Toronto Ceramic Museum
Never knew that Toronto boasted a Ceramic museum. I was walking south to Queen coming down from the AGO and stumbled accross this, the temporary site. There were no collections on display so I’ll have to remember to go to the “real” location near Queens’ Park once the expansion is complete.
Founded in 1984 by Toronto philanthropist George R. Gardiner and his wife Helen, The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art is the first museum in North America devoted to ceramics and ceramic research. The collection contains ceramics from Europe, Asia and the Americas. It also includes approximately 300 pre-Columbian artifacts, the largest and most comprehensive collection on display in Canada.
Address: 111 Queen’s Park Toronto ON M5S 2C7
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having a cousin who was a potter, i learnt a lot about pottery and ceramics in general and yeah, there are some mind blowing exhibitions that happen around town. the springbanks arts centre and the living arts centre is host to such remarkable pottery shows quite often. also if anyone wants to make for a decent road trip, the canadian clay and glass factory up in waterloo makes for excellent time pass.