The Gardiner Museum is closed temporarily in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Check our homepage for a rotating selection of online resources and digital art experiences that you can enjoy at home. Be sure to sign up for our e-newsletter and follow us on social media for your daily ceramics fix.
During our temporary closure, we're posting exhibitions and selections from our collection online. Discover Inuit ceramics, Chinese and Japanese porcelain, pottery from the Ancient Americas, and more!
We're posting family-friendly art activities inspired by our collection and the endless possibilities of clay. Visit our Family Day page for weekly crafts, colouring pages, and more fun art projects that you can enjoy at home.
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!
We’re closed until further notice, but we’re planning for the day when we can again welcome visitors. We encourage you to make a gift to the Gardiner. This will be vital for when we reopen, and is the optimistic message we all need.
The Porcelain Society recognizes and honours those who have made a commitment to supporting the future of the Gardiner through a planned gift.
Members enjoy exclusive events each year that provide intimate access to international experts, collections currently in storage, and patron openings.
With their permission, members are listed in the Museum’s Annual Report and on the Museum’s website, in the hope that your gift will inspire others.
Porcelain Society Members
The Gardiner is deeply grateful to all members of the Porcelain Society for including the Museum in their legacy plans.
Alison & David Appleyard Patricia Bartlett-Richards Julia Bass Hamilton Judy & Phelps Bell Ann Walker Bell* Margaret Blackwood Kelvin Browne & Michael Allen Ellen & Brian Carr Meredith Chilton Robert & Marian Cumming Theresa & Philip Day Diane Dyer Amoryn Engel Kent & Douglas* Farndale Douglas G. Gardner* Peggy Lau Lorna Marsden & Edward Harvey Alexandra Montgomery Bette Ounjian Diana Reitberger & Harry Beck Isabella Smejda & Ambrose Roche Russell David Smith & Carl Lee Shain Maurice & Sheila Snelgrove Joy Tyndall & Michael Pearson* Dennis Weiss Shirley Wigmore* Brian Wilks Mark Winter Raphael Yu Anonymous (2)
*Fondly remembered
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