The Gardiner is thrilled to announce the launch of CLAY, an original in-house restaurant offering seasonal menus of fresh, local fare in collaboration with The Food Dudes.
Opening October 20! The Gardiner has reunited for the first time more than 350 objects from Sir William Van Horne’s exceptional collection of Japanese pottery alongside archival materials and stunning watercolours.
Our annual 12 Trees fundraiser has evolved into New + Now, a celebration of national and international ceramics. View and purchase some of the world’s most extraordinary contemporary ceramic art, on display in Toronto for the first time.
The Gardiner Museum is among the few museums in the world focused on ceramics, and is one of the most important specialty museums internationally. It houses approximately 4,000 objects, including European porcelain, ceramics from the Ancient Americas, Chinese porcelain, Japanese porcelain, and contemporary ceramics. Search the collection online!
Everyone can love clay! Become a Friend at one of the world’s great specialty museums and enjoy the benefits, including unlimited admission, invitations to exhibition previews and special events, discounts on lectures and clay classes, and more.
Join the Gardiner Museum in celebrating the remarkable legacy of Meredith Chilton.
Since opening our doors in 1984, Meredith has opened many of our eyes to the beauty of ceramics and its infinite possibilities. As a dedicated Friend of the Gardiner Museum, we invite you to support us in the establishment of the Meredith Chilton Curatorial Endowment Fund as a lasting tribute to our extraordinary Chief Curator.
After a thirty-four year association, Meredith Chilton will be retiring from the Gardiner Museum in December 2017. Meredith, who was recently named to the Order of Canada, is known within the Gardiner community and internationally for her grace, passion, and unsurpassed commitment to advancing the culture of ceramic art. To celebrate her legacy and her foundational and ongoing contributions to the organization and its collections, the Gardiner Museum is creating the Meredith Chilton Curatorial Endowment Fund.
The Endowment Fund will be used to support future curatorial excellence at the Museum by providing dedicated funds to Gardiner curators and adjunct curators for curatorial research on our historical and contemporary collections, as well as research for special exhibitions, travel, and other curatorial purposes that build on Meredith’s legacy and advance the Gardiner’s international curatorial reputation. Moreover, this fund will exist in perpetuity, forever linking curatorial excellence at the Museum to Meredith and her many achievements.