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What's On ROM January edition

January 10, 2020
WHAT'S NEW
ROM After Dark
Friday, January 24; 7:00-11:00 pm
Separately ticketed
It's a new decade, time for a new experience! 

Expect the unexpected at ROM After Dark, an exciting monthly event where art, culture and nature collide to offer an exclusive curated evening.

Mark your calendar for the very first ROM After Dark: Lunar. Leave planet Earth behind for the night and immerse yourself in a celestial-inspired world of music, live performances, interstellar endeavors and specialty food & drinks.
WHAT'S ON
Limited tickets available!
To the Moon VR Experience
Saturday, January 11 - Sunday, January 25*
Separately ticketed
Travel to the surface of the moon and have an otherworldly experience in this 15-minute immersive virtual reality installation, created by contemporary artist Laurie Anderson and Taiwanese artist Hsin-Chien Huang.
Program Partner: Royal Conservatory and 21C Music Festival
To The Moon VR experience commissioned by The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark; The National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan; and National Taiwan Normal University.
ROMKids
Saturday Club
Winter Session; January 11 - March 7**
Separately ticketed
From art projects to science experiments, and so much more, Saturday Club offers kids an exciting array of fun, activity-based programs inspired by the ROM's fascinating galleries of art, culture and nature. 
ROM Speaks
Our Deadliest Predator: A Human History of the Mosquito
Tuesday, January 14; 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Separately ticketed
Join New York Times bestselling author Timothy C. Winegard and find out how mosquitoes have steered the fates of empires and nations, razed and crippled economies, and decided the outcomes of pivotal wars, all while killing nearly half of humanity along the way.
ROM Speaks is generously supported by The Schmidt Family. 
ROM Speaks
All the Things I Lost in the Flood
Thursday, January 16; 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Separately ticketed
Join celebrated international artist Laurie Anderson as she delves into her 40 year career spanning music, performance art, virtual reality, and multimedia installations.
The Eva Holtby Lecture is generously supported by the Holtby and Schury Families. ROM Speaks is generously supported by The Schmidt Family. 
January 21
3rd Tuesday Night Free, Presenting Sponsor TD Bank Group
ROMKids
Day Camp
Friday, January 17
Registration required; Kids aged 5-14
Looking for something to do with the kids on their school PD day? Sign up for a day at camp where kids have special access to hands-on learning at the Museum. 
ROM Speaks 2020 Madeleine Fritz Lecture in Palaeontology
The Tree of Life: The Remarkable Dawn of Life in Eastern Canada
Tuesday, January 28; 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Separately ticketed
From Anticosti and Mistaken Point to the Bay of Fundy and the red cliffs of Prince Edward Island, discover the Canadian stories that are changing our understanding of the history of life on Earth with senior researcher John H. Calder.
ROM Speaks is generously supported by The Schmidt Family. 
41st Annual Bishop White Committee Winter Luncheon
Thursday, January 30; 11:30 am - 2:15 pm
Separately ticketed
Join David Livdahl, a senior partner with the U.S. law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, as he shares his experiences, insights and lessons learned as a lawyer focused on the economic rise of Japan, Hong Kong and China.
CONTEST
ROM Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Whether you're an amateur or professional photographer, share your captivating images of the natural world for a chance to win a trip for two to Halifax courtesy of Porter Escapes, a Nikon D750 DSLR Kit courtesy of Henry's, a ROM Membership and more! 
 
Share your wildlife image from your unlocked Twitter or Instagram account and include @ROMtoronto & #ROMWPYON (or #ROMWPYJR for ages 13-17).
Contest generously supported by:
All images courtesy of the ROM unless otherwise noted. For To the Moon VR Experience: Image courtesy of the Laurie Anderson Studio. For ROM Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest: Photo: 2018 ROMwpyON Honourable Mention Three-Toed Sloth (c) Robert Parker.

*Please note the Museum is closed Mondays.
** Excludes February 15.

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