What's On ROM this FeBRRuary

January 29, 2020 Visit Us | More Exhibitions | More Events | Support Us | Accessibility | Membership | Museum Tours OPENING SOON Florals: Desire and Design Opens Saturday, February 15 Included with Museum admission Explore an era of European botanical discovery and its cultural connections in Florals: Desire and Design. Highlighting botany’s connection to the culture of the era, Florals invites visitors to discover an explosive period of botanical fascination and interest during which art, culture and nature were inextricably linked. Florals? For Spring? SPECIAL OFFER Kids see Bloodsuckers: Legends to Leeches FREE with general admission purchase* this Saturday, February 1 and Sunday, February 2. Buy your tickets online and enter promo code ROMFUN or buy your tickets onsite at the Admissions Desk. This exhibition has bite Bloodsuckers Family Weekend Experiences Every weekend from February 1 to March 22; 11:00 am-3:00 pm Enjoy every last drop of this ROM-original exhibition with new family programming. Meet ROM experts and interact with real scientific specimens Watch family-friendly films at the Vampire Family Cinema Create a crafty vampire of your own to take home And more! Good til the last drop Tell us what you think! We're working on our exhibition experience and we'd love to have your feedback.  Talk to us WHAT'S ON ROM Ideas Research Colloquium Thursday, February 6; 9:00 am-5:00 pm Free with RSVP. Museum admission not included. Join us for a thought-provoking day highlighting the ROM's ongoing research and recent discoveries. Featuring 15-minute presentations, ROM curators from various fields will give you a fascinating glimpse into the Museum's laboratories and collections and their research in the field. Reserve your spot ROM Connects: Annual Vaughan Lecture New Frontiers in Martian Meteorite Research and Exploration Thursday, February 6; 6:00-7:00 pm Free with RSVP. Museum admission not included. Join ROM Curator Kim Tait as she shares some of the Museum's latest Martian meteorite research and discoveries and how these results relate (and not!) to our own planet. Space ROM Speaks: Annual Darwin Day Lecture Bloodfeeding and Cannibalism in the Natural World Thursday, February 11; 7:00-8:00 pm Separately ticketed Explore the evolution of nature's most bizarre and fascinating feeding strategies - and the curiously misunderstood lives of the organisms who use them with zoologist and best-selling author Bill Schutt. Register now ROM After Dark February 14 Desire ROMKids February 14 Day Camp 3rd Tuesday Nights Free Presenting Sponsor Tuesday, February 18; 5:30-8:30 pm FREE! Spend your Tuesday evening roaming the Museum's permanent galleries of art, culture and nature with free admission and extended hours.** Roam the ROM February 19 Rock, Gem, Mineral, Fossil, and Meteorite Identification Clinic WORKSHOPS ROM U Nature's Vampires: An Introduction to Bloodfeeding Sunday, February 2; 10:30 am-3:30 pm Separately ticketed From leeches to lampreys, explore the biology and evolution of bloodfeeding in the natural world with ROM researchers Danielle De Carle and Rafael Iwama. Book now ROM U Purr-fect Predators: Lessons from the Feline Fossil Record Sunday, February 9; 10:30 am-3:30 pm Separately ticketed Pounce into the past, present, and future of some of humanity’s favourite animals with ROM scientist Ashley Reynolds. Learn all about the feline family tree and what extinct species can tell us about the perils facing cats (big and small!) today. Find out more ROM U February 23 Human Blood: Medicine to Magic and Ontario Underwater: Freshwater Fishes of the Great Lakes MARK YOUR CALENDAR March Break March 14-22; 10:00 am-5:30 pm Free with Museum Admission With exciting family activities and 3 feature exhibitions, the ROM has kids and adults alike covered for a fun and engaging March Break. Plan your visit March 16-22 March Break Camp For Florals: Woman's overdress. Around 1783. Dress made in England of Indian painted export cotton, hand-drawn, mordant-dyed, resist-dyed. *Offer valid for free entry to Bloodsuckers for children (ages 4-14) with general admission purchase (regular charge for Child ROM + Bloodsuckers - $19; ROMFUN discounted charge for Child ROM + Bloodsuckers - $14). Online discount will be applied at final checkout. No cash value. No rainchecks. Limit 1 discount per ticket. Cannot be combined with any other special offer or discount including but not limited to: coupons, vouchers or pre-purchased tickets. Bloodsuckers: Legends to Leeches is a time-ticketed exhibition, and tickets are subject to availability. Apply your admission towards a new ROM Membership, ask at the Admissions Desk, must be redeemed onsite and on the day of the visit.  **Please note that feature exhibitions are specially ticketed and not included with free admission. Feature exhibition tickets can only be purchased onsite during 3rd Tuesday Nights Free. The ROM relies on the generous support of donors to bring our programs, exhibitions and research to life. 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