About the Museum

The Gardiner Museum offers an intimate look at one of the world’s oldest and most universal forms of art and material culture—ceramics. Complemented by special exhibitions, the collection  exceeds 3,000 historical and contemporary pieces and spans continents and time, giving you an extraordinary glimpse into the development of the ceramic process, decoration and shape.

Located across from the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto’s charming Yorkville district, the Gardiner has undergone a major expansion of its gallery and studio spaces. It remains one of the city’s finest examples of modernist architecture.

To further enhance your visit to Canada’s only museum devoted to ceramics, the Gardiner houses an acclaimed retail shop and restaurant as well as a research library. Try sculpting clay and wheel throwing in the open clay studio or take part in an instructed course. Artist talks, book launches and free Friday films are just some of the other programs happening at the Museum.