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Curatorship of Canadian Art & Culture

Curatorship of Canadian Art & Culture

Philanthropist Red Wilson establishes the permanently endowed ROM Curatorship of Canadian Art and Culture Objects are the ultimate storytellers of ROM – giving us glimpses into endless worlds and helping us understand our own. But they wouldn’t be as meaningful to us without the expert curators

Adventure ROM

Le contenu de cette page est en anglais seulement. A special program for Scouts & Girl Guides (English only) 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. Our tours include: 

A Man with a (Retirement) Plan

A Man with a (Retirement) Plan

An afternoon exploring a favourite gallery, a long lunch at the café, a stroll through Philosopher’s Walk – these are some of the things Swee Goh and his late wife, Lilian, enjoyed most about ROM. Upon retiring to Toronto, they lived across the street from the Museum and decided to get to know

An Artful Legacy

An Artful Legacy

Strong, passionate, and principled. These are some of the words Jessica Peatling uses to describe her late grandmother, Vera Kircheis.   More than a beloved matriarch, Vera was a dispenser of wisdom who shared many practical life lessons with her children, grandchildren, and even

A Golden Opportunity

A Golden Opportunity

For almost 12,000 years, the world has been a pretty stable place, at least in terms of geology.  But scientists submit that with the intense acceleration of human activity over the last century, we’ve entered a new epoch: the proposed Anthropocene.  Dr. Francine McCarthy is an Earth Sciences

More Than Just a Job

More Than Just a Job

Meg Beckel’s relationship with ROM began years before ever working here—or anywhere, for that matter.   Like many other ROM volunteers and employees, Meg’s first introduction to the Museum came as a child, when her mother enrolled her and her brother in ROM’s Saturday Morning Club. The

A Generous Life and an Enduring Legacy

A Generous Life and an Enduring Legacy

Few people can lay claim to building the foundations of a city. The late Arthur Kennedy is on that short list. As a lifelong civil servant, Arthur played a pivotal role in developing and overseeing the water system for the Region of Peel, an impressive feat of engineering that continues to serve

Learning by Heart

Learning by Heart

Nearly two decades after receiving an invitation to attend a curatorial event at ROM, the Museum has become like a second home to Neera Chopra and her husband, Deepak. They became members of the Royal Patrons Circle and Neera was drawn to contributing in a more meaningful way. She began

ROM Announces Plan to Reimagine the Museum for the Future

ROM Announces Plan to Reimagine the Museum for the Future

In February 2024, ROM proudly announced the launch of OpenROM, a multi-faceted initiative that will dramatically open the Museum up even more to the public, creating a thriving cultural and civic hub in the heart of the city.   Grounded in ROM’s overarching vision to further enhance visitor

Donors Endow ROM Curatorship of North American Archaeology

Donors Endow ROM Curatorship of North American Archaeology

From left: Gino Vettoretto, Isabel Alves-Vettoretto, and Christian Vettoretto  One ROM curator can touch thousands of lives through the collections they develop, the exhibitions they curate, the students they mentor, the courses they teach, and through their own path-changing research and