Toronto - Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art

Situated opposite the Royal Ontario Museum and definitely worth a visit, the Museum of Ceramic Art in Toronto owes its existence to a pair of private collectors, Mr and Mrs George Gardiner. On exhibition are objets d'art representing over four thousand years of mankind's creativity, including American pottery from the Pre-Columbian period (e.g Nazca, Peru and Mexico), European porcelain (e.g. Delft, Meissen, Vienna, Sèvres and various British manufacturers) and Italian Majolica. Also rather special is a delightful series of "Commedia dell'arte" figurines.