During Doors Open, the 1st Hussars Regiment and the 1st Hussars Cavalry Troop will have interactive outdoor displays as well as tours and stories told about the displays within the museum. All of this activity will include examples of how food was provided to the Regiment over the years, including during the Great War and the Second World War.

During Doors Open, 427 Wing will explore the food theme with presentations on rationing that occurred during the First and Second World Wars, meals for servicemen, home-front recipes when ingredients were scarce, demands on Canadian farmers to increase agricultural yields, local and national plans to harvest crops after farmers enlisted, and the recruitment of farm girls or Farmerettes.

This year’s guided walking tour will follow a food-to-table theme — exploring the city's gastronomical roots and telling the stories of restaurants, past and present, and their diverse cuisines. Participants will also visit Covent Garden Market as the historical food distribution source for restaurants and home cooking. Presented by the Architectural Conservancy Ontario London Region Branch.

Good cuisine begins with farming. For over 200 years, the Brick Street Cemetery has served the rural farming community that was Westminster Township. In fact, most of those buried here were farmers. A visit to the cemetery will engage the visitor with the earliest pioneer farmers in the London area, their farming practices, challenges, hardships, lasting contributions and legacies.

Canada Life — an insurance company and presenting sponsor of Doors Open London — opens its doors for people to visit the cafeteria that has nourished employees since 1951. Learn about the evolution of their corporate kitchen, explore new food offerings, and learn about employee wellness initiatives. See the Selwyn Dewdney mural, which graces the cafeteria bulkhead, and the new lobby display!

Visitors to the Clayworx Ceramic Arts Learning Centre will learn about the fascinating history of pottery and bricks in the area. There will be wheel demonstrations, clay activities for children and guided tours of the building to learn about its history. Learn how renovations from 2008-13 and in 2022 transformed the building into a fully accessible and spectacular arts facility.

Originally the Somerville Box Factory and later the O-Pee-Chee Candy Factory, this impressive turn-of-the-century yellow brick building has been converted into a multi-use space. Activities offered during Doors Open include: a hands-on cupcake-making activity at Roots 8, and a kitchen tour and cookie decorating session at Baker's Table & Pastry Co. Bring your appetite!

Virtually unchanged since the 19th century, this is London’s oldest residence, with family heirlooms and furnishings from the Harris Family. During Doors Open, you can take a self-guided tour of the house and grounds, and enjoy outdoor activities, including Victorian lawn games for families and children. The museum will also have a display of food-related items from the collection.

During Doors Open London at Fanshawe Pioneer Village, you will have the chance to learn about their heritage and cuisine through historical baking demonstrations, presentations about the food ways of the past, tours of a hearth kitchen, tours of wood stove kitchens, presentations about historical kitchen gardens, and take-home recipe cards with instructions for cooking original recipes from long ago!

The Heritage London Foundation will be offering activities including tours of the Grosvenor Lodge historical site with its 1950s kitchen, Victorian dining room and exterior gardens and structures. Recipes that would have been used in the 1850s will also be highlighted and demonstrations on preserving fresh produce will occur. Children can enjoy games and activities on the spacious grounds.

Join the Hamilton Road Business Improvement Area for a one-of-a-kind three-hour bus tour of Hamilton Road, allowing you to see the extraordinary tree trunk sculptures along the Hamilton Road corridor, each with its own unique story. As part of this tour, you will also sample the international flavours, sights, sounds, history and culture of this vibrant community. Learn more here.

Come and visit HDR London's design studio to tour a busy practice and talk to team members about architecture and design. Learn about the design process for commercial and institutional projects and participate in conversations around how architectural design impacts their lives. Also, visiting children will have the opportunity to participate in a design competition themed around design and food.

To celebrate this year’s Doors Open theme, Ivey alumni will be onsite to share stories behind their food and drink businesses. You’ll have the opportunity to meet a diverse group of entrepreneurs offering products from coffee and custom-made chocolates to Asian-fusion foods and boozy beverages. Samples will be offered, as well as products made available for purchase.

During Doors Open, there is much to discover here! Explore a working aircraft hangar, interact with historical aircrafts, learn about the science of flight with demonstrations in the schoolroom, experience a flight simulator, sit in the cockpit of a Cold War-era jet and wooden Dash-8 mock-up, and explore post-war cuisine through vintage cookbooks.

The London’s Children’s Museum curates powerful play experiences through immersive environments, authentic materials and meaningful relationships. This year, for Doors Open, you can enjoy nine interactive exhibits. In addition, experience programming that highlights the many varieties of apple found in Southwestern Ontario. Try out a traditional apple press, test your taste buds and explore inside their early-years sensory space.

Come and enjoy a journey of the senses! Begin with a visual scavenger hunt for food-themed items throughout their exhibitions and collections. Draw, paint and present your favourite dish on the community tablescape at The Centre at the Forks, the museum’s newly renovated community space. There are many activities offered by Museum London during Doors Open.

Come and learn about the history and ecology of beekeeping from London’s learning apiary. Wander the archaeological grounds of this 500-year-old Indigenous village, explore the plants and animals in Medway Valley Heritage Forest, and learn more about how humans have always shaped and controlled their environments through processes such as agricultural domestication to create culinary foods and byproducts.

This museum is dedicated to preserving the experiences, artifacts and history of the men and women who helped build, develop, operate and maintain Canadian radar. Learn about the history of radar in Canada through exhibitions, programming and public research facilities. Doors Open visitors will also learn the culinary experiences of radar personnel from fine dining to field rations.

Visit this farm and learn about urban agriculture, ecological restoration and beekeeping. Activities include farm tours, guided vegetable harvesting and a tour of the beehives. Make and bring home a seed bomb filled with native pollinator plants and participate in a fun scavenger hunt. Also, the market stand will be open with vegetables, herbs and flowers to purchase both days.