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The museum, originally known as the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), was founded from the former Art Gallery of North York in 1999. [4] In 2005, MOCCA relocated to a repurposed textile factory in the West Queen West Art + Design District in downtown Toronto. [5]
The permanent collection originates from the personal collection started by Robert and Signe McMichael in 1955; who later donated it to the province of Ontario in 1965. [5] At the time the McMichaels donated their collection, it contained 187 works. [27] The museum has since expanded this collection to include 6,500 works as of December 2017.
The museum's collection of footwear originated from the personal collections of Sonja Bata, started in the mid-1940s. In 1979, Bata provided an endowment to create the Bata Shoe Museum Foundation, with the aim of having the collection professionally managed, and to establish a shoe museum to house, store, and exhibit the collection.
Myseum of Toronto is a "pop-up" museum that provides exhibitions throughout the Greater Toronto Area, and does not have a physical location. It attempts to celebration the evolution of local communities, cultures, and urban and natural spaces of Toronto. [47] Theatre Museum Canada presently hosts travelling exhibits in various venues in Toronto ...
The collection was acquired by the museum for $300,000, most if which was provided by 27 donors from Toronto's Caribbean community. [93] The Montgomery Collection is the largest collection of its kind outside the Caribbean. [ 93 ]
The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery is a Canadian public art gallery located at Harbourfront Centre in the heart of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.The Gallery is a registered Canadian charitable organization.
The international section of the collection was donated by Kenny in 1993. In addition, there is a collection of etchings by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677) from the collection of Sidney Thomson Fisher. The collection consists of etching plates, original prints and published works by Wenceslaus Hollar. [11] The library has a collection of 500 ...
The Toronto Reference Library from Yonge Street and Asquith Avenue in 2006, prior to its 2009–14 renovation and expansion. From 2009 to 2014, the Toronto Reference Library building underwent a C$34 million renovation of its building. [2] The library interior was used as a filming location for Red in 2010.