Friends of ROM

About

Friends groups are Associated Committees of ROM's Department of Museum Volunteers and have been an enthusiastic and engaged presence in the Museum for many years. The first group, Bishop White Committee, was founded in 1960. Since then other groups have been established.

Made up of people who have a strong interest in the collections and research, the Friends work with ROM staff to enrich the visitor experience with educational and cultural programs. Fundraising in support of acquisitions and research is another element of their work. Annually, each group, in consultation with curatorial staff, decides the focus of its fundraising efforts for the year. At the end of the year, donors are invited to a presentation at which the funds are turned over to the Curators.

Friends Groups

Program

Bishop White Committee: Friends of East Asia

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.
Quilled box with lid
Program

Friends of the Canadian Collections

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.
Sandstone concretion "Gogotte"
Program

Friends of Earth and Space

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.
Fossilized bat skeleton
Program

Friends of Palaeontology

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.
Painting of people in a garden.
Program

Friends of South Asia

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.
Left: 955.80.1.Coverlet Samuel Fry (Canadian weaver in Vineland ON, 1812 - 1881). Clinton Township, Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada. Twill diaper weave in coloured wool c. 1860. 211 x 199 cm. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Burnham. ROM2017_15641_1. Right: 973.399.A-C. Robe à la française Spitalfields (London), England. Silk extended tabby (gros de Tours) with liseré self-patterning and brocading in silver lamella and filé Georgian Rococo. 1750s. Gift of the Fashion Group Inc. of Toronto in memory of Gwen Co
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Friends of Textiles & Costume

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.
Winston China Bell

Support

To support any of the following Friends groups with a tax receiptable donation, simply print and complete the Friends donation form.

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