The Gardiner Museum is closed temporarily in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Check our homepage for a rotating selection of online resources and digital art experiences that you can enjoy at home. Be sure to sign up for our e-newsletter and follow us on social media for your daily ceramics fix.
During our temporary closure, we're posting exhibitions and selections from our collection online through Google Arts & Culture. Discover Inuit ceramics, Chinese and Japanese porcelain, pottery from the Ancient Americas, and more!
Our spring sessional classes and workshops scheduled for April and May have been cancelled. Refunds will be issued automatically. If you have any questions, please email us at mail@gardinermuseum.com.
Every object in our permanent collection can be accessed through our eMuseum portal. Learn about individual collecting areas, like Italian Maiolica or Modern and Contemporary Ceramics, or search the full collection by keyword. You'll be amazed by what you discover!
We're closed until further notice, but we're planning for the day when we can again welcome visitors. We encourage you to renew your membership or otherwise continue your support. This will be vital for when we re-open, and is the optimistic message we all need.
The Gardiner Museum celebrates and documents its exhibitions and permanent collections by publishing scholarly and beautifully illustrated catalogues. These publications are available in the Gardiner Shop. Digital publications featuring Canadian ceramics are available through The Raphael Yu Centre of Canadian Ceramics.
Go East: Canadian Create in China Brochure Published 2012 Greg Payce: Illusions Catalogue Published 2012
Connections: Canadian and British Studio Ceramics Brochure Published 2012 Camp Fires: The Queer Baroque of Léopold L. Foulem, Paul Mathieu and Richard Milette Catalogue Published 2014
Kent Monkman: The Rise and Fall of Civilization Catalogue Published 2015
True Nordic: How Scandinavia Influenced Design in Canada Catalogue Published 2016
Janet Macpherson: A Canadian Bestiary Catalogue Published 2017
Steven Heinemann: Culture and Nature Catalogue Published 2017