page_title: Open House New York
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Open House New York / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Howard Gilman Opera House, Peter Jay Sharp Building, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York City. Site: Brooklyn Academy of Music
context_page_description: Open House New York is a cultural nonprofit organization that holds annual Doors Open Days. It was founded in 2001 in New York City.
context_section_description: The first-ever OHNY Weekend took place on October 11 and 12, 2003.
  The 7th Annual OHNY Weekend was held on October 10 and 11 in 2009. It had 185,000 visitors to 192 sites. OHNY offered 130 free of charge tours, workshops and onsite talks. 125 art, civic, educational and cultural organizations and 70 architecture and design firms participated. They opened their studios and project spaces to the public for interactive discussions.  Media highlights included The Architects newspaper, Metropolis, MSNBC New York Living, New York Magazine, The New York Daily News The New York Post, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time Out New York, Vanity Fair, NY1 TV WNBC-TV, WABC-TV and WFUV.
  The 8th Annual Weekend was held on October 9 and 10, 2010.
  The 9th was October 15 and 16, 2011 with a $5 charge for those sites that require reservations.
  The 10th was Oct 6 and 7, 2012, without charge.
  The 11th was Oct 12 and 13, 2013.
  The 12th was Oct 11 and 12, 2014.
  The 13th was Oct 17 and 18, 2015. It included a photo contest in partnership with Wikipedia. Three prizes were awarded.
  The 14th was Oct 15 and 16, 2016. It included another photo contest with Wikipedia.
  The 15th was Oct 14 and 15, 2017
  The 16th was Oct 12 — 14, 2018
  The 17th was Oct 18 — 20, 2019
caption: OHNY gives visitors the opportunity to explore many sites, including the Howard Gilman Opera House, shown here photographed during OHNY 2016.
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