Programsat ROM

ROM’s popular ID Clinics are a great way to identify your mysterious found treasures, all while engaging with ROM staff and volunteers. Bring your rocks, minerals, gems, and fossils and ROM experts will help identify them for you. Clinics are free with RSVP. All participants are required to register for a ticket (kids included).

Never have I ever travelled 4 billion years on one tank of gas. Travel to ROM this Summer! The further the distance, the more you save. Experience Canada's largest museum and connect with art, culture, and nature. In addition to Wild Cats and Earth: An Immersive Journey, visitors can also enjoy ROM's permanent galleries, and a host of other amazing special exhibitions.

Launched in September 2016, this exciting space is a principal learning hub at the ROM. Students will respond to the Museum’s collections and research through problem-based learning using digital technologies and arts-based processes. Our mission is to support students in building personal and exploratory connections to the collections by encouraging innovation, collaboration, creativity, and inclusivity. Book a visit for your class!

From fascinating to thought-provoking, ROM Speaks presents compelling voices on hot topics. Explore engaging issues at the Museum and experience our world, discussed. #ROMSpeaks For program updates join our email list. These events are offered in English only. ROM Speaks is generously supported by The Schmidt Family.

Whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer, ROM invites you to share your captivating images of the natural world for a chance to win some amazing prizes and have your photograph on display at the Museum. Open to all residents of Ontario, read on to find out about this year’s incredible prizes and how to enter. Contest generously supported by Henry’s and Sony.

Have you discovered ROMBus? ROMBus is back on the road for another year! Join us for unique, interesting day trips to locations of historical, natural, and cultural interest within Toronto and its surrounding areas. With convenient departure and return locations, and travel by comfortable motorcoach, ROMBus welcomes day trippers with tours featuring fascinating itineraries with local specialist guides, all hosted by experienced ROM volunteers. This year, ROMBus offers four diverse, engaging day trips. Choose one or more and enjoy a trip with us. ROMBus is organized by ROM’s Department of

Art, culture and nature tours to thoroughly researched destinations throughout the world, accompanied by expert resource people.

Organized by ROM’s Department of Museum Volunteers, ROMWalks started in 1980 as an outreach program for the Museum when it was closed for renovations. The program has grown over the years, with dozens of walk itineraries, six months of regularly scheduled free walks, and a growing number of extremely satisfied ROMWalks walkers. Discover Toronto with ROMWalks, a collection of guided walking tours that take participants on a unique journey of urban discovery. Offered each year from May to October, rain or shine, each walk combines the excitement of exploring diverse and vibrant neighbourhoods

ROMWalks Plus are guided walking tours of Toronto organized by the Royal Ontario Museum’s Department of Museum Volunteers to provide support for the Museum. The tours started in 1980 as an outreach program for the ROM when it was closed for renovations. ROMWalks encompass the diverse aspects of Toronto's vibrant neighbourhoods including history, architecture, arts of all varieties, education , and more. ROMWalks Plus walks allow guests to experience new walks that have not yet been released to the general public, in small groups led by our most experienced guides. They are a ticketed

Curious about art, culture, and nature? Learn why these topics matter within and beyond Museum walls. Talks at ROM offer engaging moments of thought-provoking learning with experts and objects from, and inspired by, collections in the Museum. Upcoming talks are identified as either at ROM or Online. All are Free with RSVP.

ROM offers specialized training programs, development and networking opportunities for Ontario educators and teaching professionals. Stay informed on new activities and resources as they become available. Sign up for our School Visits Enewsletter.

Fun and easy-to-plan, ROM's team building activities are as simple as choosing the date and what you want to do.

ROM's much-loved Third Tuesday Nights Free is back!

Do you dream of being a scientist, artist, or historian? Be one for a day, with unique experiences and hands-on activities at ROM. All workshops are for adults (18+) unless otherwise specified.