Earth Rangers’ immersive public show is scheduled in the Earth Rangers studio every Saturday.

Bring your specimen to the Museum for identification by ROM experts. Visitors with rocks, minerals, gems, fossils, or suspected meteorites can have them identified at the special ID clinic held six times a year. Now in its 15th year, ROM ID Clinics were voted one of the "Reasons to Love Toronto" by Toronto Life magazine.

ID Clinics are free but patrons wishing to visit the rest of the museum will be charged admission.

Focus on the beauty of natural botanical forms as you refine your drawing skills. Develop your ability to see shapes, judge angles, draw in proportion, and represent form through tonal value. This course is appropriate for all levels and can be taken multiple times at increasingly higher levels.

Explore the fifteen hundred years of waves of colonisers and migrants who have left their mark on the archaeological record of this fascinating land, caught at the crossroads where Europe meets the Near East.

Kings and queens, forgotten cities, spectacular temples and bloody rituals are all hallmarks of the Classic Maya period (AD 250 to 900). Explore one of the world’s most enigmatic ancient civilizations with hands-on materials and a guided tour of the ROM’s exhibition Maya: Secrets of their Ancient World.

Using simple techniques in a relaxed, friendly environment, you can learn to draw images in any style with good old graphite. Especially recommended for those who want to draw but believe it will never happen.

Join us for further exploration into one of the world’s oldest and most complete systems of natural healing. This course will focus on the psychological models of Ayurveda and how our thoughts and emotions affect our health and well-being, as well as our food choices and our coping skills in daily life. Learn how food can affect your physical and mental well-being.

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do." "All Roads Lead to Rome." "Rome wasn't built in a day." Why do we still refer to an empire that disappeared centuries ago? Explore the political, military and economic history of one of the world's great civilizations.

Explore the ancient civilizations of the East and the West with hands-on artifacts from the teaching collections of the Royal Ontario Museum. Examine ancient tools, weapons, pottery, jewellery, art and coins to discover the mysteries and their enduring legacy.

Gaining more practice and by working at your own speed, students will use a combination of techniques to make finished watercolour paintings. Instruction is by lectures, demonstrations, examples and critiques, with individual consultation how work from your own source photo as the last project. This course is for both those wanting the next step beyond ‘Painting in Watercolour: the Fundamentals’ and for those that have been painting on their own.

Award-winning Toronto Star architecture critic Christopher Hume examines the meaning of architecture and the stories buildings tell, intended or not. With special emphasis on Toronto, Hume will look at the built environment, new and old, to see what it reveals about who we are, where we come from and where we're headed.

Come to the ROM to hear experts in the fields of natural history, world cultures, the environment, anthropology and archaeology who will share new discoveries, amazing artifacts and cutting edge science in a fascinating series of monthly lectures.

10:00 AM Coffee & Tea in Food Studio
11:00 AM Lecture in Eaton Theatre

Note: FM assistive devices and ASL interpretation are available on request. ASL interpretation requires one week advance notice.

Broaden your understanding of Ancient Egyptian language and culture by translating "The Shipwrecked Sailor", an epic folk tale of exploration and disaster. Will our hero ever see home again?

One of Chinese brush painting's fundamental principles is to see the great in the small and the small in the perspective of the great. See more than what you look at and feel beyond what you see.

Discover the roots of RasTafari. A documentary film with Donisha Prendergast, granddaugher of Bob & Rita Marley.

Join us in the Earth Rangers Studio to learn and meet organizations involved in biodiversity-related issues.

Join us as Rexine Hummel gives us a picture of life on 30 years worth of digs.

Get a snap shot of archaeological life, from the dig house, food and sleeping conditions, to what archaeologists are all about, and the stories that tie them all together.

Did you know? The Maya were the first to recognize the potential and delicious taste of chocolate. It truly is the food of the gods. Enjoy 3 full days of family fun and learn all about this Maya treat from the chocolate experts at ChocoSol. You might even get to taste some of their home-made creations. Watch a screening of The Chocolate Farmer and have fun making Maya crafts.

RPC Members are invited to enjoy a delicious breakfast in c5 Restaurant followed by a talk on the current ROM exhibition The Art of Collecting.

Face to Face is a new series of free gallery walk/talks exclusively for ROM Members that will take place on the third Tuesday of each month at 11:00 am. Each month Members will meet with a ROM expert for a guided walk through the ROM galleries to hear interesting stories about their latest research, recent acquisitions or their favourite object.

