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Royal
Ontario Museum
Explore
the world at the Royal Ontario Museum—Canada's largest museum
of world cultures and natural history. With six million objects
in the ROM's collections, there's something new to discover
around every corner. Explore an exceptional array of themed
galleries throughout the Museum, spanning both world cultures
and natural history. With six million objects in the ROM’s
collections, there’s something new to discover around every
corner. In addition to numerous permanent galleries, the ROM
showcases a variety of changing special exhibitions.
100 Queen's
Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada
Tel: 416-586-8000
Ontario
Science Centre
With nine
exhibition halls, they've got something for all ages!
In the
Science Arcade you can: Take your brain on a virtual spin
in the Rotating Room... Pedal your way to fame on a bicycle
generator that powers a video camera and display monitor...
Find some peace and quiet in a soundproof tunnel... Test your
dexterity by doing simple tasks—backwards in a mirror... Put
yourself in an optical illusion with our tilted room and deconstructed
ladder... Learn about sound by banging a gong, an Indonesian
Gamelan or steel drums... Get the ball rolling at the giant
Rhoads kinetic sculpture...
In the
Living Earth hall you can: Wander through a real, live Rain
Forest environment filled with plants and animals... Touch
a tornado or explore a cave... Examine reef eco-systems and
learn about the creatures that live there... Go on a virtual
flight and see the Earth from an eagle’s perspective... Take
a drinking water taste test and compare your results with
other visitors... Check out a real whale skeleton... Marvel
at our Tower of Trash and find out what you can do to help
the environment...
770 Don
Mills Rd, Toronto, Ontario M3C 1T3, Canada
Tel: 416-696-3127
Bata
Shoe Museum
Discover
the treasures of North America's unique shoe museum. Over
10,000 shoes are housed in architect Raymond Moriyama's award-winning
four-storey structure. The Museum celebrates the style and
function of footwear in four impressive galleries. Artifacts
on exhibit range from Chinese bound foot shoes and ancient
Egyptian sandals to chestnut crushing clogs and glamourous
platforms. Over 4,500 years of history and a collection of
20th century celebrity shoes are reflected in the semi-permanent
exhibition, All About Shoes. Three other galleries feature
special exhibitions.
327 Bloor
St. West, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1W7, Canada
Tel: 416-979-7799
Art
Gallery of Ontario
Founded
in 1900 by a group of private citizens as the Art Museum of
Toronto, the Art Gallery of Ontario is now the 10th largest
art museum in North America, with a physical facility of 486,000
square feet. The AGO currently has more than 40,000 works
in its collection, spanning 100 AD to present day. Highlights
include:
More than
40% of the collection vividly documents the development of
Canada’s art heritage, from pre-Confederation to current times,
including one of the largest and finest Inuit art collections
in the world. The collection includes pivotal works by Cornelius
Krieghoff, Lucius O’Brien, James Wilson Morrice, Tom Thomson,
the Group of Seven, David Milne, Emily Carr and Paul-Emile
Borduas.
Major
holdings of the work of pre-eminent Canadian artists Paterson
Ewen, Betty Goodwin, Greg Curnoe, David Blackwood, Kazuo Nakamura
and American artist Robert Motherwell.
The world’s
largest public collection of works by internationally-renowned
British sculptor Henry Moore.
Masterpieces
of European art including works by renowned artists such as
Anthony van Dyck, Thomas Gainsborough, Auguste Rodin, Claude
Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo
Picasso, and René Magritte.
A collection
of photographs representing the emergence of the medium in
its artistic, cultural and social diversity. Works by 19th
century British, French, American and Canadian photographers,
and 20th century modernists, including one of the foremost
collections of works by Josef Sudek.
A contemporary
collection illustrating the evolution of artistic movements
in Canada, the U.S. and Europe, including major works by Claes
Oldenburg, Andy Warhol, Mary Kelly, Jannis Kounellis, Jenny
Holzer, General Idea, Joanne Tod, Jeff Wall, Rebecca Belmore
and Luciano Fabro.
317 Dundas
St. West, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1G4, Canada
Tel: 416-979-6648
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