The McMichael Museum

This just in from Julian Thomas. For any art aficionados planning to attend Warpstock, there is a new exhibition appearing at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, approximately 15km from the Valhalla Inn.

The exhibit is entitled, Miller Brittain: When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears and the museum is open from 10am to 4pm daily. The other ongoing exhibit is The Iconography of the Imagination: The Art of James Reaney.

From the museum's About Us page:

Canadian art and stories – through a distinctly Canadian art experience.

The McMichael Canadian Art Collection offers its visitors a unique and truly Canadian experience. From the art within its walls to the surrounding landscape, the McMichael is the perfect gallery for an introduction to Canada’s art, its peoples, their cultures and their history.

Renowned for its devotion to collecting and exhibiting only Canadian art, the McMichael 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.

The gallery welcomes on average 120,000 visitors annually.

100% Canadian Content

The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is the only major public art gallery devoted solely to the collecting and exhibiting of Canadian art. The gallery offers visitors the unique opportunity to enjoy Canadian landscape paintings in the woodland setting that inspired them.

Built of fieldstone and hand-hewn logs, the McMichael houses thirteen exhibition galleries and is situated amid 100 acres of serene conservation land. Floor-to-ceiling windows enable visitors to enjoy marvellous views of the densely wooded Humber River Valley.

Through a network of outdoor paths and hiking trails, visitors can discover outdoor sculptures and wander the McMichael Cemetery where six Group of Seven members and gallery co-founder Robert McMichael have been laid to rest. See. Do. Discover.

The McMichael displays a wide range of exhibitions each year, and offers a stimulating array of programs and events for people of all ages. They include curators’ lectures, tours, music performances, kids’ camps, workshops, school programs and hands-on art activities.

Experience Canada in a day at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.