Activities at the ROM

Find resources to engage with the ROM’s collections before, during, and after your museum visit. Whether you’re visiting with a school group, researching a project, or looking for fun games and activities to enjoy, there’s something here for everyone! Share your students' projects, questions, and museum visits with us. #ROMLearning

Download and print Gallery Trails to explore galleries on your own at your own pace. Gallery Trails help school groups structure your self-guided time and focus your students’ attention. Share follow-up projects and activities with us #ROMLearning! You can also download app-based gallery quests on the apps page.

The text "at ROM" over the picture of a hand holding a phone showing a photo of a bison

Gallery Trail: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023

Discover the world's most striking wildlife photos!

  • Grades 4 - 12
  • Ages 8-10, 11-14, 14+
Computer on a desktop shows A print showing a man dreaming of a farting god and a person on horesback beneath the smiling face of a giant catfish. Words on image read "virtual ROM"

Virtual Exhibition Experience: Aftershocks: Japanese Earthquake Prints

Discover how humour and satire can be used to address the impacts of disaster

  • Grades 3 - 12
  • Ages 6-7, 8-10, 11-14, 14+
A computer screen displays a Greek statue of a woman with red hair. Text reads Virtual ROM.

Virtual Exhibition Experience: Colours of Kore

See how this amazing sculpture makes us re-think our ideas about the past

  • Grades 3 - 8
  • Ages 6-7, 8-10, 11-14
Sleeping sperm whales

Virtual Exhibition Experience: Great Whales: Up Close and Personal

Journey into the deep with three great whales

  • Grades 4 - 12
  • Ages 8-10, 11-14, 14+
fish swim in a coral reef aquarium

Gallery Trail: Ocean Adventure

Dive into the Schad Gallery of Biodiversity and explore life beneath the waves

  • Grades 2 - 12
  • Ages 6-7, 8-10, 11-14, 14+
a man and a cartoon turtle stand in front of a statue of Aphrodite

App: Pokémon GO - #PokeROM PokéStop Tour

Learn more about the museum's PokéStops!

  • Grades 1 - 12
  • Ages 0-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-10, 11-14, 14+
Photo of students and a teacher examining a case of objects from Africa

Gallery Trail: Art of Africa

Discover the stories that art and objects tell about the people connected to them

  • Grades 6 - 12
  • Ages 11-14, 14+
Photo of a statue of a monk

Gallery Trail: Chinese Connections

Examine the objects used by common people, nobility, and royalty to discover more about China's vast history

  • Grades 2 - 12
  • Ages 6-7, 8-10, 11-14, 14+
A class sits beneath a long-necked dinosaur

Gallery Trail: Dinosaur Discoveries

Discover fossil clues from that help us understand how dinosaurs lived millions of years ago

  • Grades 2 - 12
  • Ages 6-7, 8-10, 11-14, 14+
A visitor examines a mineral specimen

Gallery Trail: Rocks Rock

Discover the treasures from the Earth we use every day, from the ordinary to the extraordinary!

  • Grades 2 - 12
  • Ages 6-7, 8-10, 11-14, 14+
Photo of the entrance to the Schad gallery

Gallery Trail: Amazing Adaptations

Discover the amazing and diverse adaptations that help living things survive and thrive

  • Grades 2 - 12
  • Ages 6-7, 8-10, 11-14, 14+
View of Egypt gallery from the entrance

Gallery Trail: Everyday Egyptians

Investigate the lives of the Ancient Egyptians

  • Grades 2 - 12
  • Ages 6-7, 8-10, 11-14, 14+