Corus Radio is the home of Country 105, Q107 and Global News Radio 770 CHQR.

Sign up for a guided tour of the radio station studios.

Take photos of yourself “behind the mic.”

Take photos in our performance space.

Interact with radio personalities.

Excluive Doors Open YYC opportunity! Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in the energy efficient, environmentally sustainable TELUS Spark building?

Travel deep into the heart of TELUS Spark to learn about how a sustainable building (LEED Gold) regulates temperature, circulates heat, conserves water and drives innovation.

*Behind the Scenes tour is free.
**Please note that admission to TELUS Spark is not included with the Doors Open YYC tour. If guests would like to explore Spark after the tour, a 50% off same day admission rate will be provided.

Drop in for a guided tour of the basement where Ralph Klein presided, elevator of artistic representation of the famous indoor horse races, renovated and award winning historical restoration of building.

Tours will begin on main floor and will tour three floors of the building.

Our fire crews go to 70,000 calls a year and respond to every imaginable emergency. We have 40 Stations around the city where our firefighters live, work, practice and play.

Come take a tour of the firetrucks, try out firefighter equipment, and see where your CFD lives and works.

Our fire crews go to 70,000 calls a year and respond to every imaginable emergency. We have 40 Stations around the city where our firefighters live, work, practice and play.

Come take a tour of the firetrucks, try out firefighter equipment, and see where your CFD lives and works.

Tours and a little tasting! You will get a glimpse of the Fiasco culture, a look at our everyday work life, knowledge on Fiasco history, and a chance to meet some of the special people behind Fiasco.

Every day, STARS takes care of some of the most critically ill and injured patients in Western Canada. And we’re able to do it because we’ve built a strong connection to the community since launching in 1985. We’d like to invite you come and see what happens inside STARS, meet the crew members who carry out our mission and some of the patients whose lives have changed because of community support. We will be showing off our new H145 fleet, while saying a fond farewell to the helicopter that was there for us from the beginning – the BK117.
See our new Airbus H145 helicopter; bid farewell to the original workhorse helicopter, the BK 117; tour the hangar and learn about our mission.

The following food trucks will be available for visitors to purchase refreshments from:

• Calgary Mini Donuts
• Avatara Pizza
• Family Squeezed Lemonade

Visit our open studio!  Meet the artists, participate in a group event with Burns visual.

THE ARCHITECTURE
Inside, the spine forms an atrium, which is the building’s main public space. The spine supports a suspended amphitheatre over the west entrance and a boardroom over the east entrance. A series of hanging pods are suspended from the spine’s trusses. Just inside the west entrance is a gallery, which honours the legacy of the Nickle Arts Museum.

THE FORUM
Join us in the forum and learn more about the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning. The room has retractable seating that allows it to convert from a flat-floor learning space of 130 to a 340-seat public theatre lecture space.

THE TECHNOLOGY
Learning spaces offer touchscreen monitors complete with web cameras and speakers providing greater possibilities for interactivity.

For over half a century, the WR Castell Building has been the busy hub of numerous activities in the areas of research, education, informal learning and leisure. As a pilot outpost for University of Calgary’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, the new City Building Design Lab extends the building’s legacy as a public meeting space by creating a place of learning about city building, and a cultural outlet for events and programming for Calgarians and visitors interested in architecture, urban planning and landscape architecture.

The CBDLab is part of Doors Open YYC this year. Visitors will have a chance to learn from researchers about the architectural history of the building, and tour some of the spaces of the school not usually open to the public, such as the digital fabrication workshop, event hall and the design studio.

Visitors will be allowed to play on our indoor field, interact with and be a part of live demonstrations presented by our freestyle soccer team.

Explore over 50 immersive exhibits, incredible stories of history, true crime displays and family-friendly activities – get your fingerprints taken, try on a police uniform, and complete a police scavenger hunt!

Go behind the scenes with the Calgary Police Service and enjoy demonstrations, vehicles, and equipment from various CPS Units, such as the TAC team, K-9 Unit, Patrol, and Forensic Crime Scenes*

*Please note that CPS Units at this event are subject to change on the day of based on their availability

Stables Building will be open from 10am – 2pm. Drop in to view the Provincial designated Stables Building and see if you’re strong enough to open and close the stable doors!

CLC will have heritage information, historical photos, and maps on display.

Since the weather will be cold, CLC will also serve up complimentary warm drinks for all visitors.

Learn how we manufacture soap and check out some samples.

Natural soaps and oils for sale

Venue will be open to the public from 9am to 12pm on Sep 28. Guests can walk through the main lobby/mezzanine and/or join a tour of the concert hall.

Guided tours will occur once every hour (9am, 10am, 11am) and guests will have the chance to see inside the Hall and backstage.

