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Building Community with Clay

The Gardiner Museum is currently undergoing a full-scale transformation of our ground floor—our largest capital project in 20 years. The Museum is open during construction with the exception of our ground floor galleries. Learn more

What’s On

Learn about our Ground Floor Transformation

Change is coming!

The full-scale reimagining of our ground floor will include the construction of a new fully equipped makerspace, a Community Learning Centre, and an Indigenous gallery space.
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Test Kitchen: A Museum Project

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As we reimagine our collection galleries, we’re asking ourselves how we can better explore the past, and tell new stories. Test Kitchen opens up this process, making our museum work more transparent and inviting you to collaborate.
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Collecting Memories: 40 Years of Ceramics and Community

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The Gardiner Museum is 40 years old! To celebrate this milestone, we invited our Gardiner community to help us curate an exhibition of beloved objects from the Museum’s collection.
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Plan Your Visit

The Gardiner Museum strives to make our building, collections, exhibitions, and programs accessible to all individuals, including people with disabilities. View our Customer Service Accessibility Policy.

Hours & Admission

Check our hours and ticketing information before visiting. During our transformation, admission is being offered on a pay-what-you-wish basis.
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Groups & Guided Tours

Visiting with a group? Book a private tour today and get exclusive insight into the collections and exhibitions.
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School Groups

Bring your students for a day of creativity and arts engagement, including an opportunity to get hands-on in our studios.
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Clay Restaurant

Eat lunch among the art! Experience Chef Bianca Azupardo’s fresh seasonal menu in a bright, airy space inspired by the Museum’s ceramics focus.

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Gardiner Shop

Find one-of-a-kind ceramics, jewellery, glass, textiles, and more, handmade by local artists. Shop online and in-store.

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Let’s Be Friends

You belong here! Join today and enjoy the benefits of being a Gardiner Friend, including unlimited admission and discounts on clay classes.

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Learn & Make

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Adults Classes

The Gardiner Museum is a leader in clay and art education, offering a range of adult classes year-round in our studios.
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Kids Classes

The Gardiner Museum offers classes and workshops for kids, teens, and families that promote engagement and creativity through clay and other art media.
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Single Classes

An informal 2-hour clay class for potters of all levels. Experiment with hand-building, wheel-throwing, or decorating techniques.
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Talking Earth

Santee Smith’s permanent public sculpture welcomes visitors to the Museum and celebrates the ongoing Indigenous presence on Turtle Island.

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Get a virtual glimpse into the plans for our reimagined ground floor, courtesy of Montgomery Sisam Architects.
Renowned British-Pakistani artist Halima Cassell joined Dr. Sequoia Miller for a discussion about her practice.
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We're Open! Visit us during our transformation. Learn more at gardinermuseum.com/fromthegroundup
We’re open and we can’t wait to see you! 🎉 While our ground floor galleries remain closed as work continues on our transformation, we’ve officially reopened our second and third floors, as well as our basement studios.
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Rendering of the new studio space with children taking a clay class
We’re excited to announce a transformational $9 MILLION donation from The Radlett Foundation.
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Playing cat and mouse in the galleries! 🐈 🐭 This charming figure of a cat and mouse from the Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory in France is made from soft-paste porcelain. Plan your visit and see it today in our second-floor European Porcelain Galleries.
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The Gardiner Museum will close at 6 pm on Wednesday May 22 for the International Ceramic Art Fair Preview Gala.