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À nos lecteurs francophones :
Vous voulez savoir ce qui se passe au ROM? Être au courant des futures expositions et activités? N'hésitez pas et abonnez-vous dès maintenant à let's ROM! Nous vous enverrons un courriel aussitôt qu'il paraîtra. Voir la suite |
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October 28, 11 am-4 pm
ROM Hallowe'en 2012
Included with Museum admission
ROM Ghost Tour, the Bat Cave, Spooky Story Corner...Come to the ROM this Halloween - if you dare! More information |
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Every Friday night to November 30
ROM Friday Night Live
Every Friday's a different theme! Drink, dance, explore the ROM and expect the unexpected at the most unique social destination in the City. #FNLROM. More information
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Share the ROM with a NEW ROM Social Membership
Can't get enough of #FNLROM and want to bring a friend along? Wish you could treat a different guest each time? Belong at the ROM and share the love with our new ROM Social Membership.
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Museum benefits all year long for only $149:
- Unlimited free general admission for an adult member and guest
- Unlimited free admission to special exhibitions
- Preview invitations to selected exhibitions and gallery openings
- Free general admission to select Canadian cultural institution
- Discounts and more!
Get your ROM Social Membership during #FNLROM and take advantage of the benefits right away.
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October 19, 7:30 and 8:45 pm
Dance: Behind the Mask
Included with ROM Friday Night Live admission (19+)
Choreographer and Artistic Director Peter Chin joins with celebrated dancer Chy Ratana from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to create a dance work exploring the multiple layers that both hide and reveal the soul - whether a traditional dance mask, or the glass between a viewer and the photo of the portrayed. More information
Chy Ratana's appearance is presented in association with Amrita Performing Arts Cambodia.
 | The Institute for Contemporary Culture at the Royal Ontario Museum stimulates diverse audiences to think creatively, understand and change the world. |
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October 21, 2 pm
ROM Walks - The Annex
Meet at walk start location
Free guided walking tours of Toronto neighbourhoods let you discover the architecture and history of your city. This is the last walk of the season: after this one, join us again in May 2013. More information |
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October 31, 11 am-12 pm
CONTEXTS: LECTURES AT THE ROM
Samhain: The Celtic Origins of Halloween: Historical and Contemporary Debates
Included with Museum admission
Find how the ancient Celtic new year celebration evolved into our modern version of costumes, candy, horror and tricks and treats. More information
Nicholas Rogers is a professor of History at York University and the author of Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night.
Contexts talks are supported by The Currelly Society |
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November 3, 3:00-5:30 pm
Documentation to Expression: A Tour of Two Exhibits
Included with Museum admission; transportation between locations not included.
Join us at the ROM for a tour of Observance and Memorial: Photographs from S-21, Cambodia. Then travel to the East Gallery in downtown Toronto for a tour of Identities - Cambodian Contemporary Art Group Exhibition. More information |
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From November 1 to 8, thousands of people across the GTA and beyond will participate in educational, cultural and community programs during the annual Holocaust Education Week (HEW). One of the largest Holocaust educational forums of its kind, Holocaust Education Week features leading international voices in Holocaust history, pedagogy and cultural awareness.
Culture of Memory is the theme for 2012, and the ROM will host various activities through the week. |
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November 1, 7:30 pm
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
Free. RSVP required.
Author Nathan Englander in conversation with Sara R. Horowitz, the director of the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies. More information
Opening Night is generously co-sponsored by Zippora and Mark Orland and family, who are proud to support Holocaust Education Week in honour of Moshe and Luba Tamari. |
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November 4, 2-3 pm
Curator Tour of Observance and Memorial: Photographs from S-21, Cambodia
By Dr. Carla Rose Shapiro
Included with Museum admission
In solidarity with Holocaust Education Week, Dr. Shapiro will provide a specialized tour, drawing on her experience in the exhibition's creation, as well as her work in telling the stories of other human rights atrocities in museum settings. More information
About Observance and Memorial
From 1975-1979, Cambodia endured one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century under the rule of the Khmer Rouge. 103 photographic prints developed from original negatives abandoned at the S-21 prison in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, reveal this shocking and little-understood story. More information
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November 4, 3:30 pm
Grief Tourism
Included with Museum admission. RSVP required.
