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Aberdeen Doors Open Day 2018

Doors Open Day is an annual event whereby public and private buildings are open to the general public, allowing an intriguing insight into worlds usually behind “closed doors.” A sleeping history is revealed in one breathtaking trip through time, secret doors to the past, an Aberdeen textbook come to life.

We started at the Town House archives, entering a universe of ancient script, treasures in ink and yesterdays on yellowed manuscripts.

Next we explored the Town House and its delightful Bon Accord Room that takes you back to Victorian times, with ornate chandeliers and an intricately decorated ceiling. Bon Accord is Aberdeen City’s motto and is French for “Good Agreement”.

The spiral Town House stairs; a statue of Queen Victoria is below.

Finally we visited the Advocates Library, used by members of the legal profession in Aberdeen and its environs. Again the architecture was stunning, a sensory feast for the soul. The Library combines treatises with tranquillity, a perfect environment for study or contemplation, an oasis of learned peace in the centre of Aberdeen.