It’s the first major revitalization of the site in more than 40 years and is being supported with a $50 million commitment from the Government of Ontario and $25 million in funding from the federal government.
It is located in the Humber River Valley and features a modernist timber-and-stone architecture with low rooflines.
The redevelopment will include:
- More space dedicated to exhibitions, education, conservation and public programming;
- classrooms and studios to nurture the next generation of Canadian artists;
- purpose-built spaces for events, concerts, lectures conferences and banqueting, including a new indoor theatre; and
- it is being built to CAGBC Zero Carbon Design Standards.
Originally built in the 1950s as the private home of founders Robert and Signe McMichael, the site has grown into a national institution, featuring more than 7,000 artworks by Tom Thomson, the Group of Seven and their contemporaries, Indigenous artists and artists from the many diasporic communities that make up Canada.
