Downtown Toronto Tour | by Tour Guys
Free: All time Starting at Union Station, the primary hub of Toronto transit and busiest train station in Canada, this 90-minute walking tour heads north into The Financial District. Walking past the tallest skyscrapers in Canada and the headquarters of...
The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery
Free: All time The Power Plant is one of Canada’s leading public galleries devoted to contemporary art. As a non-collecting art gallery, The Power Plant has presented new and recent work by numerous Canadian artists along with their international peers....
The Bata Shoe Museum
Free: Thursdays 5pm – 8pm At the Bata shoe Museum, over a thousand shoes and related artefacts (from a collection numbering over 13,000) are on exhibit in architect Raymond Moriyama’s award-winning five floor structure. The Museum celebrates the style and...
Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)
Free: Wednesdays 6pm – 8:30pm The new Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is Toronto-born Frank Gehry’s first building in Canada and marks the very place where he made the initial connection between art and architecture. Hallmarks of his AGO design...
Steinway & Sons Piano Factory Tour
Free: Every Tuesdays 9:30am – 12pm Rated by Forbes as one of the top 3 factory tours in the country, Steinway & Sons piano factory tour allows visitor to witness the entire process of creating a piano. The 2.5 hour...
The Elevator Historical Society Museum
Free: All time (by appointment only) Tucked away in the industrial neighbourhood of Queens, the Elevator Historical Society Museum focuses on, well, elevators and their history. The man behind the dedication is Patrick Carrajat – one of the most respected...
Secret “Museum” in an Abandoned Elevator Shaft
Free: All time Simply named as “Museum”, the location of of this museum is just as inconspicuous as its name. Housed inside the ground floor of an abandoned elevator shaft in a quiet alleyway, the Museum is basically a one-room...
DePaul University Art Museum
Free: All time The DePaul University Art Museum is a 15,000 square-foot building on the university’s Lincoln Park campus. The museum offers a wide variety of special exhibitions in all media throughout the year including paintings, sculpture, printmaking and installation....
City Gallery at the Historic Water Tower
Free: All time The City Gallery at the Historic Water Tower is located inside the old Chicago Water Tower. The tower gained its fame when it survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. It is also the second-oldest water tower...
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Free: All time Founded by Columbia College Chicago in 1976, the museum collaborates with artists, photographers, communities, and institutions locally, nationally, and internationally. As the leading photography museum in the Midwest, presenting projects and exhibitions and acquiring works that embrace...
