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Reflecting some 600 years of human creative endeavor, the gallery’s permanent collection contains more than 38,000 works in all media. The Canadian collection is particularly impressive (see Art Gallery of Ontario).

Oldest remaining building (1822) in the city (see Campbell House).

Celebrates the people and programs of Canada’s national broadcaster.

Located in the magnificent former Toronto Stock Exchange building, an Art Deco gem built in 1937, this center celebrates postwar Canadian design. Furniture, housewares, sportsgear, and medical equipment are among the items in the permanent collection and highlight the role of design in daily life. The center also hosts major national and international exhibitions. A gorgeous mural on the upstairs Trading Floor depicts Canadian industrial themes (see Design Exchange).

The only museum in North America devoted solely to ceramics was founded in 1984 by private Canadian collectors George and Helen Gardiner to showcase their extraordinary collection of pre-Columbian American pottery and European porcelain. Recent additions include Asian ceramics and contemporary artwork (see Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art).

Elegant 1851 Georgian farmhouse (see Gibson House Museum).

Unrivaled collection of Group of Seven paintings (see Hudson’s Bay Company Gallery).

Home of Toronto’s first mayor (1834) (see Mackenzie House).

The outstanding Group of Seven collection is the treasure of this gallery. The Group endeavored, in the early 20th century, to express a distinctive national identity through their paintings of the Canadian wilderness (see McMichael Canadian Art Collection).