliffe, British High Commissioner's Official Residence
- Embassy of Algeria, Fleck/Paterson House
- Embassy of the Czech Republic
- Embassy of the Republic of Croatia
- Enriched Bread Artists
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa (Rodger Guindon Hall)
- Fairfields Heritage House
- First Baptist Church
- First Church of Christ, Scientist
- Flora Hall Brewing
- French Embassy in Canada
- Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism Ottawa Branch
- Global Centre for Pluralism
- Gloucester Historical Society
- Goulbourn Museum
- Heritage Building - Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame
- Heritage Building and Ottawa City Hall
- HI-Ottawa Jail Hostel
- Hindu Temple of Ottawa-Carleton Inc.
- Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre - Home of the GCTC
- Jami Omar Mosque
- Jean-Léon Library, Saint Paul University
- Joyful Land Kadampa Buddhist Centre
- Knox Presbyterian Church (Ottawa)
- Laurier House National Historic Site
- Lemieux Island Water Purification Plant
- Library and Archives Canada
- Library of Parliament - Former Bank of Nova Scotia
- Lisgar Collegiate Institute
- Maplelawn Historic Garden
- Masjid Bilal
- Mill Street Brewpub - Thompson Perkins Building
- Mosque of Mercy
- Mulligan Building, Health Canada, Product Safety Laboratory
- National Arts Centre
- National Gallery of Canada
- Nepean Museum
- Official Residence of the Embassy of Denmark
- Osgoode Township Museum
- Ottawa Art Gallery
- Ottawa Birth and Wellness Centre
- Ottawa Chinese Bible Church
- Ottawa Fire Services Station 24
- Ottawa Fire Services Station 47
- Ottawa Fire Stations (#93, #81, #84, #64)
- Ottawa Main Mosque
- Ottawa Masonic Centre/Tunis Shriners Temple
- Ottawa Paramedic Service Headquarters
- Ottawa Police Service Professional Development Centre
- Ottawa Tennis and Lawn Bowling Clubhouse
- Ottawa Wedding Chapel
- Parkdale Food Centre
- Parks Canada Collections Storage Facility
- Pinhey's Point Historic Site
- Protection of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church
- Rideau Hall
- Rideau Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
- Rogers TV & TV Rogers
- Royal Canadian Mint
- Scouts Canada National Museum
- Shopify
- Smart Apartment at Bruyère
- South Nepean Muslim Community
- Southminster United Church
- Sri Sathya Sai Baba Spiritual Centre of Ottawa Carleton
- St. Albans Church
- St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
- St. James Anglican Church Leitrim
- St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine
- St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church
- St. Mary's Anglican Church
- St. Paul's Eastern United Church
- St. Peter's Lutheran Church
- Stadacona Hall - Brunei High Commission
- Standard Bread Company/Gladstone Clayworks Co-op Pottery Studio
- SunTech Greenhouses Ltd.
- Supreme Court of Canada
- The Loft Art Studios
- The Ottawa Mission
- The Rectory Art House
- The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
- Thomson Hall o/a The Keg Manor
- Trinity Anglican Church
- Vanier Museopark
- Vietnam House
- Wallis House
- Watson's Mill
- Waupoos Foundation and Family Farm
- Westboro Masonic Hall
See also
External links
Notes
- such as The Supreme Court of Canada Archived August 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine and Ottawa City Hall Archived June 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- such as The Bytown Museum Archived December 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- such as CKCU Archived June 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- such as McPhail Memorial Baptist Church Archived May 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- such as Embassy of Brazil – Ambassador’s Residence Archived May 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- such as Tabaret Hall Archived June 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine and The Carriageway Archived May 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- About Doors Open Ottawa Archived May 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- About Doors Open Ontario Archived February 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- About Doors Open Ottawa Archived May 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- McCooey, Paula (31 May 2018). "What to know about Doors Open Ottawa this weekend". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- "Doors Open". Heritage Ottawa. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- "Doors Open Ottawa". City of Ottawa. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- https://ottawa.ca/cgi-bin/doors/2019.pl?lang=en