The Gardiner Museum is open seven days a week. Explore our permanent collection, discover special exhibitions, get hands-on with clay in our studios, dine, shop, and more.
Enter an immersive world created by Montreal-based artist Karine Giboulo, brought to life by over 500 miniature polymer clay figures that tell stories about our most urgent social issues, from the pandemic to the climate crisis. It will delight visitors of all ages!
Registration for our popular March Break camps opens to Gardiner Friends on January 23 and to the general public on January 25. From March 13 - 17, kids and teens can explore the Museum and get creative with clay in our pottery studios!
Experience the Gardiner's world-renowned collection, in person and online. From Chinese porcelain to contemporary Canadian ceramics, discover the people and histories behind the objects.
Everyone can love clay! Become a Gardiner Friend and enjoy the benefits, including unlimited admission, advanced clay class registration, invitations to exhibition previews and special events, discounts on lectures and classes, and more.
Clay without barriers
Each year, our community of Gardiner Friends comes together to support a special project through our Annual Friends Campaign. This year our goal is to run no-cost studio programs for school groups in six priority areas of the GTA.
With students back in classrooms, demand on the Gardiner’s studios for school visits has increased significantly. After two years of interruptions to its operations, the Gardiner relies more than ever on the revenue from studio programs to contribute to the re-establishment of pre-pandemic momentum. Your contributions through this campaign will allow us to maintain this effort while accommodating requests from schools in need of financial aid.
Please consider a gift at one of the following levels to help remove barriers for all students to access the enrichment provided by hands-on clay activities.
Thank you for your ongoing support of the Gardiner’s mission to build community with clay.