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Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada

  • Address 317 Dundas Street West
    Toronto, ON M5T 1G4
    Canada
  • Phone number+1 877 225 4246
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  • Neighborhood : Chinatown
    http://www.ago.net/
  • Tue from 10:00 AM to 05:30 PM,Wed to Fri from 10:00 AM to 08:30 PM,Sat to Sun from 10:00 AM to 05:30 PM

The new and renovated Art Gallery of Ontario holds permanent collection of art in different mediums be it paintings, sculpture or collections of historic artifacts. This art gallery in Chinatown district is one of Canada's largest fine art museums. You can view exhibits, including the 19th-century Impressionists, Henry Moore and an exclusive Canadian collection of paintings by the famous Group of Seven. In all, there is a permanent collection of over 24,000 works representing 1,000 years of European, Canadian and contemporary art. Facilities include a gift shop, restaurant and a family-oriented activity center.

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Trip Advisor Reviews ( 8 Reviews see all ) Top

“Gehry Redo is Outstanding”

 by  MobileResident  on  2008-12-27

I had a great visit to the AGO earlier this month and I think that the redesign by Gehry makes this a wonderful venue to visit. The main collec...

“Don't go until reonvations are done!”

 by  MandiM  on  2006-11-12

This museum is going through a major renovation. For $5 per person, we were disappointed. I would say there were about 5 exhibits on two floors...

“Waste of time!”

 by  monmon  on  2006-08-25

Small gallary with nothing much to see.......car park beside the gallery was flat $15. Parked at the meter across the street for a hour but onl...

“Not worth the car park fee.”

 by  A TripAdvisor Member  on  2006-04-16

Only one interesting small gallery and that was a temporary exhibit during the major renovations taking place. Not worth a visit until rebuild ...

“Just know it's under construction”

 by  nycdannyboy  on  2005-11-11

I was in Toronto overnight on a Thursday and read that the AGO was open until 9PM that eve (and, I think, Wed eve as well?). I knew that the mu...

“disappointed...Wait til construction is done”

 by  GA Jule  on  2005-08-10

the museum is undergoing construction and renovations. They have a few peices on display on the first floor and the sculpture gallery open on t...

Yahoo Travel Reviews ( 4 Reviews ) Top

still worth seeing!

 by  Katydid  on  2007-05-26

Yes, the exhibitions are very limited because of the construction, but I thought that the Henry Moore exhibit by itself was worth the reduced a...

do not go to Art Gallery of Ontario

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2006-08-11

The gallery is currently under construction and has very limited viewing. It is not worth the price of admission and it should not be included ...

Great Canadian Art

 by  Glen Farrelly  on  2005-08-10

The AGO is currently in the midst of a huge expansion project (by Frank Gehry) so less than a quarter of the collection is now on display. Howe...

AGO

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2004-10-27

Special exhititions unparalled...particulary exhibits from the Hermitage. I plan on travelling to Toronto for each of the special exhibits pro...

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