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      Torontonians have a long and happy tradition of heading north to cottage country during the long, hot days of summer. This virtual exhibit explores cottage-related items from our Special Collections.

      This exhibition commemorates the 60th anniversary of VE Day, the end of the war in Europe. The exhibit of colour posters, unique ephemera, manuscripts, books, periodicals and photographs from the collections of the Toronto Public Library is dedicated to those who served their country at home and abroad.

      Come explore the Curator’s Showcase. We have digitized seven treasures from the Toronto Public Library’s rich and varied special collections, and added pictures, maps, notes and more. Four original Dumbells scripts are presented from Toronto Reference Library’s manuscript collections relating to the performing arts in Canada.

      The exhibition features prints from the library’s rare first edition of Audubon's Birds of America and Audubon stamps from around the world. Includes the Canada Post design process used to transform a print into a stamp and commemorates Canada's first Audubon stamp series.

      In celebration of Toronto Reference Library’s 30th year, the library presented a gallery exhibition featuring highlights from its special collections. Beginning in the late nineteenth century and developed over time, the collections represent a public legacy that reveal a great diversity of focus, form, age and content. From TD Gallery ...

      Selected from Toronto Public Library’s rare books, original art and postcard collections, this virtual exhibit features prints from Audubon’s Quadrupeds, images of wild and domestic animals as well as animals at play.

      The role that railways have played in the history and development of Toronto is celebrated with a train tour, an online gallery and some interactive “fun and games.”

      Artifacts, artwork and documents illustrating ten thousand years of the city’s history are presented in five timelines from 8000 BCE to the present day.

      For the serious scholar or the young at heart, the exhibition features the history of children's pop-up and other movable books, 1771 to 2001, from the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books.

      Books, maps and prints from the Library’s collections, dating from 1578 to 1907, document 300 years of Arctic exploration, from Sir Martin Frobisher’s discovery of Baffin Island in 1576 to the first navigation of the Northwest Passage by Roald Amundsen in 1903-5.

      Footprints of the Hound celebrates the centenary of the re-emergence of Sherlock Holmes in Hound of the Baskervilles, and the thirtieth anniversary of the opening to the public of Toronto Reference Library's Arthur Conan Doyle Collection.

      An exhibition celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection at the Toronto Public Library. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes, but he was also the author of many other works and one of the best known public figures ...

      Henry Langley (1836-1907) was a Toronto-born architect. During an impressive career spanning over forty years, Langley designed more than seventy churches throughout Ontario, approximately a quarter of them in Toronto alone, as well as many handsome commercial buildings and lavish private homes. From TD Gallery exhibition held April 28 - ...

      An exhibition of designs, photographs, costumes, props and prints to celebrate 20 years of design by Opera Atelier. The exhibition traces the company's design process beginning with Orfeo in 1986, followed by Pygmalion, Persée, The Magic Flute, Médée, Iphigénie en Tauride and Armide and more.

      A celebration of Canadian picture book art, featuring more than 50 original book illustrations from The Osborne Collection of Early Children’s Books, Toronto Public Library. This virtual exhibit highlights Canadian book illustration at its most imaginative, colourful and audacious!

      Book illustrations and bookplates designed by Group of Seven artists J.E.H. MacDonald and A.Y. Jackson are examined in this virtual exhibit. Also includes biographical information and commentary on the designs.

      This exhibition features materials from the Toronto Reference Library, the Archives of Ontario and the City of Toronto Archives. Ontario's history is brought to life through the eyes of a new settler to Upper Canada, a working child at the turn of the century, and a 1950s family.

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      At the time of Confederation in 1867, the maple leaf as a symbol of Canadian patriotism was relatively new. At a public meeting in August, 1860, a group of Toronto citizens, planning for the upcoming Royal Visit of the Prince of Wales, decided to identify themselves as native-born Canadians by ...

      Early Toronto residents, politicians and local entrepreneurs transformed the City by creating public gardens and offering services and supplies to the gardening industry. As a result of their efforts, nineteenth century Toronto emerged as a more liveable community and a popular tourist attraction.