Guests can also visit our box office on site with questions, to check out our upcoming concert season lineup or to buy tickets on site! Gift cards will also be available for purchase.

Drop by for an interactive tour of hotel site, with a surprise for the kids!

Tour the Mosque, explore Exhibitions on Islam, Life of Muhammad (sa), Quran, Jesus

Have one-on-one discussions

Refreshments available

English, Urdu, Punjabi, and Hindi spoken

Have you ever wondered why Buddhists are peaceful and compassionate? Is it our beliefs? Is it our simple lifestyle? Is it the resonance of our chanting? Is it our bowing? Come to Avatamsaka Monastery and discover the reasons for yourself.

Come for a guided tour at 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, or 3 pm.

You are welcome to join us in the prayer hall where we will have sessions of recitation, chanting and perambulation at various times during the day. Please check the schedule and join us.

As you tour the Temple, you will see Dharma Masters, identifiable by their robes and volunteers, identifiable by their vests. Please ask them any questions you have regarding the various exhibits and traditional Buddhist art displayed throughout the monastery.

Learn about the significance of Rosh HaShanah:  Join us as we prepare to celebrate Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish New Year. Discover the meaning and traditions of this festive High Holy Day including the significance of dipping apples in honey, serving round challah, and blowing the shofar.

Take part in a fitness class, and/or enjoy our pool:  Calgary JCC is a recreation and fitness centre that is open to everyone. Take part in an aquafit class or enjoy an open family swim in our newly renovated Steven Blitz Aquatics Centre that offers a 25m salt-water pool, hot tub, steam room, and sauna. Participate in one of our GroupX classes, play in our full-size gym, or exercise in our weight and fitness rooms.

Take a tour of our facility and learn all about our programming for children, youth adults, and seniors.

Drop in for a Guided or Self-guided tours.  The printed tour map is available in a dozen languages.

Tucked away in Calgary’s Beltline neighbourhood is the historic Haultain School. Built in 1894 when Alberta was not yet a province, it was home to a two-room school house. Its first students included children of railway workers, new immigrants and some of Calgary’s wealthier citizens. Learn about the unique architecture and history of this historic gem, Calgary’s oldest surviving and very first sandstone school. Hear about how the school changed over the years and about its current tenants, two non-profit organizations, Parks Foundation Calgary and Calgary Heritage Authority. Refreshments and snacks will be served.

Throughout the day we will be giving tours and demonstrations of Calgary’s original makerspace.

There will be volunteers on hand to to answers questions and to show off their awesome projects. We have 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC machines, a wood shop, a metal shop and more. Come see what we are all about!

Fore safety reasons, this space is not suitable for children under 10.

Alberta Culture Days is the perfect time to experience the diverse, living, breathing, and ever-changing arts hub that is cSPACE. Be a part of the cultural thread and introduce yourself to an arts community that will shape where Calgary is going.

Guided tours at 1 pm and 3 pm, Saturday September 28.

Also featuring:

• Open Studios & Artist Tours
• Art Exhibitions
• Interactive Demos
• Farmers & Makers Market
• Live music
• Food Trucks

For full schedule & programming, visit cSPACEKingEdward.com/culturedays

Visitors will take a guided tour of our 15,000 sq. ft. production facility, walk through our commercial kitchen, and help spread joy to our clients by decorating cards at our greeting card station!

See first-hand how over 660k meals are made each year!

Dinner Sample packs of our four most popular entrees will be available at a special rate of $20.  Please bring cash if you’d like to purchase.

Brochures will be provided with a map for the garden for a self-guided tour of over 1km and 19 unique and themed gardens.

Gardeners will be available at a table to answer questions.

Demonstrations using equipment and tools at Fuse 33 Makerspace will be held throughout the day with special presentations from our professional members and the work they do at Fuse 33.

Interactive projects showcasing a selection of the projects that have been made at Fuse33 Makerspace will be on display visitors to explore.

Hands-on workshops will be available for participants throughout the day to explore a variety of constructing and crafting methods explored at Calgary’s largest makerspace.

Come get a taste of what it’s like to make radio at CJSW, the University of Calgary’s popular campus radio station.  CJSW Radio will be offering tours of our very colourful station, which includes state-of-the-art studios, as well as our comprehensive music library.

Visitors will have the chance to record their voice and see what it sounds like, and get an experience of what it’s like behind the mic. Come see how cool this space is, and get pumped about making radio!

Follow your recycling from your Blue Cart all the way to Calgary’s Material Recycling Facility! Join us for a 30-minute virtual tour of the facility and learn how your recycling is sorted to be turned into new products.

We’re serious about recycling and composting, and have set ambitious goals to reduce waste going to our landfills. Our vision is to lead the community toward zero waste through innovative recycling, composting and diversion programs.

