Doors Open Richmond returns in person and online, June 2 to 5
Richmond Museum’s 15th event features 35 sites representing the city’s cultural diversity and heritage
Branscombe House.
Richmond Museum presents Doors Open Richmond at various venues and online from June 2 to 5
RICHMOND IS ONE of the most diverse cities in Canada, with more than 60 percent of residents born outside of the country, according to Jaeden Dela Torre, vice-chair of the Richmond Museum Society.
Back for its 15th year, Doors Open Richmond (DOR) is a free, in-person and online event featuring 35 sites representing the city’s cultural diversity and rich heritage, including 21 that will welcome visitors in-person. There are also five venues that are participating in DOR for the first time.
“Doors Open Richmond is a chance to celebrate this diversity and a way to bring together the many communities that comprise the city,” Dela Torre says in a release. “The event offers the public an inclusive platform to become more familiar with our local businesses, organizations, museums, places of worship, and more. Doors Open Richmond celebrates the very essence that makes this city a welcoming place to live.”
Among the 2022 highlights of particular appeal to culture vultures are tours of Saint Germain Bakery’s central facility, where the cake- and pastry-making magic happens. Richmond Media Lab will show how to bring drawings and figurines to life using through stop-motion technology. Family-run Anar Persian Cuisine restaurant will offer a taste of Persian food, customs, and traditions.
Anar Persian Cuisine.
Other in-person sites include Branscombe House, Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site, Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond Museum, Richmond Public Art, Steveston Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, and the Blue Cabin Floating Artist Residency.
The online component (from June 2 at richmondmuseum.ca/doors-open) features Immigrant Services Society of BC, London Farm Heritage Site, Sea Island Heritage Society, Vancouver International Buddhist Progress Society, and more.
The local event is part of the Doors Open Canada program.
Most in-person programs require advance registration, with some sites offering drop-in activities.
More information is at richmondmuseum.ca/doors-open.
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