Museums in Toronto

Ontario Science Centre

Popular interactive exhibits on science & technology, plus touring shows & an IMAX cinema.

Toronto Railway Museum

Indoor-outdoor museum for local railroad history featuring vintage locomotives & a train simulator.

Montgomery's Inn

Georgian-style tavern from the 1830s, now displaying period pieces & hosting a farmers' market.

Spadina Museum

Heritage home demonstrating domestic life in the 1920s & '30s, plus a Victorian-Edwardian garden.

Todmorden Mills Heritage Site

Restored 19th-century buildings, including 2 residences & a brewery, plus a wildflower preserve.

Gardiner Museum

Besides exhibits, this ceramics museum offers classes, lectures & tours, plus a bistro & gift shop.

Arcadia Earth Toronto

Aga Khan Museum

Museum noted for its bright white, contemporary architecture & exhibits tracing Islamic culture.

Museum of Illusions Toronto

Small museum with optical illusions & holograms for selfies, plus logic games & a vortex tunnel.

Campbell House Museum

Tours of this 1822 mansion, decorated in period furniture, offer insight into early life in Toronto.

Prehistoria Museum & SkullStore Oddity Shop

Royal Ontario Museum

Sprawling natural history & world cultures galleries, plus dinosaur fossil skeletons.

Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada

Modern works by new & established artists are on display at this leading international art gallery.

The Village at Black Creek

1800s village featuring period buildings, artifacts, costumed guides & educational programs.

Textile Museum of Canada

Displays on historic & ethnographic fabrics, plus contemporary art & hands-on exhibits.

Mackenzie House

19th-century row house museum dedicated to historic politician & publisher William Lyon Mackenzie.

Casa Loma

Grand 1914 castle featuring regular tours & gardens that are open seasonally.

Bata Shoe Museum

The 4,500-year history of footwear is explored through hundreds of shoes such as specialty clogs.

Art Gallery of Ontario

Large gallery with huge Canadian collection, European masterworks & a major Frank Gehry renovation.

Gibson House Museum

1851 home built by one of Toronto's early surveyors, with tours, croquet & a community quilt group.