Note: this is not a behind-the-scenes tour.

Follow your kitchen and yard waste from your Green Cart all the way to Calgary’s Composting Facility! Join us for a 30-minute virtual tour of the facility and learn how nutrient-rich compost is produced in just 60 days.

We’re serious about recycling and composting, and have set ambitious goals to reduce waste going to our landfills. Our vision is to lead the community toward zero waste through innovative recycling, composting, and diversion programs.

Note this is not a behind-the-scenes tour.

If you are interested in seeing the space where Corporate Records, Archives stores a large portion of its archival holdings, as well as artifacts received by The City of Calgary, then this is the tour for you! Walk through the environmentally-controlled storage area and hear about some of the historical records and interesting, or unusual, artifacts that the Archives looks after for you. Selected items of interest will also be on display for closer examination.

Check out the behind-the-scenes where books are sorted, the control room and backstage of the theatre, speak with an Elder, and more!

Guided tours available.   All tours, except Sunday 11 am morning will be open to everyone – no library card required (see tours section for details).

Self-guided tours available, with experts available to answer questions at many locations throughout the Library.

LUKES
Stop by the interior LUKES to learn about how they work with local producers and companies, and support the arts in Calgary.
Saturday: 10:00 – 11:00 am, 1:00 – 2:00 pm, and 3:00 – 4:00 pm
Sunday: 1:00 – 2:00 pm, and 3:00 – 4:00 pm

Patricia A. Whelan Performance Hall
Explore backstage areas of the Patricia A. Whelan Performance Hall, including the Michael Green Green Room, the control room and more.
Saturday: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Sunday: Noon to 4:00 pm

Security office and boardroom
Get a look at the Central Library Security’s office, which helps keep the Library safe for members and staff, and the boardroom where the executive leadership team and Library Board meet.
Saturday: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Sunday: Noon to 4:00 pm

Jocelyn Louise Anderson Children’s Library
Join us to explore activity kits, a drop-in storytime and a special treat in the Jocelyn Louise Anderson Children’s Library, the largest in Calgary, including an indoor play structure and roughly 100,000 books.
Saturday: 10:00 to 4:00 pm
Sunday: Noon to 4:00 pm

Special Services
Learn more about Special Services, where patrons with specialized Library cards can use accessible technology and alternative formats for those who can’t read regular print. Special Services also offers programs to bring the Calgary Public Library to those who can’t come to us!
Saturday: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Sunday: Noon to 4:00 pm

Loading dock and sorting machine
Follow the journey of Library materials when they are returned to the Central Library. You’ll learn more about our automated sorter and how books travel from one reader to another on this behind-the-scenes tour.
Saturday: Tours every hour between 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Sunday: Tours at noon and 2:00 pm

Creative Studios
You can launch your next YouTube, IGTV, or podcast project with the help of these DIY spaces. Book these free multimedia studios for up to three hours at a time with your Library card.
Saturday: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday: Noon – 4:00 pm

Teen Centre
The Teen Centre is a safer space for ages 13–19 only, no adults allowed! In addition to Doors Open YYC, stop by Monday to Friday from 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm for our after-school program, including activities and free snacks.
Saturday: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Calgary’s Story
Staff are available to answer questions you may have about local history. Explore the digital kiosk Glimpses of Our Past, the special collection containing 40,000 different items, the Vintage Media Lab with microfilm and VHS tapes, and the Story Studio.
Saturday: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday: Noon – 4:00 pm

Moyis (Lodge)
An eight-foot tipi sits on Level 4 of Central Library as a permanent installation for patrons to experience an authentic Blackfoot tipi. People are welcome to sit and read inside the tipi. The tipis were made by Mary Ayoungman from Siksika Nation.
Saturday: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday: Noon – 4:00 pm

Elders’ Guidance Circle
The Elders’ Guidance Circle is a dedicated space for Traditional Knowledge Keepers and Ceremonial Knowledge Keepers of Treaty 7. Everyone is welcome to visit the Elders here.
Saturday: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday: Noon – 4:00 pm

Indigenous Languages Resource Centre
The Language Resource Centre was designed by nation members of Treaty 7 communities to reflect the ways of life of Indigenous people. The colors, artwork, design, and theme mirrors the traditional way of life in the Mohkinstsis (Calgary) area before settlers arrived.
Saturday: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday: Noon – 4:00 pm

Cohousing is both a built and social infrastructure. Come see the design features that support community! Learn about the ways we maintain a vibrant, healthy neighbourhood through the following focused exhibits:
1. Learn about consensus decision-making, what it’s like to live here, emerging cohousing opportunities, and unique initiatives that are hosted by our neighbors (i.e. artwork, gardening, beekeeping and solar interest)
2. Partake in games and refreshments in the courtyard – for kids and adults!
3. Hear about Cohousing in North America

Since Cococo’s brand essence is Chocolate Together, you can probably guess how our tour will start! After tasting some chocolate, we’ll tell you a bit about ourselves, about the amazing Cacao tree, about how chocolate is made, and why sustainable fairly traded cocoa is so important. Then we’ll suit up in coats and funny hairnets to introduce you to our factory team in action – they love showing off their mad chocolate skills. Guests will leave with a special tour chocolate bar in either milk chocolate or dark (vegan) chocolate, and an opportunity to shop our factory micro store.

