Volunteers & Interns

The ROM relies on the contribution of our volunteers who provide their time and service to help support Museum activities such as the delivery and creation of programs, curatorial research and collections work. Our volunteers include trustees, research associates, curators emeriti, postsecondary or graduate students working in a curatorial department or in the field, secondary school students working on a cooperative-education term on Museum premises or volunteering in the Hands-on galleries, and members of the Department of Museum Volunteers.

The Department of Museum Volunteers (DMV), with membership over 600, is an autonomous association of members that supports the Museum’s activities. Volunteers lead gallery tours, greet visitors, run special interest programs and organize both local and international travel programs. Since its inception, the DMV has significantly supported the ROM’s Research and Acquisition Fund. See DMV Policies.

Internships at the ROM

The Museum does not have a formal internship program. From time to time, departments may entertain internship requests. Please send an e-mail to info@rom.on.ca indicating your area of interest, your postsecondary institution and your program of studies. We will direct your inquiry to the appropriate department. Please note we will only contact interested applicants when an internship is available that matches their skills and abilities.

Podcast

Department of Museum Volunteers - Celebrating 50 Years
October 18, 2007
A look inside the history of the ROM's most valuable resource, the Department of Museum Volunteers, a group of individuals passionately dedicated to sharing their love of the ROM with museum patrons, who celebrated their 50th anniversary in October of 2007.

Video Podcast (17MB, 4m 44s)
Written Transcript (PDF)

FAQs: Jobs & Volunteering

 

 

Former presidents of the Department of Museum Volunteers at the Past Presidents Luncheon, April 2008.

CIBC Discovery Gallery & Keenan Family Gallery
Share your interest in discovery and join our volunteer team! The CIBC Discovery Gallery and Keenan Family Gallery rely on enthusiastic and committed volunteers to assist visitors in explorations of the ROM's hands-on collections. Interested?

Department of Museum Volunteers
Learn about the DMV and the volunteer openings available. Attend our information meetings. Interested?

Veronika Gervers: Research Fellowship in Textiles and Costume History
Available to PH.D. candidates and senior scholars worldwide. Interested?

M.A. Fritz Travel Grants for the Advancement of Studies in Palaeontology
Available for students working towards a Masters or Ph.D. degree in paleontology. Interested?