Hours: Sun & Sat 10am-5pm;
Mon-Thu 10am-6pm;
Fri 10am-9pm
Status: Closed
Payment Methods: Visa, MasterCard, American Express
Description
The Gardiner Museum is internationally renowned for its collections of ceramic art. From South American religious worship to century-old British drinking games and aristocratic pursuits, the collection offers visitors a glimpse into civilizations past.<br/><br/>Having just completed a $20 million makeover, the Gardiner Museum is also recognized as being one of Toronto’s most outstanding examples of...
by toronto
on November 05, 2013 from toronto
Reviews
beautiful building: this museum has a lot of great ceramic art
Rated 4 stars by TheProfessor
on January 30, 2012
fascinating: I spent hours looking and marveling at the lovely exhibits there
Rated 4 stars by lucky
on September 06, 2010
Artful, Fascinating, Amusing: I went to the Gardiner Museum this summer and it was really quite fun. There was ceramic everything-- cutlery, little figurines, art, sculptures etc from all over the ages and all over the world. There was cutlery from China, various figurines of dancing mice (?) and singing monkeys and a fat lazing purring cat teapot, and a whole collection on Italian figurines from opera or something and there were all types of ancient artefacts and sculptures and it was just all very interesting and pretty and amusing to look at. There was a really nice sculpture or something, it was too giant vases, placed side by side, so that the space between formed the forms of a boy and girl! At first I couldn't see it but when I did it was extremely exciting. In the basement, there were exhibitions of art done by visitors, and lots of them were all very masterful and great too. The gift shop was also full of --of course-- ceramics, very pretty and interesting ones too, just that they were a tad expensive, I treated that as a museum too and didn't buy anything but just looked.. The Gardiner museum was a very good experience, and I recommend it (though picture-taking wasn't allowed, something in which I was severely disappointed).
Rated 5 stars by Teresa
on September 01, 2010
Editorial Reviews
"No kitschy stuff here" among the "fun objects d'art, crafts and jewelry" at this ceramics museum shop, at the edge of Bloor-Yorkville and across the street from ROM; the selection of "dainty, yet strong and beautiful" gifts is perfect for the "hard-to-shop-for person" on your list.
by zagat
on May 31, 2014 from zagat
Information from the business
History<br/><br/>Established in 1984<br/><br/>The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art was opened in 1984 by George and Helen Gardiner to house their collection of ancient American artifacts and European pottery and porcelain. Between 1987 and 1996 it was managed by the Royal Ontario Museum, but a generous endowment from George Gardiner allowed it to regain its independence.<br/><br/>The Gardiner Museum is an inviting...
by yelp
on June 06, 2015 from yelp
Take an intimate look at one of the world’s oldest and most universal art forms – ceramics. In-depth galleries cover different continents and periods in ceramic history, from 3,500 BC to the present
by googleplus
on November 06, 2013 from googleplus