Waterloo Region – The Region of Waterloo’s annual Doors Open returns Saturday, September 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.

Explore local destinations including noteworthy buildings, interesting businesses and heritage sites. Discover Waterloo Region's structures and stories during this day of exclusive access.

Now in its 23^rd year, Doors Open Waterloo Region is part of Doors Open Ontario. The province-wide event celebrates community heritage and architecture.

Doors Open Waterloo Region showcases 23 participating locations throughout the Region’s cities and townships, including: three churches, three museums, two architect studios, an art gallery, and a rural fire station. Enjoy exclusive behind-the-scenes tours of the studio at Rogers tv, the new cannery operation at the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Hub, and Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA). Local history buffs will love the former 1852 jail, the old stories behind the new chic co-working spaces at Den 1880, and the iconic Pioneer Tower.

Several locations are celebrating anniversaries as part of their Doors Open festivities, including Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, which turns 25 this year, Detweiler Meetinghouse & Roseville Cemetery (170), and Redeemer Lutheran Church (90).

Woolwich Township

• Waterloo Central Railway Restoration & Maintenance Facility

 Wellesley Township

• St. Clements Fire Station

 Wilmot Township

• Zion United Church
• Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Hub       

North Dumfries Township

• Detweiler Meetinghouse & Roseville Cemetery
• Rosevillle Church   

Cambridge

• Atlas Yoga Studio and School at Park Hill Studios in Galt
• Archives at City of Cambridge Historic City Hall
• McDougall Cottage Historic Site

Waterloo

• Pressworks Building - ABA Architects
• Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA)
• Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
• Den 1880
• Redeemer Lutheran Church

Kitchener

• Martin Simmons Sweers Architects
• Waterloo County Gaol and Governor's House
• Child Witness Centre
• Child & Youth Advocacy Centre
• Schneider Haus National Historic Site
• Rogers tv     
• Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum (featuring Doon Village pilot programs)
• Waterloo Pioneers Memorial Tower
• Homer Watson House & Gallery

Learn more about regionofwaterloo.ca/doorsopen.

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