Fire stations, castles, churches and basements across Dundee were all open to the general public over the weekend for this year’s Doors Open Days.
Over 30 landmarks from across the city threw open their doors and welcomed people in with tours and talks.
Prominent buildings included Dundee Rep, Maggie’s Centre, Scotland’s Jute Museum at Verdant Works, the Vine Meeting Room and Dundee University.
Doors Open Days in Dundee is organised by the university’s public outreach team and the campus hosted a family fun day at the Dalhousie Building with tours of various buildings offering a chance to find out about the research, cultural and creative endeavours at the university.
Dr Jon Urch, public outreach coordinator, said this year’s event had a particular focus on the creative arts as Dundee bids to be named UK City of Culture 2017.
He said: “Visitors were able to view murals from renowned Scottish artist Alberto Morocco and tour the award-winning Vanilla Ink studios, home to some of Scotland’s most exciting new jewellers.
“Backstage tours at the Dundee Rep and Little Theatre allowed people to see the stage sets, expansive wardrobes and other behind-the-scenes activity.”
Dr Urch was also pleased to welcome back the Royal Tay Yacht Club and Morgan Academy which he said was really popular last year.
“It’s a really imposing building and it was actually the front cover of our brochure this year,” he said.
One building with a medieval past proved a real hit.
Dr Urch said: “The Shore took people down into the underground basements where they have medieval warehouses and those tours sold out.”
Another building offering a chance to connect with the Middle Ages was the City Churches.
Staff from Leisure and Culture Dundee’s museum services offered people the chance to watch as they began scanning gravestones thought to date back to the 13th Century.
These stones were found during renovations of the East Church in the 19th Century.
And members of the public are being encouraged to connect with the ongoing project and vote for which of the eight stones they would like to see on permanent display in the McManus.
Doors Open Days take place throughout Scotland every September.
Dr Urch said: “It’s tremendously important for Dundee to be part of it.
“We’ve got some fantastic buildings with wonderful architecture and I don’t think visitors and people who live in the city always recognise the variety of architecture.“It’s good to take time out and just look up. I enjoy looking at them and being involved in Doors Open Days.”