Pre-register for a guided tour of our shop to see the Theatrical sets, Props, and Scenery we’re currently building!

Lougheed House will be offering hour-long insider tours that will take you deep into the workings of our Victorian mansion.
Starting at 10 am, you will have the opportunity to explore and listen to the stories that made Lougheed House the historical landmark that it is today. We will also be sharing artifacts from our collection.
Guests will have the opportunity to visit our current summer exhibit, From Racialization to Peoplehood: Exploring Métis Identity, and will get the idea of how the Métis experience differs among the community, and the connection to Lougheed House being a Métis household.

Please note: the Lougheed House restaurant is closed, with a new concept opening in November.

Step inside Alberta Ballet’s studios and find out why this historic former train station is such a good fit for a ballet company to train, create and rehearse.

Exhibits planned on site:
Drop in for a Self-guided tour, meet a professional Alberta Ballet dancer and students from Alberta Ballet School.

Please note: all of the available spaces for observing the Master Class, taught by Alberta Ballet Artists to the Professional Graduate students in training at Alberta Ballet School, have been filled.

Come see what it takes to keep Calgarians informed. Check out how the news is made from behind the scenes. See how all our programming makes it to air, how our news set looks and works, how we control all our on-air content, try our green screen, meet some of our Global News personalities and see how a news room runs.

Come learn about the pumps, pipes and people that ensure the availability of high quality drinking water 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. In this rare glimpse inside the historic Glenmore Water Treatment Plant, City of Calgary, Water Services staff will highlight how some of the cleanest river water in the world is treated to become safe drinking water. This experience will showcase why we should all value Calgary’s most precious resource and will explore ways you can help to protect and preserve our rivers through actions in your own home.

TOURS
For all those who are 10 and over, participate in a 1.5 hour tour that highlights what happens as water from the Elbow River/Glenmore Reservoir is brought into our plant and treated to the highest standards.
Tours will also be offered through the Water Quality Services Lab where visitors can see the science of water monitoring in action! ** See below for important safety information**

SELF-GUIDED
Walk-Ins, families with children under 10 years of age, and tour participants are invited to step inside the historic Glenmore Filter Gallery. There will be displays and booths from Calgary water education organizations, demonstrations of the backwash process, and Water Services staff available to answer all your questions about water in Calgary. Children can explore the gallery through an interactive scavenger hunt!

Driving directions – Please do NOT use Google maps!

Access via Crowchild Trail

• Coming off Crowchild Trail, turn east onto 50^th Avenue
• Continue east, turn south (right) at 19^th Street
• Continue south, turn left (east) at 56 Avenue – continue straight as this road ends at the treatment plant

 Please note:  Do not use Google Maps; it is inaccurate and you will not arrive at the correct entrance.

Learn about this climate controlled facility and how we protect the collection.
Learn how we store, move, install and exhibit valuable pieces of art both big and small.
See some highlights from the collection – both historical and contemporary

Protecting Your Public Art Collection Tour:
The City’s art collection includes over 1200 pieces of temporary and permanently sited outdoor installations in parks and plazas, as well as artworks integrated into infrastructure such as roadways, buildings, bridges and LRT stations.
The collection also includes portable artworks such as photographs, paintings, ceramics, textiles, and sculptures which are rotated throughout public spaces.
Artworks in the collection are in the public arena frequently but this important cultural legacy requires safe storage when not on display, as well as regular maintenance and professional conservation practices.

Drop-in and explore.  Some events are scheduled (see below)

Starting from Scratch Talk: Tips for new gardeners. Learn how to start a garden at 1:30 pm (capacity 20)
Meet the Gardeners: Our volunteer gardeners will be in the garden to talk about the garden, how we compost, and provide advice on what you can do at home
Children’s Activities: Storytime, What seed grows what? – time to be confirmed
Harvest: see and sample what’s grown in the garden

Meet the mannequins, practice your CPR skills, what to do in an emergency situation!

We will be running mock codes that will allow visitors to jump in and help resuscitate ‘patients’ (the use of high-fidelity mannequins), we will have a CPR station set-up that provides real-time feedback and visitors will be able to see their results or compete against each other, and guided tours with descriptions of the work we do here.