The temporary closure of PAMA due to COVID-19 has impacted our upcoming schedule. The below dates will be modified once we know when we will re-open. In the meantime, check out our Virtual Exhibitions. We miss you all and hope you stay well and safe at home.
Upcoming exhibitions at PAMA include:
Power Play: Hockey in Contemporary Canadian Art
Guest Curated by Jaclyn Meloche

Inspired by the idea that hockey is much more diverse than the popular stereotypes have led Canadian society to believe, this exhibition questions the relationship between hockey and the Canadian identity by making the invisible bodies in the sport visible.
Through 45 works of art in diverse media by 13 artists and a selection of archival objects from the Hockey Hall of Fame, timely conversations will be explored surrounding nationalism, gender and racial equity, physical and mental health, and the value of self-esteem.
Image Credit:
Liz Pead (Canadian, 1972-)
Saving Tom Thomson and Shut Out Canoe, 2012
Recycled hockey equipment, knitting, ink, and Acrylic paint on board
203.2 x 508 cm
Courtesy of the Artist
Virtual Exhibition - May 2021
What stories will we share with the future?
In
response to the new and unexpected realities experienced in the Region
of Peel and around the world, museums and archives are chronicling the
impact of COVID-19 in real time. PAMA and the Museums of
Mississauga have been collecting photos, videos, signs, drawings,
and stories as a way to share the experiences of everyone working and
living in the Region of Peel.
We want to hear from you! If you
have stories and images that reflect the social, medical, cultural or
economic impacts of COVID-19 across Peel, we'd welcome them! Be a part
of history -
learn more here.
Jump Up! Celebrating Caribbean Carnivals
Jump Up! is a dynamic celebration of creativity, resistance and resilience, with many stories to share about history, emancipation, immigration, and contemporary life in southern Ontario.
The exhibition seeks to highlight the voices and stories of revellers, performers and participants in the Toronto Caribbean Carnival (Caribana) and and similar multicultural festivals that focus on the local Caribbean community, such as CaraBram and Carassauga.
Image: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
We Are Hockey

Centred on the experiences of people of colour, this exhibit challenges the linear meaning of "Hockey as Canada's national sport" while negotiating decolonization, race, ethnicity and the privilege and power of settler communities.
On loan from the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley.

drawn down by Carl Taçon
Museum Exterior
This
sculpture by Canadian artist, Carl Taçon, was the winner of a national
competition. Carl's proposal, a life-sized carving of a bed, was based
on the building's history as the former Peel County Jail and is intended
to "examine the idea of a bed as comfort, in contrast to the stark
conditions of incarceration".
The granite for the sculpture was generously donated by
A. Lacroix et Fils Granit Ltée. The
first phase of the project, a raised base made out of "Jet Mist" black
granite, was completed in late 2013. The cut granite base's pattern is a
distorted grid, referencing the perceived cast light and shadow from
one of the historic jailhouse windows. The carved bed will be cut from
"Orion" black granite.
Image: © Carl Taçon, 2020