Long Term Exhibits and Events

Categories: Arts & Culture, Events, Galleries, Museums

January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025

Art Gallery of Hamilton

Helen McNicoll: An Impressionist Journey
February 15 - August 31, 2025 

Featuring over 120 pieces, this collection showcases and celebrates one of Canada's most significant historical artists. 

Her Too: Contemporaries of Helen McNicoll

February 15 - August 31, 2025 

This exhibit highlights the work of women artists who were at the forefront of Canadian art in the 1900s and paved the way for future generations.

The Shape of Curiosity
February 22 - May 18, 2025 

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

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

Ascending Horizons
January 8 - June 20, 2025

Exploring Indigenous knowledge, this exhibit celebrates the sacred cycles and seasons of the sacred feminine, connecting women in creation and re-creation. 

The Great Sea: Mediterranean Imaginaries from Antiquity to Modernity
April 1 - October 10, 205

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. 

Hamilton Artists Inc.

Trans Lives are Sacred
July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025 

This illustration celebrates the sacredness of disabled, trans, and queer folks. 

You and I are Earth
June 20 - August 9, 2025

This sculptural installation merging ceramics, light, and found materials to reflect on chronic pain, memory, and our ties to the natural world. 

Placeholder
June 20 - August 9, 2025

This exhibit utilizes large-scale mural, site-specific installation, and documentary filmmaking to explore how ordinary moments shape a place. 

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. 

Tourism Hamilton Visitor Experience Centre

Celebrating 150 Years of Connection

Celebrate the 150th anniversary of the HSR and explore its legacy through artifacts, photographs, and a look forward to the future of transit in the city.