SchoolVisits

Ontario Kindergarten to Grade 12 lessons are taught by Museum Educators. Lessons may take place entirely in the galleries, or they may move between the galleries and a classroom containing hands-on objects from the extensive teaching collections at ROM. Each lesson is 1-hour long. Lessons are available to book from September to June.

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September to June

• Lesson Pricing (Self-Guided admission +$9): $18.50 per person
• Coming Soon - Learn & Explore Pricing (Self-Guided admission + $6.50): $16.00

New! Starting in July 2025 we will be using a new booking system:

1. First time booking: Register Account before booking
2. Existing Account Holders: Book now

Sign up for our School Visits eNewsletter to receive updates about Onsite Lessons.

Empower your students. Explore at their pace. Connect to the curriculum.

Self-guided visits let students and teachers take the lead in their learning as they explore the galleries at ROM independently.

What's Included:

• Student-led, inquiry-based learning
• Curriculum-aligned gallery recommendations by grade
• Downloadable gallery trail to guide exploration
• Flexible timing to fit your schedule

Ideal for:

• Cross-curricular learning
• Budget-friendly field trips
• Grades K-12

Take learning beyond the classroom - plan your visit today.

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July 15 to September 2 - Canada Strong Pass program

• Self-Guided, general admission: FREE
• Exhibition pricing (self-guided admission + $2): $2 per person

September - Discounted Self-Guided General Admission

• Self-Guided, general admission: $6 per person
• Exhibition pricing (self-guided admission + $2.50): $8.50 per person

October to June

• Self-Guided, general admission: $9.50 per person
• Exhibition pricing (self-guided admission + $2.50): $12 per person

New! Starting in July 2025 we will be using a new booking system:

1. First time booking: Register Account before booking
2. Existing Account Holders: Book now

Sign up for our School Visits eNewsletter to receive updates about Self-Guided Visits.

Specific lessons for Ontario kindergarten to grade 12 are taught by Indigenous Museum Educators. There are three lessons in 2025-2026 to choose from: 

• Indigenous Perspectives Throughout ROM (all ages)
• Indigenous Inventions, Innovations and Creativity (grades 1-8)
• Indigenous Food Sovereignty (grades 7-12).

Indigenous Learning and Programs guided lessons take place entirely in galleries. During select lessons, Indigenous Museum Educators will bring touchable belongings from the teaching collections to share with students. Each visit is a unique experience as Museum Educators lessons and stories vary as team members represent diverse Indigenous Nations from across Turtle Island.

Coming Soon - the Indigenous Learning and Programs Team will also facilitate events within the Learn & Explore Theatre channel on days of importance, including:

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

• September 25, 2025 | Grades 3-6

Treaties Recognition Week

• November 5, 2025 | Grades 3-6

World Water Day at ROM: Honouring Indigenous Water Walkers

• March 24, 2026 | Grades 3-6

National Day of Awareness for MMIW+

• May 5, 2026 | Grades 9-12

National Indigenous History Month (with special guest performances)

• June 3, 2026 | Grades 9-12
• June 4, 2026 | Kindergarten-Grade 2
• June 10, 2026 | Grades 3-5
• June 11, 2026 | Grades 6-8

Each Learn & Explore Theatre event is accompanied by an activation in the Museum to support students' learning on the topic.

September to June

• Lesson Pricing (Self-Guided admission + $9): $18.50 per person
• Coming Soon - Learn & Explore Pricing (Self-Guided admission + $6.50): $16.00

New! Starting in July 2025 we will be using a new booking system:

1. First time booking: Register Account before booking
2. Existing Account Holders: Book now

Sign up for our School Visits eNewsletter to receive updates about Indigenous Learning.

A selection of engaging, curriculum-connected school programs (Guided, Self-Guided, and Virtual) are delivered in French by experienced Museum Educators. 

Visit French Learning for more information.

Coming Soon - Free School Visits: November 2-5, 2025

French schools will be eligible for free admission to the Museum, November 2-5, 2025. More information and booking details will be available soon.

Sign up for our School Visits eNewsletter to receive updates about upcoming opportunites.

