TORONTO ( Thursday, March 23, 2023) – Canada’s Theatre Museum announced today that it will have a new home located in the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre.
The museum is in the planning stages of a $5Million Campaign that will provide capital, museum start-up and operating funding, and create a solid financial future by building on the endowment and sustaining funds.
Planning and design work is underway with Toronto-based international multidisciplinary design firm Reich&Petch.
New Online Exhibit
This new exhibit features designs by Herbert Whittaker, and is part of an exciting new partnership with The Google Cultural Institute.
Visit the exhibit here.
A pop-up exhibit in the lobby of The Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge St, Toronto, M5B 1M.
11am to 3pm, Wednesdays to Saturdays
Throughout July & August 2017
This free pop-up exhibit offered the rare chance to see costumes and other theatre wonders up close.
Produced by the National Arts Centre in association with Theatre Museum Canada
This exhibit is currently available for touring to venues across Canada.
For more information about this option, please contact:
Judi Pearl
National Arts Centre English Theatre
613-947-7000 ext.
October 2014
to July 2016
Macdonald Heaslip Walkway of Theatre History
Tom was a playwright, producer, administrator, director, literary manager, policy creator, founder – and it turns out, a collector of posters. (Most of the posters in this exhibit were kept in a box under his bed).
September 2011
to September 2014
Macdonald Heaslip Walkway of Theatre History
Theatre Museum Canada presented an exhibit by Dance Collection Danse
The 1970s saw an unprecedented dance boom in Canada. Canadian dancers travelled the world as unofficial cultural ambassadors.
Produced by the National Arts Centre in association with Theatre Museum Canada
An online companion exhibit is also featured on the NAC’s educational website ArtsAlive.ca.
September to November 2011
National Arts Centre, Ottawa
September to October 2012
Tarragon Theatre, Toronto
October to November 2013
Thousand Islands Playhouse, Gananoque
This special retrospective exhibit about one of Canada’s most influential playwrights, David French (1939 – 2010), produced by the National Arts Centre in association with Theatre Museum Canada, celebrated David French’s life, his career, and why his work was so important to the development of English Canadian theatre.
January 2010 – September 2010
Macdonald Heaslip Walkway of Theatre History
Curated by Ivan Tanzer
Theo Dimson (1930-2012) was a world renowned graphic designer and had close ties to the theatre community in Toronto.
September 2010
to September 2011
Macdonald Heaslip Walkway of Theatre History
Curated by Kate Barris
The founding chair of Theatre Museum Canada, Herbert William Whittaker (1910 – 2006) helped shape and promote Canadian theatre as a critic, mentor, set and costume designer, director, author, collector, visionary, advocate and friend.
March 2009- January 2010
Macdonald Heaslip Walkway of Theatre History
Curated by University of Toronto Museum Studies Masters student Alison Little, Revival used artifacts from our permanent collection to highlight performances, productions and personal memories.
