Long Term Exhibits and Events

Categories: Arts & Culture, Events, Galleries, Museums

January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025

Art Gallery of Hamilton

Metamorphoses: Visions of Antiquity in the Modern Era
September 27 - January 4, 2026 

Go on a journey through time as this exhibit explores how artists have reimagined classical traditions over centuries. 

The Shape of Curiosity

April 5, 2025 - January 4, 2026

This exhibit explores elements of the natural world by contrasting indoor and outdoor elements, encouraging us to look outward with a new perspective.

Taking Root: Recent Acquisitions
June 26, 2025 - January 4, 2026

Bringing light to some of the AGH's newest additions to the permanent collection, the exhibit invites you to see how a collection grows through the art itself, as well as the questions asked and the stories told. 

Beyond the Frame: Art Activation Project
Permanent Installation 

Explore the AGH Collection like never before through audio, video, and augmented reality to provide interpretive and reimagined experiences to activate selected works. 

The Collection
Permanent Installation 

Come explore the AGH's renowned permanent collection.

Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

Making Freedom Fly
Ongoing 

Immerse yourself in stories from the Royal Canadian Air Force and Canadian home front during the Second World War through archives and technology, bringing historic moments to life. 

Maple Leaves and Tulips: Then and Now
April 17 - December 31, 2025

This exhibit commemorates the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe and the major role Canadians played in the Liberation of the Netherlands. 

McMaster Museum of Art

The Great Sea: Mediterranean Imaginaries from Antiquity to Modernity
April 1 - October 10, 2025

This collection explores the human and physical geographies of the Mediterranean, featuring rare books, maps, antiquities, and works of art.  

The Great Unseen
May 16 - October 10, 2025

This exhibit brings rarely viewed pieces from the McMaster Museum of Art's collection, focusing on Black, Caribbean, and diasporic artists. 

What of the eternal harm lurking all around?
August 14 - October 31, 2025

This exhibit examines the way in which artists across time and cultures have depicted war through art.

Hamilton Artists Inc.

We Need Each Other Now, We Needed Each Other Yesterday
March 7, 2025 - March 7, 2026 

This piece serves as a reminder that we need one another and that sometimes the only way out is with each other. 

We Return
June 20, 2025 - June 20, 2026

This billboard project weaves together words and imagery that speak to the importance of returning love to our communities. 

Queer Newfoundland Hockey League
September 12 - October 25, 2025

This exhibit utilizes hand crocheted and rughooked hockey jerseys to deconstruct homophobia in sports and sports culture.  

Workers Arts and Heritage Centre 

Work In Progress
January 10 - December 19, 2025 

Consisting of a series of interactive exhibits, you're invited to share your experience of work, labour, and activism through guided encounters. 

All Together Now! Banners From The Permanent
January 1 - December 20, 2025

This exhibit showcases a selection of historical banners from the labour movement conveying messages of purpose, pride, and unity.

Thirty for Thirty
September 12 - December 13, 2025 

This exhibit commemorates the 30th anniversary of championing working people through history, culture, and art.

Solidari-Tees: T-Shirts of the Labour Movement
September 12 - December 13, 2025 

Explores a collection of t-shirts representing workers, unions, and their allies.