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A Guide to City of Toronto Museums
As City-operated heritage sites face the budget axe today, we present a guide to those currently presenting Toronto's past.
Colborne Lodge, 1912. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1231, Item 87.
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- Colborne Lodge, 1912. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1231, Item 87.
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- Photo by Stephanie Fysh from the Torontoist Flickr Pool.
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- Gibson House, circa 1967. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 217, Series 249, File 90.
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- Image courtesy Historic Zion Schoolhouse.
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- Photo by BruceK from the Torontoist Flickr Pool.
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- Photo by Jamie Bradburn/Torontoist.
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- Cornell House. Photo by Jamie Bradburn/Torontoist.
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- Photo by labonny from the Torontoist Flickr Pool.
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- Photo by Still The Oldie from the Torontoist Flickr Pool.
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- Photo by Jamie Bradburn/Torontoist.
In the ongoing battle over Toronto’s future, today is a critical day for reminders of its past. City council will vote on a proposal to close city-operated museums with low attendance and little financial reward, one that the City’s Executive Committee approved last week. Hanging in the balance are heritage sites with roots that go back to Toronto’s beginnings. As a statement in an email sent by Heritage Toronto last Wednesday pointed out, these museums “are the repository of our collective heritage. Destroy them and you destroy the DNA of who we are and how we got here.”
And so, a field guide to the 10 museums the city currently operates. Just click on the image above to get started.
