From The Fairmont Royal York Best Nearby Art Museums (Attractions & Activities) (10 Overall Closest) Metro: Toronto, ON Museum for Textiles (Attractions & Activities - Art Museums) 55 Centre Ave, Toronto  ON  M5G 2H5 • 416-599-5321 Distance: ~1.119 km         Description: DOWNTOWN. This museum deals exclusively with collecting and documenting textiles from around the world. Included in the collection are costumes, ceremonial cloths, tapestries, an African story-telling cloth, and rich embroideries. The museum also offers educational programs designed to increase public knowledge of the artifacts' cultural and historical significance. SUBWAY: Take the Yonge-University line to St. Patrick station, walk a block east on Dundas Street to Centre Avenue, then go south half a block. Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) (Attractions & Activities - Art Museums) 317 Dundas St W, Toronto  ON  M5T 1G4 • 416-979-6648 • 416-979-6649 Distance: ~1.320 km         Description: DOWNTOWN. This extensive museum is comprised of 50 galleries and represents all media and the best traditions of Western art. Its strongest collections are Impressionist paintings and the Canadian Group of Seven. The latter were a group of 1920s landscape painters who, through their use of bright colors, substantially influenced all Ontario painting. SUBWAY: Take the Yonge-University line to St. Patrick station, then the westbound streetcar to McCaul Street. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art (Attractions & Activities - Art Museums) 111 Queen's Park Victoria University, Toronto  ON  M5S 2C7 • 416-586-8080 Distance: ~2.641 km         Description: DOWNTOWN. Items in this one-of-a-kind museum range widely across the centuries and include pre-Columbian artifacts dating to 3000 BC. Also included are 17th century English pottery, 18th century European and Chinese porcelains, and items from the Renaissance. Ceramics by Canadian artists are featured as well. The Clay Pit allows folks to try their hand at pottery, and classes and workshops are taught by professional potters. Royal Ontario Museum (Attractions & Activities - Art Museums) 100 Queen's Park, Toronto  ON  M5S 2C6 • 416-586-8000 Distance: ~2.733 km         Description: DOWNTOWN. Canada's largest museum and research facility preserves over six million treasures of art, archaeology and natural science. The ROM, as it's called, features an intricate Venetian glass ceiling that illustrates myriad cultures. Exhibits include everything from bats and dinosaur bones to a Ming tomb in the Chinese art and antiquities collection. The Discovery Gallery features hands-on displays created especially for children. SUBWAY: Take the Yonge-University line to Museum stop. McMichael Canadian Art Collection (Attractions & Activities - Art Museums) 10365 Islington Ave, Kleinburg  ON  L0J 1C0 • 905-893-1121 • 888-213-1121 Distance: ~34.839 km         Description: NORTHWEST OF TORONTO. Although 40 minutes north of Toronto, this museum's beautiful woodland setting and magnificent collection of Canadian and native art absolutely justify the drive. Items of note include landscapes by the Group of Seven (landscape artists during the 1920s who used dramatic colors to record the Canadian wilderness) and fine collections of First Nations and Inuit art. A bus service departs for the McMichael Gallery from many hotels in downtown Toronto. Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre (Attractions & Activities - Art Museums) 67 Pottery Rd, Toronto  ON  M4K 2B8 • 416-396-2819 Distance: ~2929.400 km         Description: EAST TORONTO. This open-air museum features a unique collection of early settlement and industrial buildings, including a saw mill, grist mill, paper mill, brewery, and distillery. First settled in the 1790s, the area was once an important mill site on the Don River. The main orientation gallery houses both permanent and changing displays, and a wildflower preserve can be found on the premises as well. The East Side Players present theater performances, and numerous nature walks, art exhibitions, and arts and crafts classes for kids and adults are sponsored throughout the year. Copyright ©2001 10Best Inc. All rights reserved.