Connect your students to cultural objects, natural specimens, and ancestral belongings with a ROM virtual lesson. Aligned to the Ontario Curriculum and linked to 21st century competencies, our virtual lessons are taught by ROM’s Educator team, including Indigenous Museum Educators, and engage students through inquiry and object based learning.

Virtual Lessons (Free of Charge). 

New! Starting in July 2025 we will be using a new booking system:

1. First time booking: Register Account before booking
2. Existing Account Holders: Book now

Sign up for our School Visits eNewsletter to receive updates about Virtual Lessons.

Virtual Resources (Free of Charge)

348 virtual resources, including virtual exhibitions, games, videos, and activities are available.

Resources

Inquiring about a visit from an out of province or post-secondary school, adult or corporate group, or just a group visit on a weekend or holiday? ROM’s Group Sales team is ready to help you with your visit, offering several customizable options for viewing our galleries and exhibitions.

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Bookings are taken online and should be made more than 10 days in advance.

Availability displayed online is in real-time, based on existing bookings in our system and daily capacity.

New Booking System: Starting July 2025, we have a new booking system. If it's your first time making a booking in the new system, you will need to register an account first. Once your account is set up, you will receive an email inviting you to set a password and start making bookings.

First time booking: Register Account before booking

Existing Account Holders: Book now

Self-Guided general admission base price: $9.50 per person.

Self-Guided ($9.50) + Special Exhibition ($2.50): $12 per person.

Self-Guided ($9.50) + 1-hour Lesson ($9): $18.50 per person.

Self-Guided ($9.50) + 1-hour Learn and Explore Event ($6.50): $16.00 per person

Virtual Lesson: Free

September only: Self-Guided, general admission: $6 per person

• All pricing is shown with tax included
• "Per person" applies to students, teachers, and other adult staff/volunteers
• 1 adult staff/volunteer is free for every 1 student attending
• Minimum 15 students and minimum 2 adults required
• General admission or Membership offers or discounts cannot be applied to School Visits

Payment is not required at time of booking. You will receive a confirmation email/invoice as soon as you submit your booking.

Payment is due on arrival by cash, cheque, debit, or credit card.

Cheques must be made payable to "Royal Ontario Museum". Please provide one cheque per booking.

Purchase Orders must be arranged in advance of your visit.

Please quote your booking/invoice number on all invoice payments and communications.

We understand that last minute changes can happen. Please notify us as soon as possible if you need to cancel your booking. If you are cancelling multiple visits, please cancel them individually by responding to each reservation email, or send a separate email listing all the invoice reservation email, or send a separate email listing all the reservation numbers affected.

ROM is committed to accessibility for all visitors. We offer a variety of programs and services to ensure the accessibility of the Museum and its collections. To request communication supports and/or accommodations for your onsite or virtual field trip, please email schoolv@rom.on.ca or call 416-586-5801 (voicemail only). Please note that some services may need at least three weeks advance notice.

Groups are encouraged to bring as many teachers/supervisors (adults) as needed to ensure that children are safe and well supervised. To facilitate this, the School Visits program offers 1 adult free for every 1 student attending.

Please check your board/organization's supervision requirements or aim for our recommended minimum supervision ratios:

• Kindergarten to Grade 3 (Age 9 and younger): 1 adult per 5 children
• Grade 4 to Grade 8 (Ages 10 to 13): 1 adult per 10 children
• Grade 9 to Grade 12 (Age 14 and older): 1 adult per 15 youth

Children 13-years-old/Grade 8 and younger must be supervised by adults at all times. Unsupervised chidren will be removed from the galleries by ROM Security until their adult supervisors can be located.

Youth 14-years-old/Grade 9 and older may tour galleries without direct supervision. Teachers/supervisors are responsible for their students' conduct.

Please review our Visitor Guide for additional information on supervision and ROM’s code of conduct

Lunch Room (Level 1B East, President's Choice School Entrance Hallway): 30-minute lunch slots are assigned upon arrival, if requested. Lunch times are based on scheduled activities and the age-level of groups attending.

Druxy’s ROM Café (Level 1B West): Available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that outside food is not allowed, and food purchased there must be consumed there. Groups of over 50 should consider staggering eating times.

Children 13-years-old/Grade 8 and younger must be supervised in both food areas.

Food and drink are not permitted in the galleries.

