Programsat ROM

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.

The Bishop White Committee, founded in 1960, is a group of people who have a special interest in learning about and supporting the activities of the East Asia Section – China, Japan and Korea.

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’s Community Access Network (ROMCAN) is the ROM’s commitment to removing financial, social and cultural barriers to access for our diverse communities. ROMCAN is based on three pillars of social inclusion: access, representation, and participation. Through these pillars, we commit to being an institution that is entrenched in, reflective of, and in service to, our diverse community. Through ROMCAN, the ROM makes available 100,000 free visits every year. However, the defining feature of ROMCAN goes beyond free admission. Rather, ROMCAN is about the ROM’s close

Earth Day is an internationally observed celebration promoting the protection and conservation of our planet and its myriad denizens, celebrated every April 22 across the globe. It is more than a celebration of our planet and its ecosystems – it’s a time to act and make the world a better place. The Royal Ontario Museum is committed to being part of the solution.

The Annual Eva Holtby Lecture on Contemporary Culture brings powerful voices to the Royal Ontario Museum to discuss provocative and engaging contemporary ideas. Since its launch in 2006 with Adam Gopnik as the inaugural lecturer, the Holtby Lecture has been presented by Kwame Anthony Appiah, Glenn D. Lowry, Lewis H. Lapham, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Carlos Fuentes, Ingrid Betancourt, Anthony Gormley, Bob Colacello, Sheika Hoor al-Qasimi, Jameel Jaffer, Timothy Snyder, Jesse Wente and Laurie Anderson. The Eva Holtby Lecture is generously supported by the Holtby and Schury Families.

The newly launched Friends of Earth Space is comprised of like-minded people who have a special interest in learning about rocks, minerals and gems from our planet as well as meteorites, which are samples from our solar system.

The Friends of Palaeontology is a group within the Department of Museum Volunteers. We are engaged in the story of life on earth as revealed in the fossil record. We promote ROM research by offering an exceptional opportunity to experience the ROM at a unique level.

The Friends of South Asia supports the appreciation for and cultivates awareness of ROM’s Global South Asian gallery and collection. We strive to forge and maintain links with all those who are curious about and interested in Global South Asian art, culture and history. Global South Asia at ROM encompasses Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tibet, and their diasporas.

The Friends of Textiles & Costume support the ROM’s spectacular collection of textile and fashion objects that tell stories, interweave cultures and societies, and record intimate histories, politics and ingenious innovation. We strive to deepen one’s understanding of the rich, world-wide collection.

If you like bats and beavers, birds and black flies, flowers and fungi, kayaks and canoes, moccasins and mukluks, armoires and armchairs, whales and watercolours.....you will feel right at home being a Friend of the Canadian Collections. Our mandate is to increase awareness of the richness of Canadian Culture and Natural History. We support curatorial purchases, research projects, gallery displays, visitor activities and ROM programs.

Follow our guides through the Museum as they enchant you with stories, bringing works of art, culture, and nature to life!

Free with admission. Hike the ROM trails are back for a limited time! This winter, forget malls and slippery sidewalks. Instead, exercise your body and your mind inside our spacious galleries, away from inclement weather. Hike the ROM walking trails take you on a journey of engaging and unexpected discovery through three floors of galleries. Designed to help you conquer your daily steps goals, each trail invites you to move at the speed you like, all while exercising your body and your mind. Two themed trails of different lengths are available. Each one is perfect for a morning stroll or a

Free with Museum admission, daily tours are offered to the public by trained volunteer Docents. Tours include general Museum tours, and specific gallery tours. Tours of special exhibitions are surcharged.

These workshops are designed primarily for professionals, technicians, field biologists, and environmental consultants, but other interested individuals - including university and college students - are welcome. Workshops will be offered in April and May 2025, at the University of Guelph Science Complex (unless otherwise noted). Full details will be supplied to registered participants 30 days in advance of each workshop.