Inspiring Stories
Blanche and Wes Mitchell both believed learning should be a lifelong experience and the ROM was their classroom. A generous gift in their estate will help ensure the Museum continues to inspire learning and discovery for generations to come.
Doug Gibson has loved ROM since childhood. Some of his earliest memories are of going to the Museum with his mother in the early 1950s, which sparked a lifelong fascination with natural history. “Back then, they had a crystal cave in the geology gallery,” he recalls. “When you looked into it, it was like an optical illusion.”
When Maryann Weston first moved to Toronto from London, England, no one warned her about the extreme weather—the hot, humid summers and the icy, cold winters. Fortunately, it wasn’t a complete culture shock. As a Londoner, she was used to great museums and galleries like the British Museum and the Tate. So when she discovered the ROM, it immediately felt like home.
As a biographer, Marian Fowler wrote volumes about people whose impact lasted well beyond their lifetimes. Now, through an estate gift to the ROM, she has established her own powerful legacy that will endure far into the future.
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 collaborations.
Wondering what to do with cherished objects in your collection? Together with the ROM, A.H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals offers an easy way to simplify your estate administration process while benefitting the Museum and future generations in the process.
On October 1, Currelly Legacy Society (CLS) members enjoyed a private, before-hours viewing of the Royal Ontario Museum’s latest exhibition, Egyptian Mummies: Ancient Lives. New Discoveries.
Like so many others who grew up in Toronto, Emma Jenkin holds a special place in her heart for the ROM. From weekend visits with her parents to school field trips to summer camps, the Museum was a big part of her youth.
Tom Miller has always believed in the power and purpose of storytelling – for entertainment, for education, for preserving culture, and for instilling moral values. For bringing people together.
Jack Rhind has been a true friend to the ROM for more than three decades. As one of our most senior and beloved volunteers, and a generous donor, Jack has truly helped shape the Museum.