Saturday November 8 & Sunday November 9, 2025
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Free. No registration necessary

Join us to celebrate the reveal of our transformed ground floor and the opening of the immersive exhibition Linda Rotua Sormin: Uncertain Ground. We’re bringing the whole museum to life with hands-on clay activities, tours, live music, food, dance, and more. Experience our new Collection Galleries, Makerspace, Community Learning Centre, and first-ever gallery of Indigenous ceramics, and hear directly from artists and curators.

See the schedule below or download the full event program.

Self-Guided Activities
All Day
Community Learning Centre, Ground Floor
Explore the Museum at your own pace with self-guided and interactive activities and materials.

Free Bannock and Tea
10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Ground Floor
We welcome you with bannock, sweetgrass and strawberry cold tea, and evergreen hot tea, prepared by Chef Joseph Shawana and offered free as a gesture of hospitality and community care.

Clay Restaurant Pop-Up
11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Terrace Room, 3rd Floor
At a pop-up presented by Clay Restaurant, savour dishes inspired by the exhibition Linda Rotua Sormin: Uncertain Ground, available for purchase.

Hands-On Clay Activity
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Makerspace, Ground Floor
Get creative with clay in this drop-in activity designed for all ages. Sessions run in 20-minute intervals. Bring your own box if you would like to take your creation home with you.

Connected Worlds Gallery Tour
11:00 am – 11:45 am
Collection Galleries, Ground Floor
Join Senior Curator Karine Tsoumis for a guided tour of the Connected Worlds gallery, exploring stories of exchange, influence, and creativity across cultures and how the Museum’s collection speaks to these global connections.

Performance by Indonesian Community of Ontario (ICO) and Orkes Garasi
11:45 am – 12:30 pm
Terrace Room, 3rd Floor
Experience the vibrancy of Indonesian culture with dynamic dance performances by the Indonesian Community of Ontario (ICO) dance ensemble and enjoy live Indonesian keroncong music by Orkes Garasi.

Modern and Contemporary Gallery Tour
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
Collection Galleries, Ground Floor
Discover highlights from the Modern and Contemporary gallery with Chief Curator & Deputy Director Sequoia Miller, featuring groundbreaking works that challenge traditions and reflect today’s world.

Community Time with Artist Linda Rotua Sormin
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Exhibition Hall, 3rd Floor
Drop by and meet with exhibiting artist Linda Rotua Sormin for insights about her exhibition. Bring your questions and hear her stories, ideas, and reflections on her practice in an informal community gathering.

Performances by January Rogers and Lacey Hill
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation Hall, Ground Floor
Experience the power of spoken word, song, and storytelling with live performances by acclaimed artists January Rogers and Lacey Hill, both from Six Nations of the Grand River.

Meet the Curators
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm
Collection Galleries, Ground Floor
Drop in for conversations with our curators, offering insight into the newly installed galleries, the ground floor transformation, and shaping the Museum for the future.

Performance by Indonesian Community of Ontario (ICO) and Orkes Garasi
1:45 pm – 2:30 pm
Terrace Room, 3rd Floor
Experience the vibrancy of Indonesian culture with dynamic dance performances by the Indonesian Community of Ontario (ICO) dance ensemble and enjoy live Indonesian keroncong music by Orkes Garasi.

Community Time with Artist Linda Rotua Sormin
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Exhibition Hall, 3rd Floor
Drop by and meet with exhibiting artist Linda Rotua Sormin for insights about her exhibition. Bring your questions and hear her stories, ideas, and reflections on her practice in an informal community gathering.

Performances by January Rogers and Lacey Hill
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation Hall, Ground Floor
Experience the power of spoken word, song, and storytelling with live performances by acclaimed artists January Rogers and Lacey Hill, both from Six Nations of the Grand River.

Indigenous Immemorial and Ancestral Abiayala Tour
3:45 pm – 4:45 pm
Collection Galleries, Ground Floor
Join Curator of Indigenous Ceramics Franchesca Hebert-Spence for a guided tour of the Indigenous Immemorial and Ancestral Abiayala galleries, centering Indigenous voices, histories, and artistic practices. The tour highlights works from Six Nations and explores what this new gallery means for the Museum.

Self-Guided Activities
All Day
Community Learning Centre, Ground Floor
Explore the Museum at your own pace with self-guided and interactive activities and materials.

Free Bannock and Tea
10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Ground Floor
We welcome you with bannock, sweetgrass and strawberry cold tea, and evergreen hot tea, prepared by Chef Joseph Shawana and offered free as a gesture of hospitality and community care.

Family Tour
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Collection Galleries, Ground Floor
Explore our collections in this multisensory tour designed for families who love art and history. It will introduce you to some of the highlights in the Museum’s collections while teaching you how to observe, analyze, and respond to art.

Hands-On Clay Activity
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Makerspace, Ground Floor
Get creative with clay in this drop-in activity designed for all ages. Sessions run in 20-minute intervals. Bring your own box if you would like to take your creation home with you.

Collection Galleries Tour (French)
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Collection Galleries, Ground Floor
Join Senior Curator Karine Tsoumis for a French language tour of the new Collection Galleries.

Community Time with Artist Linda Rotua Sormin
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Exhibition Hall, 3rd Floor
Drop by and meet with exhibiting artist Linda Rotua Sormin for insights about her exhibition. Bring your questions and hear her stories, ideas, and reflections on her practice in an informal community gathering.

Collection Galleries Tour
12:45 pm – 1:45 pm
Collection Galleries, Ground Floor
Discover our new Collection Galleries with Chief Curator & Deputy Director Sequoia Miller.

Performance by Indonesian Community of Ontario (ICO)
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
Exhibition Hall, 3rd Floor
Experience the dynamic performances of traditional Indonesian dance by the Indonesian Community of Ontario (ICO) dance ensemble, presented in the exhibition Linda Rotua Sormin: Uncertain Ground. Performances pop up every 20 minutes!

Ancestral Abiayala Tour (Spanish)
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Collection Galleries, Ground Floor
Join us for a Spanish language tour of our new Ancestral Abiayala galleries, led by a member of our Education team.

Indigenous Methodologies Tour
3:00 – 4:00 pm
Collection Galleries, Ground Floor
Join Curator of Indigenous Ceramics Franchesca Hebert-Spence as she reviews the Collection Galleries through a decolonial curatorial lens. This discussion will contextualize and highlight the ways in which each gallery challenges colonial museological practices through curatorial approaches, artwork selection, and didact materials.

Meet the Curators
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Collection Galleries, Ground Floor
Drop in for conversations with our curators, offering insight into the newly installed galleries, the ground floor transformation, and shaping the Museum for the future.