Best Arts and Culture Places in Vaughan

"A quick 20-minute drive from downtown Toronto will get you to one of Toronto’s most eye-catching buildings – the Aga Khan Museum. Designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Fumihiko Maki who used light as his inspiration, the museum has a contemporary design that also incorporates historical elements of Islamic cultures making for a truly unique façade and interior. Across from the Museum you’ll find Ismaili Centre Toronto, designed by renowned architect Charles Correa and the two buildings are connected by serene Aga Khan Park."

"Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning firm Fumihiko Maki, the Aga Khan Museum is a 10,000 sq m structure inspired by the movement of light. Opened in 2014, the museum – which aims to foster understanding of Muslim civilisations – features white angular granite and incorporates historical elements stemming from Islamic communities."

"Source: Photo by Flickr user Malika Ladak used under CC BY-ND 2.0. In the North York area of Toronto is where you’ll find the Fuhimiko Maki-designed Aga Khan Museum. This building is a museum home to Islamic art, Muslim culture, and Iranian art."

"The McMichael Canadian Art Collection offers its visitors a unique and truly Canadian experience. From the art within its walls, to the surrounding landscape, the McMichael Gallery is the perfect gallery for a proper introduction to Canada’s art, its people, their cultures and history. The McMichael Gallery’s permanent collection consists of nearly 6,000 pieces of art created by Tom Thomson, the Group of Seven, their contemporaries, and First Nations, Métis, Inuit and other artists who have made a contribution to the development of Canadian art."

"You’ll need to head out of town to visit, so make it a day trip. The gallery has an extensive collection of Canadian painters, including the very famous Group of Seven. Visit earlier in the morning or after 2 pm as the gallery can be full of school groups at midday."

"Handcrafted buildings (including painter Tom Thomson’s cabin, moved from its original location), set amid 40 hectares of conservation trails, contain works by Canada’s best-known landscape painters, the Group of... Top ChoiceArts Center in Waterfront"

"The TIFF Bell Lightbox is a cultural centre and also the headquarters of the much-awaited Toronto International Film Festival. Your nightlife in Toronto gets too glam if you happen to time it right, when the festival is on!. However, when around the year TIFF Bell Lightbox is where film lovers, makers and event planners meet."

"Home of the Toronto Film Festival, as well as other visual arts celebrations, the TIFF Bell Lightbox is a building dedicated to Toronto's film world. Theaters, libraries, galleries, offices, lecture halls, as well as a swank members' lounge and..."

"Toronto's oldest hotel today combines a boutique art hotel with a gallery, and it continues to be one of the biggest supporters of the Toronto art community in myriad ways. The biggest draw is the fact that each of the 37 rooms is designed by a different local artist."

"Since its opening in 1996, the mission of Angell Gallery has been to support both emerging and mid-career artists. The gallery specialises in representing artists who are known for taking risks in their work. The works shown at Angell Gallery often challenge contemporary culture and the critical norms of art-making."

"Explore the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) and see some of the 80,000 works of art that are stored inside!. It’s a place that’s filled with some of the best and most recognised artists from across the world."

"5 – Check out the Art Gallery of Ontario Do you enjoy artworks?. Head to the Art Gallery!. Enjoy works by the famous Group of Seven and many more local artists."

"The AGO is hard to miss: the monumental glass and titanium facade designed by Toronto native son Frank Gehry hovering over the main building…"

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"Neighbouring Mackenzie Glen Public School is a vast green space that covers a portion of the Bartley Smith Greenway. This is a bit of a choose-your-own-adventure area. You can keep things easy by walking around the park itself which on its own is scenic especially with the view of the pond."

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"Tucked away behind a row of houses on a dead-end street just off Queen East, Saulter is the east end’s best-kept beer secret. The brewery’s cherry-red barn doors open to a taproom full of happy beer drinkers, some with babes-in-arms (there’s plenty of stroller parking) or pups on leashes (it doesn’t get more dog friendly than this). The thing to get here is the flagship Riverside Copper Pilsner, a crushable Czech-style brew that’s a little bit malty, a little bit spicy and entirely refreshing."

"It takes effort to find this brewery – head all the way down its namesake residential street, then turn left onto a shady lane covered by spreading trees. What awaits: a small red-doored building outfitted with a no-frills taproom that lets in plenty of sunshine from the laneway. The Czech-style Riverside Copper Pilsner is the flagship beer here, but they’ve also begun branching out with options like a lightly tangy lime witbier."

"Designed after the beer gardens of Germany, Bandit Brewery's spacious premises on Dundas Street has a casual, welcoming atmosphere and a large patio that fills up quickly in summer. The brewery's mascot, a raccoon, is also the inspiration for the brewery's name. One of their most popular brews is the double-hopped IPA Hive, made with wildflower honey, while their more adventurous beers, like The Wizard of Gose series (fruit and sea salt sour ale or sour cherry gose), are the perfect gateway brews for those new to the craft beer scene."

"Inspired by German beer gardens, owners Stephane Dubois and Shehzad Hamza have decked out Bandit’s spacious Dundas West patio with picnic tables and twinkly lit trees, i.e., the coziest atmosphere for sampling the microbrewery’s range of offerings. Try the Mr. Pink, a pale ale with hints of watermelon, hibiscus and orange, or the Wizard of Gose, a quenching sour that smells like apricot."

"If the adorable branding doesn’t grab your attention, the beer certainly will. Open since May, Bandit Brewery in Roncesvalles is currently brewing 15 beers, eight of which are on tap when I visit. The sprawling space is a hive of activity on a Saturday night with servers weaving in between tables of happy beer drinkers to deliver flights and food."

"V’s Caribbean is a vegan restaurant offering Jamaican and Caribbean dishes. Their food is comforting, hearty, healthy, and delicious. There are an assortment of dishes like curry soy chunks, maple jerk tofu, callaloo, curry chickpea & potatoes, and more."

"Papyrus is a veg-friendly Egyptian restaurant on the Danforth. Vegan items are denoted clearly on the menu with a V, and the majority of the menu appears to be vegan. I was really excited when I saw their menu posted on their front door as I was walking past one day, and I can’t wait to dine here sometime."