Doors Open Day 2024

🌟 Discover Edinburgh’s Hidden Gems at Doors Open Days 2024! 🌟

Join us at AUC on September 28th and 29th for a fun weekend of exploration and history.  This year’s theme, “Heritage of Routes, Networks and Connections”  gives us the opportunity to reflect on our connections with the needs and concerns of the networks and communities with which we have worked since our congregation was founded in 1802. The presence of charity partners and building hirers over the weekend will bring those relationships right up to date.

We will also have information about our engagement with the legacies of slavery; and will present our justice-themed Urban Pilgrimages project, which is exploring our connection to women, the environment, the LGBTQ+ communities, and wellbeing in the city around us.

📅 Event Details:

  • Saturday, September 28th: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
  • Sunday, September 29th: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

✨ Highlights:

  • Stalls from various charity partners and building hirers (Saturday Only)
  • Guided tours of the church for which you will be able to see parts of the church that are not normally accessible to the general public (Saturday Only)
  • Fascinating heritage pop-up displays
  • Light refreshments

Over the course of the next few weekends in the run-up to Doors Open,  we will be providing a spotlight on the various charity partners and building hirers taking part in the event on our Facebook page. You can find a list of them below:

  • Comunn Tir nam Beann/Argyll Association
  • Global Justice Now
  • Christian Aid
  • Costume Society
  • Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
  • The Royal Scottish Society of Arts
  • Mad Jam
  • Health in Mind
  • NHS Retirement Fellowship
  • The Friendship Centre
  • Old Edinburgh Club
  • Scottish Genealogy Society
  • The Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland – Forth & Borders Group

For more information, keep an eye our website and Facebook page for updates or contact us directly either by sending us a Facebook message with the words DOORS OPEN at the beginning of it or sending an email to heritage.visitors@augustine.org.uk.

See you there! 📸🏛️

PS: If you would like to see what else is happening during Doors Open Days in Edinburgh,  go to https://www.doorsopendays.org.uk/find-a-building?activeTab=0&keywords=&area=1346&openWeekends=