Art Gallery of Ontario

The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is a large art museum in downtown Toronto, on Dundas Street West in the Grange Park neighbourhood. Its collection includes over 120,000 works from Canadian, First Nations, Inuit, African, European, and Oceanic artists. The museum complex includes The Grange, a historic 1817 Georgian manor, and a modern building designed in part by Frank Gehry.

Don't miss

• The world's largest collection of Henry Moore sculptures, housed in the Henry Moore Sculpture Centre.
• The Grange, a historic 1817 Georgian manor that is the oldest part of the museum complex.
• European paintings including Rubens' 'The Massacre of the Innocents'.
• A great Canadian paintings exhibit.
• The Frank Gehry–designed expansion, which added distinctive architecture to the museum.

Tickets & tours

Ways to visit Art Gallery of Ontario

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Getting there

Know before you go

• The museum complex covers 45,000 square metres, with 12,000 square metres of dedicated gallery space.
• Grange Park, a 1.8-hectare municipal park, is located directly south of The Grange.

A bit of history

Founded in 1900 as the Art Museum of Toronto by private citizens, it was renamed the Art Gallery of Toronto in 1919 and the Art Gallery of Ontario in 1966. The museum acquired The Grange in 1911 and opened it as its first permanent building in 1913. Major expansions followed, including a 2004–2008 redevelopment by Frank Gehry, his first work in Canada.