ROM Spring 2019 Lectures and Programs TORONTO, May 1, 2019 — Cultivate your curiosity with a wide range of programs that give insight into the ROM’s exhibitions and galleries with ROM Speaks, ROM

On November 14, 2018, the ROM proudly announced that Toronto philanthropists Jeff Willner and Stacey Madge generously committed $5 million for the future Willner Madge Gallery, Dawn of Life. This

Discover the Golden Age of Dutch Art at the ROM In the Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston opens on June 1 TORONTO, April 29, 2019—For the first time in Canada, the

TORONTO, April 16, 2019 — The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) announced today that it welcomed an impressive 1.34 million visitors through the Museum’s doors in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019. This

TORONTO, April 4, 2019—The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is pleased to announce 3rd Monday Nights Free, a new initiative that invites visitors to experience the Museum free of charge, every third Monday

Inspired by the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, the Ontario-wide ROM Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest returned for a 4th year –with incredible prizes for both adult

Written by Lisa Golombek, Curator Emeritus (Islamic Art) There are thousands of tiles from the Safavid period in Iran (16 th-17 th centuries), and many monuments of this period preserve their splendid

Special programming and activities run from March 9 to 17, 2019 TORONTO, February 26, 2019— Meet the researchers, scientists, and curators that bring the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) to life during

Separated in 1912, two portraits are reunited after more than 100 years. The ROM’s recent acquisition of a Romano-Egyptian Fayum mummy portrait from the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa represents

TORONTO, February 14, 2019 — On March 9, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) unveils an exhibition of rarely seen royal treasures from Marwar-Jodhpur, one of the largest former princely states in India

From a young age, Glenn Wiggins (1927–2013) was fascinated by “the little things that run the world.”* His love of insects led to a distinguished career as ROM curator of entomology and decades of

TORONTO, January 29, 2019— Josh Basseches, Director & CEO and Mark Engstrom, Deputy Director for Collections and Research, Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr

TORONTO, January 8, 2019 — The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is pleased to present the ROM-original exhibition Gods in my Home: Chinese New Year with Ancestor Portraits and Deity Prints . Drawn from the

TORONTO, January 15, 2019 — The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is pleased to present the contemporary art installation Being Japanese Canadian: reflections on a broken world on Saturday, February 2, 2019

TORONTO, January 8, 2019 — Stay warm this winter with ROM Speaks, ROM Connects, ROM Daytime programs, and the annual ROM Ideas Research Colloquium. Visitors can also experience the Museum’s slate of