Seagram Museum
Waterloo, Ontario
 

The Seagram Museum is located in Waterloo, Ontario, on the site of the original Seagram distillery. Many of the oldest buildings in the plant remain intact, in many cases still in use for their original purposes. Within the context of these important examples of Canada's industrial architectural past, the new museum has been constructed.

The entry to the museum is through a 19th century barrel warehouse, whose heavy timber racks for storing the barrels extend through five stories. Portions of the timber racks were removed, creating a skylit courtyard, which incorporates a restaurant and museum shop, and through which the visitor enters the main museum building.

The museum building, a 17,000-square foot, 40 foot high room, contains permanent exhibits and an introductory film theater, in a series of individual pavilions beneath a skylit roof. A second level contains Seagram company archives and offices for museum staff.


 
           
Timothy Hursley