Join à la Carte Kitchen Inc. at the Gardiner Bistro for lunch from Sunday to Friday in the third-floor Terrace Room with stunning views overlooking the city.
For the past thirty-five years, acclaimed Canadian artist Steven Heinemann has transformed the medium of ceramics in Canada. This timely retrospective featuring more than 70 objects examines Heinemann’s fascinating and evolving process. Opens October 19!
Celebrate 25 years of Empty Bowls at the Gardiner! Sample delicious soups by some of the city's top chefs and choose a ceramic bowl to take home with you, all in support of Anishnawbe Health Toronto's work to aid the homeless.
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.
Help us share the vitality of clay and bring the process of ceramics to life! This year, we are focusing on a transformation with the community at the centre: a redeveloped lobby that will improve the overall visitor experience and feature a Community Clay Studio. By having the process of making clay at the forefront, we will provide all visitors with a greater understanding of clay as a medium and form of artistic expression.
Key Features of the New Lobby
Community Clay Studio
By creating an additional clay studio in this prominent location, we will be able to:
New Shop
The current shop will be re-designed to integrate with the Community Clay Studio and the Lobby, featuring more Canadian ceramists.
Lobby Design
We will be working with KPMB on this project. As the architects of the current building, developed between 2003-2006, they can ensure that that their new design integrates well with the award-winning building.
Architectural renderings by KPMB Architects
Thank You to Our Donors
Current as of December 19, 2016
$100,000 + Department of Canadian Heritage Laura Dinner & Richard Rooney
$10,000 – $25,000 Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Lorna Marsden & Edward Harvey Shirley Wigmore Michael Young Family Foundation
$5,000 – $9,999 Sharp Foundation Margarete & John Woollatt Anonymous
$500-$4,999 Hans Abromeit Alison & David Appleyard Rani Advani Gail & Ian Brooker Kelvin Browne & Michael Allen Ellen & Brian Carr Dick & Deirdre Cousland Norma Croxon Theresa & Philip Day George & Kathy Dembroski Douglas G. Gardner Shawn Henderson William E. Hewitt In memory of Jim Jones Gardiner Volunteer Committee, Joy of Ceramics Luncheon Bruce Keilty, HUB International, HKMB Tom & Milou Kelley Heather R. Lochhead Katherine A. Lochhead Peter Montgomery The Ouellette Family Ontario Arts Foundation Barbara M. Ritchie Lisa A. Ritchie Gretchen & Donald Ross Kenneth Rotenberg Esther & Sam Sarick Deb Perna & Eric Siegrist In memory of Carolus Dragutin Smejda In memory of Elisabeth Smejda-Glass Botho & Susan von Bose Brian Wilks Milton Winberg Raphael Yu In honour of the Gardiner Museum Potters Anonymous
Up to $500 Diane Dyer Patience Ellis Lauren Gould & André Kassermelli Neville & Lorraine Kirchmann Ruth Hood Lucy Klein Horsman The Laundy Family Orlena Lee & Derek Wong Katy Liu & Alfred Yu Gwen Maloney Bette Ounjian Pace Family Foundation Wendy and Leslie Rebanks Lyne Reid Jan Shuckard Joan Solway Gail Vanstone & Kevin Karst Marlene Wallace Diane Webb Anonymous (10)