A museum with no permanent building or collection, built entirely around the city itself
Myseum of Toronto
Founded in the 2010s, Myseum of Toronto operates as a museum without walls, staging pop-up exhibitions and neighbourhood-based programming across the city rather than housing a permanent collection.
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Myseum of Toronto was founded in the 2010s on a deliberately unconventional premise: rather than building a permanent collection housed in a dedicated building, the organization operates as a "museum without walls," staging temporary exhibitions, walking tours and community-based programming in spaces across the city, treating Toronto's neighbourhoods themselves as the primary exhibit rather than objects behind glass.
Telling the city's story through its people
Programming has ranged from neighbourhood history projects to exhibitions on specific immigrant communities and social movements, often developed in direct partnership with the communities being represented rather than curated entirely from outside. The model reflects a broader trend among newer urban museums toward decentralized, participatory formats, and Myseum has positioned itself as a way of documenting and celebrating Toronto's ongoing diversity and change rather than freezing a single official version of the city's history in place.
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