Free Main Floor

Free Main Floor returns this Summer 2023.

July 2 - September 4, 2023 
7 days a week (now open Mondays!), no advance ticket required.   

Building on its overwhelming success of last summer, Free Main Floor returns on July 2 with live performances, educational activities for kids, and access to ROM’s 80,000 square-foot first floor—all for free*! Plus, new this year, performances will also take place outside the building on the Helga and Mike Schmidt Performance Terrace overlooking Philosopher’s Walk. 

Free Main Floor Galleries

  • Currelly Gallery
  • First Peoples**
  • Korea 
  • China 

**Admission to the Daphne Cockwell Gallery dedicated to First Peoples art & culture is free of charge to the public all year round.

Activity Stations

10:00 am - 3:00 pm daily
All ages welcome

Hands-on activities include touchable specimens, games, colouring, puzzles, writing, and much more. Activities, objects, and specimens change on a weekly basis, so come back often to learn, and create something new! 

Activity Station highlights:  

  • Every Tuesday - Thursday
    First Peoples Gallery
    Learn about Inuit culture and Arctic life with activities connected to our current exhibition, Tusarnitut! Music Born of the Cold.

  • Every Friday - Monday
    China Gallery
    Immerse yourself and learn more about Chinese, Japanese, and Korean art and culture at this fun station. 

Live Performances 

Swing by the Museum any day of the week to enjoy Toronto's diverse cultural communities through a wide array of live music, theatre, and dance performances. 

Weekly Schedule:

Currelly Gallery  
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

 


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Free Main Floor is made possible by the generous support of the Temerty Foundation. 
Activities and performances are generously supported by The Schmidt Family.

 

*Does not include the exhibition T.rex: The Ultimate Predator.