As part of the Gardiner Museum’s transformation—a once-in-a-generation reimagining of our 9,000-square-foot ground floor—we’re also debuting a major new commission by acclaimed artist Nadia Myre. Her installation will be the first thing visitors encounter when entering the Museum, setting the tone for a renewed space centered on connection, creativity, and Indigeneity.

We’re thrilled to announce the appointment of Diana Reitberger as Chair of the Gardiner Museum’s Board of Trustees.  We recently sat down with Diana to learn more about her relationship to the Gardiner and her deep love of ceramics.

The full-scale reimagining of our ground floor features the construction of the Gardiner’s first-ever gallery of Indigenous ceramics. Designed by architect Chris Cornelius (Oneida) of studio:indigenous and curated by the Gardiner’s inaugural curator of Indigenous Ceramics, Franchesca Hebert-Spence (Anishinaabe Sagkeeng First Nation), the gallery will hold ceramic belongings and stories from time immemorial to the present day.

The Gardiner Museum is pleased to announce the support of the Government of Canada for its largest capital project in 20 years—a full-scale transformation of the Museum’s ground floor based on the principles of access, connectivity, and Indigeneity.

Le musée Gardiner est ravi d’annoncer le soutien du gouvernement du Canada à son plus vaste projet d’investissement depuis 20 ans – une transformation complète du rez-de-chaussée du musée fondée sur les principes d’accès, de connectivité et d’autochtonité.

The Gardiner Museum has announced the appointment of Franchesca Hebert-Spence as the Gardiner Museum’s inaugural Curator of Indigenous Ceramics, a new position generously supported by the Lindy Green Family Foundation.

The Gardiner Museum is thrilled to announce a Leadership Gift of $2.5 million from The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation toward a full-scale transformation of the Gardiner’s ground floor. In recognition of this generous gift, the Museum’s lobby will be re-envisioned as The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation Hall, the welcoming point and central axis of the Museum’s reimagined ground floor and the site of year-round presentations of contemporary ceramics, including community partnerships.

Starting this summer, the Gardiner will undertake a full-scale reimagining of the Museum’s ground floor. We spoke with designer Andrew Jones about his vision, including how was inspired by the collection and which aspects of the design he’s most excited about.

Earlier this spring, I joined the Gardiner Museum as the 2023 Curatorial Resident. Generously supported by the Rebanks Family, this residency program supports the next generation of curators with an opportunity to develop, research, and create a small-scale museum exhibition. My exhibition project mediates on themes of sustenance, embodied memory, and Afro-diasporic plant life stories through traditional and experimental African pottery forms and practices.

The Gardiner Museum is excited to announce a transformational $9 million donation from The Radlett Foundation in honour of the late William B.G. Humphries. This generous philanthropic contribution will be the catalyst for a full-scale reimagining of the Gardiner Museum’s ground floor.