Sigmund samuel gallery contained the philanthropist's private collection of Canadiana when it opened in 1951

Original Toronto Star caption: Sigmund samuel gallery contained the philanthropist's private collection of Canadiana when it opened in 1951. Later it acquired items from Royal Ontario Museum and Art Gallery of Ontario. Majority of art now exhibited was purchased or donated direct to the gallery; which now owns 10;000 to 20;000 paintings and some 80;000 other items. It has room to display only a fraction of them.