ROM's Holiday hours: Closed December 25 but extended hours
until 8:30 p.m. (with discount admission after 4:30 p.m.) on December 27, 28, 29, 30 and January 2!
You know that feeling? It's 30 minutes before the guests start to arrive for dinner at your place. Kids are not dressed, the wine glasses need to be washed yet again. Or everything is ready except that you did not get to take a shower.
Well, the same goes for a museum when they invite the media a few days prior to the official opening of a new exhibition! So the first time the Royal Ontario Museum invited us (the media) to check out Pompeii's exhibition, everything was ready... but the special interactive activities especially created for children. I left with the impression that kids under 10 years old would not really be interested. That's why the ROM invited us again for a "family media launch".
Wondering what happens during a family media launch which we can attend with our children? Themed treats are usually offered and a hit! (We were treated with volcano cookies and lava cupcakes.)
A few actors were dressed as gladiators. Then, we could watch the media's collective brood enjoy the family attractions. In addition to the "toga corner" where we can learn to wear one, I saw that a "gladiator corner" with costumes had been set up. They put up a little market with props.
There was a hands-on mosaic section. And they had added a small display to explain how the body casts are made. The Pompeii exhibition was indeed more interesting for children 5 years and over. And adding to the fun of attending during the Holidays is the Family programming with a line-up a cool activities offered between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., or the advantage of extended hours (closing at 8:30 p.m.) combined with discount admission after 4:30 p.m. on December 27, 28, 29, 30 and January 2.
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