Gardiner Museum
111 Queens Park, Toronto, on M5S 2C7, Canada
About the company:
The Gardiner Museum is located in Toronto, Canada, in close proximity to the Royal Ontario Museum. The Gardiner Museum is entirely dedicated to the art of ceramic products.
The museum was founded in 1984 by George R. Gardiner, a famous Canadian philanthropist. In the people of the museum is called “the casket of ceramic jewelry”. After a major restoration costing C$20 million, the museum reopened in 2006, in an updated form, and immediately received the Pag Award for Best Architecture of 2006.
The collection of the museum has about 3000 exhibits, among which there are objects of pre-Columbian America, Renaissance, English, Delft ceramics, Japanese, Chinese and European porcelain. In addition, the museum houses a gallery of modern art and exhibitions are constantly held here.