Bloor Street outside the Royal Ontario Museum at night

The Bloor Street Culture Corridor is a cluster of arts and cultural organizations in

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Bloor Street West Bloor Street is a major east–west residential and commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Bloor Street runs from the Prince Edward Viaduct, which spans the Don River Valley, westward into Mississauga where it ends at Central Parkw ...

, between Bathurst and Yonge streets. The corridor has a wide variety of art genres, from museum experiences to films, art exhibitions to music concerts. The area also is culturally diverse, including Aboriginal, French, Jewish, Italian, Japanese, Estonian, African and Caribbean arts and culture. Officially launched in April 2014, the collective shares a website,

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to promote exhibitions at its member institutions. In 2016, the corridor was successful in working with the Toronto municipal government to have the section of Bloor Street West designated an official City of Toronto cultural corridor. Each year more than three million persons visit the corridor's arts and culture destinations, and attend exhibitions, performances, and events. Together, the Bloor Street Culture Corridor organizations employ more than 5,500 culture workers and generate more than $629,500,000 in economic impact each year.

Members

Bloor St. Culture Corridor Partner Destinations * Alliance Française de Toronto * Bata Shoe Museum * A Different Booklist Cultural Centre *

Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema The Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema (formerly the Bloor Cinema and the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema) is a movie theatre in The Annex district of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located at 506 Bloor Street West, near its intersection with Bathurst Street ...

Gardiner Museum The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art (commonly shortened to the Gardiner Museum) is a ceramics museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The museum is situated within University of Toronto's St. George campus, in downtown Toronto. The museum b ...

Istituto Italiano di Cultura The Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Italian Cultural Institute in English, is a worldwide non-profit organization created by the Italian government. It promotes Italian culture and is involved in the teaching of the Italian language. The creati ...

* The Japan Foundation, Toronto * Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre * Museum of Estonians Abroad (VEMU) *

Native Canadian Centre of Toronto The Native Canadian Centre of Toronto, founded in 1962, is a membership based charity organization that provides social, recreational, cultural, and spiritual services to Indigenous people in Toronto. History In the post-World War II era, Verna Pa ...

* Randolph Centre for the Arts *

The Royal Conservatory of Music The Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM), branded as The Royal Conservatory, is a non-profit music education institution and performance venue headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1886 by Edward Fisher as The Toronto Con ...

/ Koerner Hall * Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) * Soundstreams * Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir * The Toronto Consort *

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University of Toronto, Faculty of Music The Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto is one of several professional faculties at the University of Toronto. The Faculty of Music is located at the Edward Johnson Building, just south of the Royal Ontario Museum and north of Queen's ...

* 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture, Arts, Media + Education

References

External links

Bloor St. Culture Corridor
Neighbourhoods in Toronto Arts districts Culture of Toronto {{Toronto-geo-stub