Come and improve your French with Les amis francophiles du ROM.

Movies have the power to change your life for the better. The characters you connect with hold the answers for transforming your problems into successes.

Achieving business and career goals can be a challenge if you feel isolated. Discover how to tap into your existing networks and create new ones.

Movies have the power to change your life for the better. The characters you connect with hold the answers for transforming your problems into successes.

Achieving business and career goals can be a challenge if you feel isolated. Discover how to tap into your existing networks and create new ones.

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.

Learn how to mix colours, use different acrylic mediums, and do basic painting techniques.

Meet two young Canadian Muslim artists and explore their world of culture, artistic expression and cuisine.

Are you yearning to do landscape drawing, but too afraid to try? Enjoy a fun, stress-free, step-by-step approach.

Explore a sampling of the arts of Japan.

Learn the basics in the art of swordsmanship with a medieval broadsword.

To achieve the form of Chinese painting is only the beginning. To attain its essence is a joyful challenge.

Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, evolved many centuries ago from the Buddhist ritual of offering flowers to the spirits of the dead.

Using simple techniques even a child can master, you can learn to draw images in any style with good old graphite.

From the busts of ancient Greece and Rome to the studies of the First Nations’ peoples by Paul Kane, the ROM houses a wealth of portrait styles.

Through movement, sketching, clay modeling, group discussions and journal writing, this journey will take you to your past, present and future.

Samurai warriors ruled Japan for 700 years. As well as being fierce and fearless soldiers, they were exponents of the great artistic and philosophical tradition of Asia.

Discover how clothing, textiles and decorative arts reflect the ideas and values of past societies.

Ayurveda, the extraordinary body and mind medicine of India, is one of the world’s oldest and most complete systems of natural healing.

Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, evolved many centuries ago from the Buddhist ritual of offering flowers to the spirits of the dead.

Investigate the historical and cultural origins of interesting words and expressions that have lost their source connections.

Want to expand your ability to record visual experiences in your own hand? Be among the first to draw the new displays of the ROM’s artifacts.

For thousands of years, Jerusalem has been a destination for travellers from all over the globe.

For thousands of years, Jerusalem has been a destination for travellers from all over the globe.

Create a masterpiece using tesserae on an 8-inch square tile.

Explore the highly expressive and challenging medium of watercolour.

Course for Exhibition Ancient Peru Unearthed

Observation of the stars was essential for the workings of all ancient civilizations. The recent discovery of an astronomical observatory in Peru older than Britain’s Stone-henge reveals an astronomical heritage more than 4,200 years old.

Award-winning Toronto Star architecture critic Christopher Hume examines the meaning of architecture and the stories buildings tell, intended or not.

The ancient site of Abydos was sacred to the Egyptians for more than 3,000 years. Archaeologists have been digging there for more than 100 years, yet amazing discoveries continue to be made.

Witness the spectacle of southern Ontario’s spring migration. Identify our local breeding birds and passage migrants including hawks, arctic shorebirds, waterfowl, gulls, blackbirds, sparrows and warblers, among many others.

Explore the images of Buddhist heaven and hell in this introduction to Buddhism.

Explore the arts and culture of the Silk Routes.

Explore the Arctic with a tusk, a camera and a dinner.

A gentle introduction to classical music and opera for the uninitiated but curious.

Experience an intimate hands-on seminar with ROM glass curator and paperweight specialist Brian Musselwhite, and paperweight artists Virginia Wilson Toccalino and Tony Toccalino.

Capture moments of daily urban life or some of Toronto’s famous pieces of architecture.

Learn how to shoot the longbow. Study its design, function and historical significance, and investigate bow and arrow construction.

Witness the spectacle of fall migration. Learn how to identify and determine the annual fall parade of passage migrants, including forest hawks, arctic shorebirds, waterfowl, gulls, blackbirds, late warblers, sparrows, and others.

Learn how to shoot the longbow. Study its design, function and historical significance, and investigate bow and arrow construction. Longbow and arrows provided for class use.

