Member Events & Exchange Weekends
Member Evening

Member Evening Gallery of China Tour

Date

Wednesday, Nov 12, 2025 18:30

Registration Opens

Thursday, Oct 16, 2025 10:00

Admission

Member: Free Caregiver: Free

Audience

Adults
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Join us for a special Members-only evening on Wednesday, November 12, 2025. Enjoy exclusive after-hours access to exhibitions and galleries, and discover the research led by ROM experts. Bring a guest along to enjoy live music, delicious food stations, and drinks from our cash bar.

See Current Exhibitions

Diana, and three nymphs, hunt deer with spears and dogs.
Exhibition

Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools
300 Years of Flemish Masterworks

The Southern Netherlands — better known today as Flanders — was home to revolutionary artists such as Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony Van Dyck, Hans Memling, and others. These extraordinary painters found new ways to depict reality, portray humanity, and tell stories that created parallels to their world then - and to our world today. This large-scale exhibition, featuring over 80 stunning art works and objects — medieval, Renaissance, and baroque paintings, sculptures and more — offers a doorway into the Southern Netherlands of 1400 to 1700, a dynamic environment where new artistic genres and
Exhibition

Sharks

DIVE DEEPER Sharks have intrigued humans for as long as we have explored the oceans. The terrifying monster from the movie Jaws is what many might imagine when they think of these animals, but they are far more fascinating and complex than their depiction in popular culture. Did you know, for example, that there is a shark that eats seagrass? Or that some sharks can sense Earth's magnetic field? Presented by Desjardins Financial Group, this family-friendly exhibition invites you to uncover fresh perspectives, groundbreaking research, and the astounding diversity of this ancient group of fishes
Crawford Lake
Exhibition

Crawford Lake
Layers in Time

A quiet lake in Ontario is making a lot of noise. Sediments from the bottom of a small lake in Ontario are revealing a remarkable record of our impact on the planet. Just outside Toronto, Ontario lies a significant site offering a unique, comprehensive 1,000-year record of human impacts - local, regional, and global: Crawford Lake near Milton, Ontario. The lake has intrigued scientists for decades, and research on sediments at the bottom of the lake has identified it as having the best record of humanity's impact on the planet. This led to the lake's selection as the "golden spike" (definitive
Detail of a claw and head of a flamingo on a light grey background.
Exhibition

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025

Showcasing a new year of stunning photographs ROM is delighted to present this year's competition finalists and winners in a vibrant new exhibition. Powerful, inspiring, and enlightening, the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition invites viewers into a world of extraordinary images and visual storytelling. The world's longest-running and most prestigious annual nature photography competition, Wildlife Photographer of the Year attracts and recognizes the world's best nature photography, and has done so every year since 1965. Each year, the annual competition - organized by the

Speak with ROM Experts

See real dinosaur specimens not on display.

Learn about our local birds with the authors of the new ROM Field Guide to Birds of Ontario. 

See, touch, and explore the ocean’s ultimate predators, usually reserved for scientists, from a baby whale shark to the razor-sharp jaws of a cookie-cutter shark, and bioluminescent deep-sea species that light up the darkness.

Learn about the recent updates on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission.

Discover the skulls of real monitor lizards—one of nature’s most powerful and diverse groups of lizards.

View Greek, Roman, and Egyptian objects and speak with our experts.

See real specimens in Hands-on Biodiversity.

Activities & Tours

Play a fun game of ROM Trivia and show off your knowledge of art, culture, and nature as our quiz master fires off questions about Canada’s most visited museum.

Unwind with adult colouring and enter a contest for a chance to win a prize.

Embark on a fascinating mini tour of the Dawn of Life Gallery at 7:00 pm, 7:25 pm, 7:50 pm, 8:15 pm, and 8:40 pm.

Enjoy our popular Haunted ROM mini tours at 7 pm, 7:15 pm, 7:30 pm, 7:45 pm, 8:00 pm, 8:15 pm, 8:30 pm, 8:45 pm.

Channel your inner sense of wonder in a themed activity that turns learning into art.

Get hands-on with some of the minerals artists used to create pigments throughout history and learn the fascinating stories behind each hue.

Discover the ROM’s Patrons Circles and enter our giveaway for a chance for two members to experience an exclusive Patrons evening.

Treat Yourself

Enjoy a one-night special 30% discount at ROM Boutique and the temporary Sharks Boutique.

A store display wall showing assorted items including t-shirts, stuffies, homewares, and sculptures.

Enjoy a Bite to Eat or a Drink

Buy something to eat at one of our food stations, enjoy wine, beer, cider, or non-alcoholic cocktails, or beer from the cash bar. Complimentary chips, popcorn, or soft drinks from the bar*. Food stations: Level 1. Cash bar: Level 1 & 2.

Flatbread Pizza, Chili Nachos, or Chicken Fingers and Potato Wedges*. Gluten-free and vegan options available.

Rules & Regulations

*Food and Cash bars close at 9:00 pm or while supplies last. Ticket sales close at 8:45 pm. $10 per food item. $10 per drink ticket. Credit/Debit only. Food stations are on Level 1 in the Currelly Gallery.  There is a cash bar on Level 1 in Chen Court and on Level 2 in the Schad Gallery of Biodiversity: Life in Crisis Gallery.

Photography Disclaimer: Attendees of the Member Evening may be photographed or filmed during the event. By attending, guests grant ROM and its authorized representatives the right to use and publish any photographs or images of their likeness.

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