Discover Toronto's Railway Heritage!
Doors Open Toronto 2024
May 25 @ 10:00 am - May 26 @ 5:00 pm
Join us on Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26 for Doors Open Toronto!
Doors Open Toronto showcases some of the most architecturally, historically, culturally, and socially significant buildings across the city, including the John Street Roundhouse. Since 2002, TRM has hosted an open house in Roundhouse Park and the John Street Roundhouse. We’re looking forward to celebrating the kick-off of our summer season with you! Stop by for a visit and to meet some of our wonderful volunteers.
WHAT’S ON
What does Doors Open look like at the Toronto Railway Museum?
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- Free admission: Visitors can visit the museum inside Stall 17 of the John Street Roundhouse for free all weekend!
- Model Train Show: Local model train groups display their train layouts in Stall 15 of the Roundhouse
- Friends and Partners: Visit our friends at their booths in Stall 15. Operation Lifesaver Canada, artist Joseph Zhuang, and more!
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- Guided Tours: Doors Open volunteers will lead short ~20 minute outdoor tours for the public that highlight the architecture of the John Street Roundhouse.
- Museum Store: The museum store inside Don Station will be open during operating hours; visitors can shop for books, toys and games, and railway merchandise. Stop by to check out the special Doors Open offers – only available this weekend!
- Mini Train: The Mini Train will be running Doors Open weekend! Mini Train rides are separately ticketed and will operate weather permitting. Buy tickets at Don Station
- Park Animation: Depending on restoration volunteer availability, interactive activities like turntable or hand cart rides may be offered
- More activities to come, stay tuned!
2024 THEME
We’re excited to connect with this year’s Doors Open theme, Hidden Histories. Toronto’s railway past can be experienced first-hand at the John Street Roundhouse. Visitors can explore exhibits highlighting Toronto’s railway workers past and present, and learn more about life at the Roundhouse on a guided tour.
Under the streets, behind closed doors and in our own backyards lays another Toronto; a city filled with Hidden Histories. From ancient Indigenous footpaths along the shoreline of glacial Lake Iroquois, to lost rivers, to Canada’s oldest surviving queer space, the story of Toronto is one told through its many pasts and voices. For Doors Open Toronto 2024, visitors will engage with the forgotten or often-overlooked sites and stories of Toronto.
