MID WES T Aga Khan Museum LASTING IMPRESSIONS Toronto's varied museums amaze and delight BY JACKIE SHECKLER FINCH M 30 FEBRUARY 2023 arvel at the tiny ballroom slippers worn by Queen Victoria. Check out photos of hockey players like Wayne Gretzky. View a 10th-century prayer amulet. Be dazzled by giant reptiles that roamed the Earth millions of years ago. Four excellent museums in Toronto, Ontario, offer these treasures and so much more. It's no wonder the Bata Shoe Museum, Hockey Hall of Fame, Aga Khan Museum, and Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) are so popular with groups. " Toronto's museums leave a lasting impression on visitors, " says Vanessa Somarriba, senior media relations manager for Destination Toronto. " From learning about the history of shoes at the Bata Shoe Museum, to seeing the Stanley Cup in person at the Hockey Hall of Fame, or the largest real fossil dinosaur skeleton mounted in Canada at the Royal PHOTO JANET KIMBER