Exhibits

Open House

Join us for an afternoon celebrating the opening of the museum’s 2025 season, featuring two exciting new exhibitions:

1. Modern Mexican Baskets
Explore a vibrant collection of machine-stitched baskets from Mexico. These brightly colored pieces stand out for their circular bases and innovative placket designs, offering a bold contrast to traditional handwoven styles.

2. Historic West Coast Baskets
Discover eight remarkable baskets from the west coast, donated by Christopher Stone. Originally collected by his grandmother in the 1920s while living in Skidigate, Haida Guai, these predominately cedar root baskets—used for gathering, serving, and storage—highlight the everyday craftsmanship of the region. This is the only collection of its kind in our museum.

We hope to see you there!

5596 McDonalds Corners Rd, McDonalds Corners ON K0G1M0

Sunday, June 8 | 2:00–4:00 PM

Tea + Cookies will be served

The museum has over 200 exhibits in the 1930s stable building. Anything from traditional lightweight boat made of willow to a miniature spruce decorated basket from British Columbia. To our elaborate collection of Canadian Indigenous baskets made from various natural materials.

The exhibits focus on baskets made from 15 different local materials. Some of these materials are growing in the gardens around the museum.

Get a glimpse of multiple collections including our virtual tours.

Main Gallery

It features four exhibition cases including Indigenous - Willow- Cedar, Pine Needle, Birch and others.

A tiny wall case displays twelve miniature baskets.

The exhibitions include basketry tools, a library and examples of basketry materials.

All of the baskets have been collected by Ankaret Dean in her 40+ years as a fibre artist and instructor. Some baskets in the exhibition were made by Ankaret, others by First Nations basketmakers from across Canada, and some by international basketmakers.

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Rotating Gallery

It features exhibits that are not made from local materials, such as bamboo, raffia and grasses. It’s located in the loft above the Main Gallery. The exhibits have included Birds, Animals and Masks.

In 2020, we created virtual tours and the Five Basketry Stories from My Travels is a great glimpse into what’s been showcased in the rotating gallery.