The Art Gallery of Ontario, founded in 1900 as the Art Museum of Toronto, became the Art Gallery of Toronto in 1919 and in 1966 - reflecting an expanded role in the province - the Art Gallery of Ontario. The permanent collection comprises more than 79 000 works representing nearly 2000 years of extraordinary European, Canadian, modern and contemporary art - paintings by such masters as Rembrandt, Hals, Poussin, Chardin, Delacroix, Renoir and Picasso, and sculptures by Rodin, Degas and Matisse. The gallery's Henry Moore Sculpture Centre holds the world's largest and most comprehensive public collection of Moore works anywhere. More recent additions include significant collections of African and Oceanic art, as well as an expansion of the photography collection. The gallery averages about 20 special exhibitions each year.

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