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Help us celebrate the Gardiner Museum’s 40th Anniversary!

The Gardiner Museum is 40 years old! To celebrate, we invite you to contribute to a community-sourced exhibition featuring beloved objects from the Museum’s permanent collection.

Choose an object that sparks joy or is tied to a particular memory. Or discover a new favourite by searching our online database for hidden gems from the vault. A selection of the objects submitted by our community members will be presented in an exhibition in our Joan Courtois Gallery—spanning three floors of the Museum’s soaring glass stairwell—beginning in October 2024.

Click here to access our full collection online

Or click here to for a list of objects currently in storage and ready for the spotlight!

The submission deadline is July 7, 2024.

Thank you for celebrating 40 years of clay and community with us!
Tell us about the object you have chosen:
Object Name
Artist Name or Manufactory
Object Number(Required.)
Need help finding the object number? Search by object title or artist name on our online database. You'll also be able to see whether the piece is currently on view at the Museum!
A screenshot of "Kettle with Floral Crosshatch" from the Museum's online collections database, with an arrow showing where to find the Object Number and the view status.
Tell us why you chose this object:
Tell us about your connection to your chosen object. What made you select it? What makes it special to you?
Please note your statements may be edited for grammar and length prior to publication.(Required.)
Tell us about yourself:
Your Name(Required.)
If your submission is chosen for the exhibition, how would you like to be identified publicly?
For example: "Anna from Toronto" / "Harpreet, a new volunteer" /"Mr. Shore’s Grade 5 Class"/ "A long-time visitor"(Required.)
Where do you reside? (City/Town)(Required.)
How did you hear about this project?
Thank you for your submission! Selected objects will be presented in an exhibition in our Joan Courtois Gallery beginning in October 2024. Submissions that cannot be displayed due to space limitations may be shared online.

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