Join us as we bring together experts and advocates of grassland ecosystems. Registration includes a special screening of an extended version of The Nature of Things Return of the Prairie Bandit.

In appreciation of your support, FEA members are invited to an exclusive event to meet and welcome the new Louise Hawley Stone Chair of East Asian Art, Dr. Wen-chien Cheng.

Award-winning author and broadcaster Carol Off reveals the fascinating and often horrifying stories behind our desire for chocolate.

Please tell all your friends and business associates. Mix Mingle Think...it’s a fun Friday night at the ROM, and a great way to end the week!

Celebrate African and Caribbean culture and heritage with a full day of live music performances, hands-on activities for kids, storytelling, film screenings and much more!

Distinguished Lecture Series

A variety of fun activities that will have you seeing the oceans in a whole new way

History Wars at the ROM: Debates on Canada's History

What does Quebec want? That question has been asked ever since Confederation, and today Canada is sometimes bilingual, occasionally bicultural; (except when it’s multicultural), and some in Quebec see it as bi-national if not deux nations. What were we? What are we? What should we be?

The gloves are on! The Royal Ontario Museum launches its second series of lively debates exploring some of the most memorable subjects and personalities in Canadian history. Notable experts duke it out on a variety of lively issues.

Distinguished Lecture Series

Second date added! Monday, March 19, 2012.

Join us for a tour of a new exhibition, Shahnama: The Persian 'Book of Kings' by Karin Ruehrdanz, curator of Islamic Decorative Arts. Karin will give a tour on the primordial formation of a visual program for the great Persian epic in the early 14th century. Tour will be followed by questions and answers.

Please meet at the Members' Information Centre in Gloria Chen Court, Level 1 shortly before 11:00 am. The Members' Information Centre is located just past the express entry check in. Karen will escort you to the exhibition you will be touring.

Distinguished Lecture Series

This event not to be missed by people interested in medieval culture. Eight speakers will talk on various aspects of the Medieval world, including archaeology, history, culture and art. The nature of the talks will be scholarly, but accessible to non-specialists.

Come one, come all! Experience the greatest party on Earth at YPC's seventh annual fundraising event. Enjoy a fresh take on the old-fashioned big top with live entertainment and dancing, strolling circus performers, fun-fair activities and carnival fare.

Explore the unique social, political and architectural characteristics of Río Bec, and their significance for our understanding of the Maya civilization.

Friends of Textiles & Costume

Anne Adams is an embroidery historian, a charter member of the Embroiderers’ Association of Canada and has taught across Canada in their educational programs as well as in the USA and Britain. Her current focus is on encouraging the display, in small local museums, of the textiles of Upper Canada.

Bishop White Committee

Join ROM curators and other experts on a historical journey from China to the Middle East, Europe and back to learn more about Chinese ceramics which will culminate in today’s market where collectors smash auction records to attain them.

Friends of Textiles & Costume

Hanna was the Gervers’ research fellow in 2003-04, focusing on French block prints in the ROM’s collection. She received training as an arts and crafts teacher in her native Norway, later receiving textile engineering and arts history degrees in Sweden. More recently, she has studied chemical and technological changes to the methods of printing textiles in 17th and 18th century France.

Meet the internationally-renowned, UK-based contemporary artists, twin sisters Amrit & Rabindra KD Kaur Singh MBE (popularly known as "The Singh Twins"), who have created a new painting commissioned by ROM on the history of the Sikh Diaspora in Canada. Now part of the ROM's permanent collection, this important work depicts a multitude of events in Canadian history in the twin's unique 'Past-Modern' style reinterpreting the traditional Indian miniatures within a contemporary context. Come view the painting and hear the artists talk about their work and intriguing process.

A reception for Members of the Friends of South Asia and their guests will follow the public lecture at 3:30 pm to meet the artists and view the new painting.

FSA Members and their guests (one per member) are invited to an exclusive reception to meet the artists and view their new painting. This reception follows a public lecture at 2:00 pm.

Meet the internationally-renowned, UK-based contemporary artists, twin sisters Amrit & Rabindra KD Kaur Singh MBE (popularly known as "The Singh Twins"), who have created a new painting commissioned by ROM on the history of the Sikh Diaspora in Canada. Now part of the ROM's permanent collection, this important work depicts a multitude of events in Canadian history in the twin's unique 'Past-Modern' style reinterpreting the traditional Indian miniatures within a contemporary context. Come view the painting and hear the artists talk about their work and intriguing process.