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Signature Events
The ROM Governors office hosts four signature fundraising events created to appeal to the diverse constituencies and demographics of ROM donors and to support four distinct Museum priorities. Each event has a unique theme and appeal to address a wide variety of interests and ages. Tickets and tables to Culture Shock, Fact? or Fiction?, Material Ball and PROM are offered for purchase first to ROM donors, then extended to the general public.
If you would like to be notified when tickets become available to any of the below events, please register today!
For more information, please contact:
Keiko Okutsu, Senior Development Officer, Donor Events
keiko@rom.on.ca or 416.586.8064
Culture Shock – Spring or Fall, Annual
Culture Shock is hosted by the Board of the Institute of Contemporary Culture (ICC) and themed around an acclaimed exhibition at the ROM. The first dramatic edition for 120 guests was held in c5 Restaurant and in the Roloff Beny Gallery of the Institute of Contemporary Culture on April 30, 2008, and was an unquestionable success. The evening features fine dining, entertainment/interactive experience, and an exclusive exhibition viewing. Proceeds support the Institute of Contemporary Culture Endowment Fund. Due to the limited space of this event, tickets are not available online. Please use the above contact information to ensure you receive your invitation.
Fact? or Fiction? – October, Annual
Fact? or Fiction? is the Royal Ontario Museum’s longest running fundraising event. Grazing on gourmet food, hundreds of guests play a trademarked guessing game for fabulous prizes, matching wits with ROM curators to decipher the true nature of 20 mysterious objects from the ROM’s vaults. The ROM is the largest field research museum in Canada and this event is a major source of funding for the ROM Research Endowment Fund, which supports curatorial research here and around the globe in more than 50 countries.
For more information, please visit www.rom.on.ca/factorfiction.
Play our online version of Fact? or Fiction?
Watch a podcast of the event.
Material Ball – November, every other year
Material Ball was launched in 2002 to open the ROM’s own exhibition, Elite Elegance: Couture Fashion in the 1950’s, and so successful it was brought back again in 2004 to launch a special Pearls exhibition. Material Ball went on hiatus during the Renaissance ROM campaign and the building of the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal, but came back with a vengeance in 2008! Themed around the special exhibition “The Nature of Diamonds,” and featuring a fashion show by designer GIAMBATTISTA VALLI, Material Ball 2008 was the most successful edition to date. This is a sophisticated evening, with gracious seating and decor, tasteful entertainment and a stylish fashion show. Proceeds go to support textiles and costume priorities of the Royal Ontario Museum.
For more information, please visit www.rom.on.ca/materialball.
PROM – March, Annual
PROM blasted out of the gate in 2006 with some of the best publicity and feedback ever received in the city for a first edition fundraising event. This event is about philanthropy and fun - the dresses, corsages, tiaras and limo rides of graduations past come to life again with a new level of sophistication and glamour each year at PROM, the ROM’s Young Patrons’ Circle (YPC) themed fundraising dinner for 250 and party for 1000. Proceeds are designated each year to special Museum projects and priorities.
For more information, please visit the YPC website.
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