Travel to sites associated with the destruction of European Jewry and of the Holocaust has grown dramatically in recent years. This phenomenon elicits challenging questions, including around the short and long-term implications of a tourism industry based on memorialization and grief. A panel of international experts will reflect on these issues. More information |
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Now open
Spirit and Utility: Art from Cambodia and Thailand
Included with Museum admission
In the Special Exhibit case in the Sir Christopher Ondaatje South Asian Gallery / Wirth Gallery of the Middle East, on the 3rd floor of the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal
Mainland Southeast Asia is a region of great diversity with a long, complex history. This is expressed through a visual culture that ranges from enduring stone sculpture to delicate fabric and paper-based creations.
This exhibit focuses on the ROM's small but varied collection of arts from the modern states of Cambodia and Thailand that reflect a marriage of spirituality and utilitarianism. |
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October 20, 11 am-4 pm
National Archaeology Day at the ROM
Included with Museum admission
Learn how to think like an archaeologist through activities for the whole family. Talk to archaeologists who have made exciting new discoveries at sites across the world, try your hand at digging for treasure, repairing an 'ancient' pot, and more. More information
Sponsored by the A.G. Leventis Foundation and the Archaeological Institute of America.
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October 21, 11 am-4 pm
Palaeo Playground
Included with Museum admission
Experience dino delight at these family fun days filled with dinosaur activities, crafts and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet a real dinosaur hunter palaeontologist!
- Dig for dinosaur bones
- Make your own fossil
- Build a dinosaur
- Watch palaeontologists prepare real fossils for display
- See and touch real specimens from our dinsoaur vault
- Make-and-take crafts
- Film screenings, scavenger hunts and more!
The fourth of six special Dino Days this fall.
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Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity |
 | Through the Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity, the ROM is committed to raising awareness of the significant challenges facing the conservation, diversity and survival of life on earth, and working with our partners and the public to find ways to make a difference.
Join us for a series of events highlighting key issues affecting our planet. |
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CURATORS' CORNER
Meet a ROM expert, see their favourite specimens, and hear the inside story
Included with Museum admission
October 27, 11 am-4 pm
The Insects You Know...and Some You Don't
Join ROM Curator Chris Darling and associates in the Earth Rangers Studio to explore the amazing world of insects. More information
PARTNERS IN PROTECTION
Organizations involved in biodiversity-related issues connect with ROM visitors through informal presentations.
Included with Museum admission
November 4, 11 am-4 pm
Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy
Every Sunday through December 9, 10 am-1 pm
Meet the Fish Expert
Included with Museum admission
Did you know our fish tank is 550 gallons? It's hard work keeping the Schad Gallery's coral reef tank afloat! Come and meet Sheldon John, the person responsible for ensuring our fish are happy, healthy and ready for their close-up. More information
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Saturdays 10:30 am, 11:00 am, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm
Earth Rangers: Bring Back the Wild
Included with Museum admission
This 20-minute show focuses on the challenges facing global biodiversity today. With high-definition video sequences, the multimedia presentation features some of the world's most beautiful habitats while exploring the diversity of life on earth. The show's powerful message about human impact on animal habitat will captivate audiences and motivate them to take immediate action at bringbackthewild.com. More information
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November 16 and 17
Canada's Oceans and You:
A National Symposium
Registration required
Canada has more coastline than any other country in the world, yet less than 1% of this marine habitat is protected. The Canada's Oceans and You Symposium represents an opportunity for world-leading experts to come together to share stories and research findings with each other and the public. More information |
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November 24, 10 am-5 pm
Polish Heritage Day
Celebrate Polish culture and heritage with a full day of live performances, hands-on activities for kids, shopping, dining and much more! More information
Polish Heritage Day is organized by the Royal Ontario Museum and the Canadian Polish Congress. |
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