The Gasworks, a community centre for the arts and education, was repurposed by the John and Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation. On Saturday at 10 a.m., watch the Hamilton Music Collective rehearsing the Jambassadors. Other tenants include RE-Create (with paintings on display), the Hamilton Youth Steel Orchestra and Chorus Hamilton. Architect Bill Curran leads a tour on Sunday at 3 p.m.

Join us on this walking tour of Gore Park and surrounding area, focusing on the buildings, architects, history and legends. This is the spot where the City of Hamilton began. Tours will be conducted by Bill King, long-time leader of Downtown Hamilton Walking Tours. Meet in the park at King Street East and John Street South.

Join Dundas resident Stan Nowak for an engaging walking tour along King and Hatt streets. Starting around 1800, Dundas became a major manufacturing centre in Ontario. By the mid-19th-century, it was also a major shipping point. Since then, an impressive residential area has grown here among manufacturing establishments, tanneries, textile producers and foundries. Learn more through this informative walking tour.

Indwell will be incorporating elements of the original stone house, currently enveloped by additions to the Wentworth Baptist Church, in their new affordable-housing building, the Stonehouse Apartments. During Doors Open, come and tour the site to see the house (c. 1870s) and church sanctuary (c. 1924), which will be retrofitted, plus an aerial video that explains the site’s upcoming transformation.

The Whitehern Historic House and Garden is a mid-19th-century urban estate maintained by the McQuesten family for three generations. It was built in 1848 with a 1930s addition. The home includes original family furnishings from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian eras in the context of Thomas B. McQuesten’s career in 1939. Visitors can explore period rooms through guided tours.

The style and construction of the Custom House, one of Canada’s oldest remaining federal public buildings, reflect the rise of Hamilton as a major railway and port. Often cited as one of Hamilton’s foremost architectural landmarks, it currently houses the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre, a community museum dedicated to celebrating all working people through art, history and culture.