Doors Open Day at Orkney Museum this Saturday
Date: 14 September 2021
This Saturday 18 September is Doors Open Day at the Orkney Museum.
Local poet, Lydia Harris, will be reading her poetry inspired by artefacts on display in the museum.
'Bells and Bonnets: a short reading of poems in response to some of the museum’s treasures' will take place besides the subjects of the poems.
The event is live and will be repeated twice, at 11:00 and 14:00.
Sessions will be about 45 minutes long, with the chance to chat to Lydia about her poetry and to ask questions. The event is free. Please gather in the courtyard at the Orkney Museum, Tankerness House, a few minutes before the event starts.
More about Doors Open Day:
Doors Open Days is Scotland’s largest free festival that celebrates heritage and the built environment. It offers free access to over a thousand venues across the country each September.
The aim of Doors Open Days is to ensure that Scotland’s spaces and stories, new and old, are made accessible to people living and visiting the country.
It is coordinated nationally by the Scottish Civic Trust and is part of European Heritage Days alongside Scottish Archaeology Month, coordinated by Archaeology Scotland. Both are supported by Historic Environment Scotland.
Regional coordinators create and manage local programmes and work for a variety of local authorities, civic trusts and heritage organisations.
Visit the national Doors Open Day website www.doorsopendays.org.uk
