During his travels throughout
Europe in the 1850s, Ryerson acquired many reproductions of European
masterpieces and antiquities. These were installed in the Educational
Museum (later known as the Provincial Museum
of Ontario) for the benefit of the student teachers and
the public, to provide exposure to European artistic styles. Two
examples of these artworks can be seen below. |
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Landscape in the Neighbourhood of Brussels,
purchased 1855
Jan Baptiste De Jonghe (1785-1844) and
Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven (1798-1881)
Oil on canvas
Government of Ontario Art Collection, 619788 |
![Painting: Madonna del Sacco, [ca. 1856] - Antonio Sasso (copyist)](pics/5-7642s.jpg)
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Madonna del Sacco, [ca. 1856]
(after Perugino, Italian, 1446-1524)
Antonio Sasso (copyist)
Oil on wood panel
Government of Ontario Art Collection, 619792 |
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Education Department Building and the Normal
and Model Schools for Upper Canada, Toronto,
after a third floor addition in 1896, [ca. 1900]
Black and white print
Andrew Merrilees collection
Reference Code: F 1125-1-0-0-31
Archives of Ontario, I0001815 |
After the addition of a third floor
in 1896, as seen in the photograph to the left, the Educational
Museum expanded to include zoology and biology galleries.
On April 16th, 1912, the Museum Act was passed
providing for the construction of a new museum building on the
University of Toronto campus - known today as the Royal
Ontario Museum.
Many of the Educational Museum's collections, along with collections
from the University of Toronto, were eventually transferred to
the Royal Ontario Museum and, by 1933, the Educational Museum
closed. |
