Adults& Lifelong Learning

Book a guided ROM tour for your troop or unit! For each new themed tour completed, Scouts and Girl Guides earn a ROM-exclusive badge to add to their collection.

Experience the serenity of an exclusive tour of ROM before the Museum opens to the public. This early access opportunity allows you to appreciate art, culture, and nature in an intimate, uninterrupted setting, making it a truly unforgettable experience. Museum admission included in the cost of the tour.

Support the Bishop White Committee! Help preserve East Asian heritage and promote cultural exchange. Donate, become a member, or attend events—every contribution makes a difference. The Bishop White Committee: Friends of East Asia supports ROM in preserving and promoting East Asian art, history, and culture. Named after Bishop William C. White, a pioneering scholar of Chinese art, our committee fosters appreciation through exhibitions, educational programs, and cultural initiatives. By engaging donors, volunteers, and the community, we help expand the East Asian collections and share stories

An Active Voice for Climate Hope At ROM, we know that climate change is happening. We’ve seen the effects of it revealed in field and lab research, scientific study data, changing field expedition parameters, and much more. In a bold move, the Museum committed to share knowledge and insights from research, studies, data, and other fact-based evidence to help raise awareness of the effects of climate change, and in 2021, welcomed Dr. Soren Brothers, the first Allan and Helaine Shiff Curator of Climate Change. Through programming, exhibitions, gallery updates, education and kids programming, and

Established in 2008, the ROM Community Access Network (ROMCAN) is ROM’s commitment to removing financial, social and cultural barriers for diverse communities to access the museum. Through the three pillars of social inclusion-we commit to being an institution that is reflective of, and in service to, diverse communities. Thanks to ROMCAN, ROM makes available 100,000 free visits every year. However, the defining feature of ROMCAN goes beyond just free admission, but rather, ROMCAN is about creating, strengthening and maintaining close collaboration with community groups across Ontario to

Have you ever been so moved, fascinated, or impressed by an object, specimen, or work of art, that you wish you could talk about it with others? Conversations is a new program series of informal gatherings at ROM that invite you to engage with other individuals on topics of interest. Relax as you discuss specific collections, objects or themes of exhibitions, or take a tour followed by refreshments and conversation. You can also practice your language skills every month in sessions designed for newcomers, immigrants, and English language learners. In past programs we have gathered to talk