Programsat ROM

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. For more information about Girl Guides of Canada visit girlguides.ca. For more information about Scouts Canada visit scouts.ca.

ROM Birthday Party packages are fully customizable. Design a day filled with adventure that perfectly fits your child’s dreams and budget.

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.

An Active Voice for Climate Hope At ROM, we know that climate change is happening. We’ve seen the effects of it revealed in field and lab research, scientific study data, changing field expedition parameters, and much more. In a bold move, the Museum committed to share knowledge and insights from research, studies, data, and other fact-based evidence to help raise awareness of the effects of climate change, and in 2021, welcomed Dr. Soren Brothers, the first Allan and Helaine Shiff Curator of Climate Change. Through programming, exhibitions, gallery updates, education and kids programming, and

Established in 2008, the ROM’s Community Access Network (ROMCAN) is the ROM’s commitment to removing financial, social and cultural barriers to access for our diverse communities. ROMCAN is based on three pillars of social inclusion: access, representation, and participation. Through these pillars, we commit to being an institution that is entrenched in, reflective of, and in service to, our diverse community. Through ROMCAN, the ROM makes available 100,000 free visits every year. However, the defining feature of ROMCAN goes beyond free admission. Rather, ROMCAN is about the ROM’s close

Earth Day is an internationally observed celebration promoting the protection and conservation of our planet and its myriad denizens, celebrated every April 22 across the globe. It is more than a celebration of our planet and its ecosystems – it’s a time to act and make the world a better place. The Royal Ontario Museum is committed to being part of the solution.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Follow our guides through the Museum as they enchant you with stories, bringing works of art, culture, and nature to life!

Applications are open Apply Now Hack the ROM engages Grades 4-10 Indigenous students and their peers throughout Northern and Southern Ontario. Presented in partnership with celebrated game studio Ubisoft Toronto, this cohort-based sessional program builds students’ digital literacy skills through the development of digital media projects inspired by the Indigenous Ancestors at ROM. Participating classes regularly engage with staff and resources at ROM throughout this five-month program. ROM Indigenous Museum Educators (IMEs) use the Indigenous Ancestors and cultural belongings housed in the

Free with admission. Hike the ROM trails are back for a limited time! This winter, forget malls and slippery sidewalks. Instead, exercise your body and your mind inside our spacious galleries, away from inclement weather. Hike the ROM walking trails take you on a journey of engaging and unexpected discovery through three floors of galleries. Designed to help you conquer your daily steps goals, each trail invites you to move at the speed you like, all while exercising your body and your mind. Two themed trails of different lengths are available. Each one is perfect for a morning stroll or a

Our huge variety of offerings ensures that you'll find a program to match your interest and abilities. ROM's fascinating galleries, authentic objects and outstanding professional staff guarantee that your camp experience will be hard to beat.