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ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM SALVAGES BLUE WHALE CARCASS – NOT A JOB FOR THE SQUEAMISH
A dead blue whale was washed ashore at TROUT RIVER, Newfoundland this past week. The locals were understandably alarmed that this mammoth creature – the world’s largest mammal – could explode,...
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TORONTO DID US PROUD DURING ‘THE GREAT WAR’, 1914-18; NEW EXHIBIT AT THE...
The MARKET GALLERY, on the second floor of St. Lawrence Market South, is a city-run museum which consistently mounts superb exhibitions. Their latest – “Toronto Does Her Bit” – explores the texture of...
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THE AGA KHAN’S GIFT TO TORONTO (AND CANADA) IS NOW OPEN @ 77 WYNFORD DRIVE
The first museum in North America devoted to Islamic Arts and culture has opened in an unlikely place – on a hillock beside the Don Valley Parkway in the middle of suburbia. The AGA KHAN, spiritual...
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MOSES ZNAIMER’S NEW TELEVISION MUSEUM IS A “TECHNO TEMPLE FOR THE AGES”
There’s nothing like it in New York or Los Angeles. The MZTV Museum of Television and Archive, 64 Jefferson Street in Liberty Village, is without equal when it comes to the history of the “box”....
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TORONTO’S SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED MUSEUMS – CHECK ‘EM OUT
The Art Gallery of Ontario – http://www.ago.net – and the Royal Ontario Museum – http://www.rom.ca – are TORONTO’s two largest art galleries and museums. But several medium-sized galleries dot the...
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TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD SHOWS OFF ITS VAST ARCHIVE IN A NEW EAST-END...
Over a very long time the TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD (TDSB) has assembled a priceless collection of objects, art and artifacts, focused on the history of public schooling and the city itself. Now,...
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BUT ALL IS NOT LOST – TORONTO ALSO HOSTS A SUPERB “TECHNO TEMPLE FOR THE AGES”
The MZTV Museum of Television & Archive is a creation of broadcast mogul MOSES ZNAIMER. There’s nothing like it in New York or Los Angeles. Mr. Znaimer, an on-air television veteran himself, has...
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TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL’S MUSEUM SHOWS OFF A PRICELESS COLLECTION OF ART,...
Over many decades the TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD (TDSB) has been assembling a vast archive on the history of schools and schooling, and of the city itself. Free of charge, the public can peruse...
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THE SPADINA MUSEUM, 285 SPADINA ROAD, IS A VICTORIAN HOUSE IN AN EDWARDIAN...
The Spadina (Spa-dee-na) Museum, 285 Spadina (Spa-dye-na) Road, sits atop Davenport Hill. One of several museums operated by the City of TORONTO, the house was built in 1866. Its interior is furnished...
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MACKENZIE HOUSE, 82 BOND STREET, WAS HOME TO TORONTO’S FIRST MAYOR – AND A REBEL
William Lyon MacKenzie was an outspoken newspaper editor, a leader of the 1837 Upper Canadian Rebellion, and following a sojourn in the United States – our city’s first mayor. Located in downtown...
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