ROM position: Museum Educator since 2003

Favourite ROM gallery or object: Strigil in the Roman Gallery. This seemingly innocuous object can be interpreted as intersecting science, history, and human perseverance.

Favourite quote:  “Don’t let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It’s your life…make it the life you want to live.” - Mae Jemison

About me:  The ROM is an incredible place to teach, with our millions of objects and wide range of visiting students! My degrees are in science, English, and education. I have taught preK to post-secondary, and have taught outdoors, in schools, and weekly on a commuter bus. My favourite parts of teaching are learning from students and engaging visiting classes. I look forward to welcoming you to the ROM and sharing the wonder around us!

ROM position: Indigenous Museum Educator since 2018

Favourite ROM gallery or object: Shaking Pole of Kw'ax̱suu'. It’s a symbol of our matriarchal cultures and has a great story about respecting nature.

Favourite quote:  "What is a life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset." - Chief Crowfoot

About me: I am a Visual Artist and Educator from Vancouver with Gitxsan, Tsimshian, German, and Icelandic ancestry. I studied Visual Arts at the University of Victoria and Education at the University of Toronto. In 2015, I completed an International Residency in northern New Mexico and Colorado. Curiosity led me to teaching at art galleries and museums including the Royal BC Museum, Blue Crow Gallery, Latcham Gallery, the Living Arts Centre, and Art City.

ROM position : Bilingual Museum Educator since 2015

Favourite ROM gallery or object: Plastered skull from Jericho. The Jericho plastered skull is my favourite object in the museum because even though it has been studied a lot, we still don’t really know why people made it.  This reminds me that people in the past had a rich culture that we will never fully understand.  It motivates me to keep asking questions and appreciate the complexity of the world. 

About me: I am an archaeologist with a PhD in Middle Eastern archaeology and over 15 years experience working in museums.  I have travelled all over, learning about the world and how people live, and I love nothing more than sharing my excitement for this knowledge.

ROM position:  Rom Educator since 2022 and Hands-On Gallery Facilitator since 2019

Favourite ROM gallery or object:   The Bee Hive one the second floor in the Hands-On Biodiversity Gallery! Honey bees have so much to share in what they achieve, how they take care of their home, and how they collaborate so well with each other.  From making honey, bee bread, building a hive, pollinating, taking care of the land and more. They are a great reminder of how learning is interdisciplinary!🐝🍯

Favourite quote :  “It was a pleasure meeting you, even if you are my least favorite vegetable! Take care, Turniphead!” -Sophie from Howls Moving Castle 

About me:  I am a teacher with a focus on history! A new thing that I am learning is the history and stories of math. I really enjoy listening to the stories that folks share. What I love about learning is, that it is collaborative, social, engaging and always growing. I look forward to meeting you virtually or in person! 🙂

ROM position:  Lead Bilingual Educator since 2007

Favourite ROM gallery or object: The planetarium. I know, I’m cheating. It’s immersive, and I can whisk students to the farthest reaches of the galaxy or to a dinosaur dig in Alberta.

Favourite quote: “[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.” - Jim Henson, It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider

About me: I’m by my nature a science communicator - that kid who would dive into a subject then tell you all about it. I decided to study astronomy in Grade 6. While at university, I realized it was the teaching not the research aspect of science that I preferred. I’ve worked as a science communicator at observatories, science centres, and at the ROM for over 20 years. My alphabet soup: BSc, BEd, GDip SciComm.

ROM position:  Bilingual Museum Educator since 2021

Favourite ROM gallery or object: This one is always changing for me, especially as I learn more and more about different things. For now, my favorite exhibit was The Cloth that Changed the World. I love how identity stories and cultural myths were woven (both literally and figuratively) into the cloths. As a Sri Lankan-Canadian, this exhibit connected me to my identity, especially because my mother continues to work with cloth and fabrics to this day.  

Favourite quote: “Search (and learn) with sincerity, humility and love,” ~Hatsheput: Daughter of Amun by Moyra Caldecott.

About me: I am a teacher. I have a Bachelor of Education as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Studies. I have an insatiable curiosity, especially all things history and science, and I absolutely love learning! I think learning is all about helping people become kind and caring citizens who want to make the world a better place for everyone!