A permanent collection is composed of over 400 works of art by more than 150 Canadian artists.
Provides videos of exhibition highlights, as well as recording of past performances.
Pertain to a wide range of cultural themes.
Guided tours are offered to view the museum’s collections and exhibitions.
Holdings include documents and textual records as well as a small collection of publications related to design.
Collection includes over 1000 pieces of Canadian design spanning over six decades.
Exhibitions are rotating, often focused on contemporary Canadian design. Past exhibits include: Stephen Burks Man Made Toronto, Designers in the Classroom, RGD Spacial Graphics and Capacity – an exploration of women in design.
Tours focus on the architectural history of the financial district from 1900s to present day.
Five on-line exhibits display photographs of artifacts from the permanent collection: http://www.dx.org/index.cfm?id=14613
Lectures, workshops, and film screenings.
Interpretive tours are offered year-round to the public, recounting the history and renovation of the site, showcasing the original and new lobbies, the Elgin Theatre and the Winter Garden Theatre. Visit website for dates and times.
Over 3,000 books, periodicals, journals, and engravings relating to the history, production, style, sources of European ceramics, as well as several special collections. The collection can be searched using the University of Toronto Libraries catalogue
Titles include:
Photographs of the complete collection of artefacts.
Decorative arts as they relate to ceramic objects manufactured in England, France, Italy, Austria and Germany. Recent additions include collections on contemporary ceramics, Asian porcelain and the Ancient Americas.
New exhibitions seasonally. Past exhibits include exploration of ceramic genres, themes, historical clay artifacts, and showcases featuring contemporary artists.
Self-guided tours of the museum available daily.
The museum offers tours to schoolchildren as well as to university students and scholarly organizations.
The McMichael’s permanent collection consists of almost 6,000 artworks by Tom Thomson, the Group of Seven, their contemporaries, and First Nations, Inuit and other artists who have made a contribution to Canada’s artistic heritage. Outdoor works of art, including those in the new Sculpture Garden, are also part of the collection.
Exhibitions from the permanent collection, as well as major international touring exhibits.
McMichael Highlights Tours are at 12:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. on weekends and are approximately one hour long. The tours include Group of Seven, First Nations, and Inuit art, as well as special exhibitions.
Student groups can plan a visit for any day of the week, all year long. Gallery educators provide fun, quality tours for school groups of all ages, as well as hands-on studio classes and creative activities. Educational materials are available for classroom use.
A digitized guide to the collection is available on the website.
Each year, the gallery presents a variety of curators’ lectures, tours, musical performances, children’s camps, workshops, school programs, art classes for children, and hands-on art activities.
Four original, in situ buildings remain on the grounds. These consist of two historic homes, the former paper mill and the remains of the brewery complex. The Cottage has been restored to the 1940s reflecting life on the home front in East York while Helliwell House has been restored to reflect workers’ lives in the late 1890s. The paper mill has been restored to a fully-accessible theatre and gallery now known as the Papermill Theatre and Gallery.
The Museum’s collection consists primarily of artifacts related to the time periods to which the two historic houses have been restored.
Archival materials related to Todmorden Mills and East York are housed at the Toronto Reference Library, City of Toronto Archives, and Archives of Ontario.
The site contains a 9.2 hectare wildflower preserve that is being re-naturalized to pre-European contact.
The artifacts on display in the historic houses reflect the time periods to which the homes have been restored.
Guided tours of the two historic houses and grounds are available year-round. Educational, curriculum-linked programs are available to school groups. Seasonal guided walks of the wildflower preserve are also provided.
The Papermill Gallery regularly exhibits the works of local artists, community art groups and emerging artists.
The Papermill Theatre offers performance space for theatre, community celebrations and corporate events.
12,000 artefacts documenting 2,000 years of textile history from all over the world, including fabrics, ceremonial cloths, garments, carpets, and quilts.
H.N. Pullar Library offers an extensive collection of publications (books, journals, DVDs, videos) and subject files dealing with non- industrial textiles from around the world.
This museum offers educational programming for students of all levels, including undergraduate students. Fibrespace is an interactive exhibit where school classes (as well as adults) can learn about textiles while working with fabrics. Social Fabric, an online exhibit, allowed students to generate content while engaging in research of textiles.
Large rotating and traveling exhibits dealing with historic and contemporary Ukrainian handicrafts and art, Ukrainian immigrants in Canada, and Christianity. Each exhibit is inaugurated with a public lecture.
Educational programs are developed for each exhibit and can be accessed by school teachers and students of all grades.
Set designs, playbills, photographs, props, and other memorabilia dealing with the development of live theatre in Canada.
Temporary and touring exhibitions deal with various aspects of the history and art of live theatre in Canada. Past exhibits have focused on set design, notable performances and individuals, women in theatre, and historic theatres.
The Legend Library is a video database of interviews with prominent members of the Canadian theatre industry, including actors, directors, set designers, and more.