March Break

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March Break

Saturday, March 14 to Sunday, March 22

Join us over March Break for hands-on, family-friendly activities and playful performances inspired by wildlife photography. Create wildlife-themed art, transform into your favourite animal with face paint, and meet ROM experts and interact with real specimens and objects. Included with General Admission. 

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Activities

Here's an early sneak peek at some of our March Break activities. 

Note: Free stroller parking is available at Coat Check and in Philosopher's Gallery, Level 1, daily from 10am to 4pm.

WILD PHOTO WALK – Daily, 10 AM to 4 PM |  Philosopher's Gallery, Level 1
Pick up a camera and explore animal scenes throughout the gallery. Snap photos as you move from station to station, noticing shapes, patterns, and details that catch your eye. Your photo prints instantly as a keepsake to remember your visit, with digital copies displayed on gallery screens throughout the week.

ASK A ROM EXPERT – Daily, 10 AM to 4 PM  |  Philosopher's Gallery, Level 1
Curious about the collections? Stop by our table to meet our experts and interact with real specimens and objects. From animals to art, there’s so many things to experience.  

ANIMAL FACE PAINTING – Daily, 11 AM to 3 PM |  Philosopher's Gallery, Level 1
Choose your favourite animal from a selection of designs and let our artists transform you into a creature from the wild! 

HIKE THE ROM  – Museum-wide
These 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. 

SHARK SLEUTHS! – Daily, 10 AM to 5:30 PM |  Hands-On Biodiversity and Wonderworks, Level 2
Calling all ocean detectives! Discover why these iconic animals deserve our respect—not our fear. Through family-friendly hands-on activities, you’ll examine shark anatomy, uncover their critical role in keeping ocean ecosystems healthy, and bust common myths to build a deeper appreciation for these misunderstood creatures.

WHAT'S FLUTTERING BY? – March 14 - 20, 10 AM to 4 PM |  Earth Rangers Studio, Level 2
With playful links to Wildlife Photographer of the Year, this activation takes a closer look at the subtle differences between moths and butterflies. Get up close to real specimens, make your own fluttering creature to take home, and snap a pic in our colourful selfie station! 

CREATE A CHROMATOGRAPHY BUTTERFLY – March 21 - 22, 10 AM to 4 PM |  Earth Rangers Studio, Level 2
Get creative with our hands-on art activity station and discover how science and art mix to make colour. Plus, create your own chromatography butterfly to take home.

Special Exhibitions

We've got special exhibitions that cover everything from sharks and wildlife photography to a local lake's extraordinary legacy. 

White shark, often called a ‘great’ white shark ( Carcharodon carcharias).
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
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
View of Crawford Lake from above
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

Wander the Galleries

View of dinosaur gallery showing platform with two dinosaur skeletons fighting.
Gallery

Age of Dinosaurs

When dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
People look around a gallery with a fall scene, including trees with red leaves.
Gallery

Hands-on Biodiversity

Hands-on discovery for the young... and young at heart.
WonderWorks Hands-on Gallery, interactive experience, children
Gallery

WonderWorks

Where play meets learning.

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Bring your child on an eight-week sensory adventure as you tour galleries with our early learning instructors, and join them in creative play-based activities, and social interaction in a classroom setting. Meet other parents, caregivers, and children and engage your child in interactive learning for life.
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Museum Tours
Free with general admission, ROM offers daily public tours led by trained Museum Docents and Guides du ROM. Each engaging tour provides insights into the collections, from highlights of the Museum to focused gallery adventures. No reservations are required—just check the daily schedule when you arrive at the Museum and join the tour of your choice, covering museum highlights or focused gallery adventures. It’s an easy way to discover the stories behind the objects. Important Schedule Note Tour schedules may vary. We recommend confirming the day’s listings at the Museum.
3 children with crowns enjoying birthday party celebrated at ROM
Program
Saturday Club
This Saturday version of our popular Summer Club program provides supervised, hands-on educational activities, art projects, science experiments, and more. ROM's fascinating galleries, authentic objects and outstanding professional staff guarantee that your camp experience will be hard to beat! Every fall, winter and spring children will enjoy eight Saturdays of fun-filled, educational adventures in ROM's inspiring galleries.
Child enjoying ROM Kids Junior program with parent watching
Program
ROMKids Junior
Bring your child on an eight-week sensory adventure as you tour galleries with our early learning instructors, and join them in creative play-based activities, and social interaction in a classroom setting. Meet other parents, caregivers, and children and engage your child in interactive learning for life.
Docent Ksanti in the China Gallery. © Roya Adeli.
Program
Museum Tours
Free with general admission, ROM offers daily public tours led by trained Museum Docents and Guides du ROM. Each engaging tour provides insights into the collections, from highlights of the Museum to focused gallery adventures. No reservations are required—just check the daily schedule when you arrive at the Museum and join the tour of your choice, covering museum highlights or focused gallery adventures. It’s an easy way to discover the stories behind the objects. Important Schedule Note Tour schedules may vary. We recommend confirming the day’s listings at the Museum.

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