Three Museums - Three Extraordinary Experiences - One Unique Offer

TORONTO, ON - August 22, 2008 - Three of Toronto’s specialty museums - the Bata Shoe Museum, the Gardiner Museum and the Museum of Inuit Art - are pleased to announce the launch of a reciprocal admissions partnership. Beginning August 23, 2008, visitors will only need to show their admission receipt from one of the museum’s to enjoy 2 for 1 admission to the other participating locations when visiting within the same week. Whether interested in the history of footwear, unravelling the meaning behind ceramics, or learning more about Inuit art and culture, museum hopping has never been this easy or this affordable!

About the Bata Shoe Museum
The Bata Shoe Museum is dedicated to uncovering the role of footwear in the social and cultural life of humanity. The Museum's growing international collection of over 13,000 objects touches on 4,500 years of history. A varied programme of events and exhibitions lets visitors discover the stories behind footwear from many lands and cultures. Further information is available at www.batashoemuseum.ca.

About the Gardiner Museum
The Gardiner Museum offers an intimate look at one of the world’s oldest and most universal forms of art and material culture—ceramics. The collection spans continents and time, giving a glimpse into the development of ceramic process, decoration and form. Year-round the Museum mounts special exhibitions, programs, lectures and clay classes to complement its permanent collection. The Museum also features a destination restaurant with Jamie Kennedy as its executive chef, and the Gardiner Shop, which specializes in artist designed, artist made merchandise. Further information is available at www.gardinermuseum.on.ca.

About the Museum of Inuit Art
Southern Canada's public museum devoted exclusively to Inuit art and culture. Discover hundreds of works of Inuit Art in stone, antler, ivory and bone, as well as innovative pottery, prints, drawings and wallhangings. The Museum also features the MIA Gallery which represents Inuit artists through their cooperatives from across the Canadian Arctic. All profits from the sales of Inuit Art at the gallery support cultural, educational and acquisition programs at the Museum of Inuit Art. The Museum of Inuit Art is located within the historic Queen's Quay Terminal Building at the Toronto Harbourfront. Further information is available at www.miamuseum.ca.