Doors Open Barrie 2025 took place on Saturday, September 27, and featured a variety of sites. It was an opportunity to step inside local landmarks, heritage treasures and creative spaces! Attendees could go behind the scenes, explore unique architecture, and uncover the stories and places that make our community special.
Doors Open Barrie is supported by Creative Barrie, the cultural development branch of the Economic & Creative Development Department. Doors Open Barrie 2025 was incorporated into Culture Days programming. Paired with Culture Days, it provided a unique opportunity to present free, hands-on arts activities in Doors Open sites, giving residents and visitors a chance to learn about Barrie’s arts, heritage and business community.
This event was hosted by the City of Barrie, the City’s Heritage Committee, and Tourism Barrie, in partnership with the Ontario Heritage Trust.
2025 Sites Open to Explore
Individual event listings were linked on this page in 2025. The below list of sites that were open to explore during Doors Open Barrie 2025 remains available for reference.
- Allandale Recreation Centre
- Barrie Fire & Emergency Services Headquarters
- Barrie Mosque
- Barrie Public Library, Downtown Branch
- Barrie Simcoe Emergency Services Campus
- Barrie South Simcoe Metis Council
- Barrie Visitor Information Centre
- Barrie's Waterfront
- Canadian Musicians Co-operative
- Collier Street United Church
- Grey & Simcoe Foresters Regimental Museum
- J'adore Fine Cheese, Chocolate & WIne
- Just Some Noise
- MacLaren Art Centre
- McFinn's Traditional Irish Pub
- Meet at Meridian Place
- Military Heritage Park
- Spare Room
- The Arts House
Sites and businesses offering a unique visitor experience were invited to apply to participate in Doors Open Barrie by July 21, 2025, to be considered.
About Doors Open
Doors Open is an Ontario Heritage Trust program that invites communities across the province to open the doors, gates and courtyards of their unique and most fascinating cultural sites so residents and visitors can see inside! It’s a chance to explore Ontario’s heritage treasures at free public events across the province.
The program was launched in 2002 to create access, awareness and excitement about the province’s heritage and it provides unique opportunities to explore and enjoy some of the most interesting places in Ontario cities, towns and villages.