The Crystal
A bold glass wing.
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Canada's largest museum, bringing natural history and world cultures under one roof, founded in 1914 in a historic stone building to which a bold glass-and-metal wing shaped like a shattered crystal was added in 2007, now one of Toronto's best-known modern buildings. Its best-known halls are the dinosaur galleries with huge skeletons, the mammal, bird, mineral and gem galleries, a bat cave recreating a real habitat, and the complete skeleton of a giant blue whale. The cultural galleries hold collections from ancient Egypt, China, Japan and Europe, a gallery of Islamic art and Middle Eastern cultures, and halls of Canada's First Peoples, with towering carved totem poles rising through the stairwells. Tickets are about C$26 per adult when booked online in advance, and more on the day, per visitor guides. Allow at least half a day; the museum is close to the University of Toronto and Yorkville.
A bold glass wing.
And Middle Eastern cultures.
Through the floors.
100 Queen's Park, central Toronto
Yes, it has a gallery of Islamic art and Middle Eastern cultures among its world-culture halls.
