Flight: A Thrilling History of an Idea

An exhibition of rare and unique items from Toronto Public Library's Special Collections

About the Exhibit

Featuring rare and unique items from the library's Special Collections, Flight will explore both the real and fantastical, the possible and impossible. The exhibition will feature a selection of prints from Audubon Birds of America, one of only five known folios in Canada.

Where: TD Gallery, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street - Main Level

Dillon 'Worldly Wisdom' poster
Leo and Diane Dillon, Worldly Wisdom, watercolour and pastel ond paper, 1980.
Audubon 'Arctic Jaeger' plate
John James Audubon, Arctic Jaeger, Birds of America, hand-coloured engraving, 1827-38.

Exhibit Press Release