Come and improve your French with Les amis francophiles. The group meets at 1:00 pm on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month, in the Samuel HallCurrelly Gallery.

Appreciate the sublime beauty of Japanese calligraphy by creating characters and words using ink, paper and brush.

Wish you could read ancient Egyptian writing?

Learn the basics in the art of swordsmanship with a medieval broadsword. Training includes footwork, posture and foundational guards.

Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, evolved many centuries ago from the Buddhist ritual of offering flowers to the spirits of the dead.

Using simple techniques even a child can master, you can learn to draw images in any style with good old graphite.

Hear the tales of the most notorious pharaohs in Ancient Egypt.

Earrings, pendants, rings and things... the creative choice of a truly unique fine jewellery piece is yours to make in this fabulous hands-on workshop.

From the busts of ancient Greece and Rome to the studies of the First Nations’ peoples by Paul Kane, the ROM houses a wealth of portrait styles.

Great institutions are founded by great people. Through the lives and careers of four major figures - Sir Edmund Walker, Charles Trick Currelly, George Crofts, and Mrs. Sarah Warren - learn about the social and cultural forces behind the Royal Ontario Museum's founding and early success.

Through movement, sketching, clay modeling, group discussions and journal writing, this journey will take you to your past, present and future.

Discover how clothing, textiles and decorative arts reflect the ideas and values of past societies.

The legacy of the Roman Empire can be seen all over Europe, particularly in England.

Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, evolved many centuries ago from the Buddhist ritual of offering flowers to the spirits of the dead.

A gentle introduction to classical music and opera for the uninitiated but curious.

Want to expand your ability to record visual experiences in your own hand? Be among the first to draw the new displays of the ROM’s artifacts.

For thousands of years, Jerusalem has been a destination for travelers from all over the globe.

Ancient Egyptians honoured many goddesses, from Bastet the cat to Serket the scorpion.

Learn the basic sculptural processes and techniques through hands-on experience.

For thousands of years, Jerusalem has been a destination for travelers from all over the globe.

Recent discoveries on Earth and in space strongly suggest life is very common in the universe.

Create a masterpiece using tesserae on an 8-inch square tile. Then working with a three-dimensional object (a mirror frame, small table or planter brought from home), you'll cover it with broken china (save your own) and glass tesserae.

Explore the highly expressive and challenging medium of watercolour.

Join us for further exploration into one of the world’s oldest and most complete systems of natural healing.

Award-winning Toronto Star architecture critic Christopher Hume examines the meaning of architecture and the stories buildings tell, intended or not.

The ancient site of Abydos was sacred to the Egyptians for more than 3,000 years. Archaeologists have been digging there for more than 100 years, yet amazing discoveries continue to be made.

Long before Martha Stewart, in the grime of Victorian Britain, William Morris revolutionized interior decoration and textile patterns.

Explore the history of English and European gardens from a variety of perspectives.

Enjoy four evenings of photography, travel and food.

Enjoy an evening of photography, travel and food.

Learn about the history and evolution of paperweights from the mid 19th century to the present with Brian Musselwhite, curator of the Glass Worlds exhibition and author of the accompanying book.

Enjoy an evening of photography, travel and food.

Explore five new areas of collecting! Experienced collectors share their insights. Now’s the time to search for these collectibles before they become too popular - and expensive!

China is the world’s oldest continuous civilization. It was the world’s greatest superpower. How did it lose its primacy? Investigate the economic, political, military, and social history of this fascinating society. Includes gallery tours.

Discover one of the newest areas of collecting! What is West German pottery? What’s Fat Lava? Why are dealers and collectors snapping it up?

Who was the real Last Samurai? Where did Tom Cruise go wrong? Trace the rise and fall of the samurai rulers of Japan by investigating the lives of some of its most fascinating warriors. Understand the political and social history for a deeper understanding of samurai culture.

Sharpen your skills and discover how to preserve vacation memories. Learn how to capture images of people, cityscapes, landscapes and sunsets.