The Gardiner Museum is open seven days a week! Explore our permanent collection, discover special exhibitions, and get hands-on with clay in our studios. We look forward to welcoming you.
Discover an exhibition of new work in our lobby by members of Inspirations Studio, a unique low-barrier ceramics program in Toronto for women and gender diverse people who have experienced marginalization.
Our Joy of Ceramics fundraiser returns on October 27, featuring a presentation by Sarah Milroy, Chief Curator at the McMichael Gallery, who will talk about a work by Shary Boyle, including its many meanings and her decision to donate it. This event sells out every year!
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!
Help us continue to offer innovative and engaging exhibitions, programs, and community projects in person and online, as well as plan for the future. Please consider making a donation today.
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