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Inside the Museums - Colborne Lodge

✍ Scribed by John Goddard


Publisher
Dundurn
Year
2014
Tongue
English
Leaves
50
Edition
1
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


Inside the Museums views Toronto's heritage museums for the first time as a single community -- linked by events, personalities, and function. In this special excerpt we visit Colborne Lodge, well known to visitors to Toronto's High Park. The home of prolific architect, surveyor, and engineer John Howard, as a museum, Colborne Lodge stands out for its original paintings and domestic gadgets. John Goddard takes us on a detailed tour, providing fascinating historical background and insight.

✦ Subjects


Historical museums -- Ontario -- Toronto. ; Toronto Region (Ont.) -- History. ; Toronto Region (Ont.) -- Social life and customs.


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