Special Events

Free weekend at the Royal Ontario Museum

Man and young boy  standing over a fossil at the Royal Ontario Museum

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Special Events

Free weekend at the Royal Ontario Museum

Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, October 18, 2020
Royal Ontario Museum

On October 17 & 18, 2020, AGO Members can enjoy a free weekend of discovery at the Royal Ontario Museum. From the age of the dinosaurs to Ancient Egypt to the history of Canada, the ROM invites you to make your own discoveries with remarkable objects of art, culture and nature on display. Free admission includes ROM-original exhibition Florals: Desire and Design and The Cloth that Changed the World: India’s Painted and Printed Cottons.

Don’t miss two newly opened exhibitions - Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic and Egyptian Mummies: Ancient Lives. New DiscoveriesA small surcharge will apply.

The ROM is open from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm on Saturday and Sunday. For more information, visit www.rom.on.ca or call 416.586.8000.
 

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU VISIT

Reserving your Timed Tickets

In order to manage the flow and capacity of visitors and to ensure visits are enjoyable and safe, all visitors will be required to reserve timed tickets ahead of visiting. These general admission timed tickets are free for AGO Members, to be used on October 17 & 18, 2020 only. Please present your timed ticket upon arrival for your free admission. A small surcharge will apply to Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic and Egyptian Mummies. Ancient Lives. New Discoveries.

To reserve your complimentary tickets, please email [email protected] and a ROM Contact Centre agent will be happy to assist you.

Visitor Protocols during COVID-19


All visitors and staff are required to wear a face mask and respect social distancing. If you feel ill, or are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, we ask that you please stay home.

We’re following the advice of public health authorities and making every effort to ensure visits are enjoyable, entertaining and, above all, safe. We ask that you to work with us to keep the Museum a safe place for yourself, for all visitors and for our staff by carefully reading the guidelines we have put in place at rom.on.ca/welcomeback.

For requests for Verbal Description, American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and/or live captioning for online and onsite programming, please provide three weeks notice in advance of the event date. The AGO will make every effort to provide accommodation for requests made with less than three weeks notice. Please note that automated captioning is available for all online programs. For onsite visits, the AGO offers these supports for an accessible visit. Please contact us to make a request for these or other accessibility accommodations. Learn more about accessibility at the AGO.

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