Six Nations Reservation TourBrantford and Grand River Region

Saturday, August 25Visit the reservation of the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk and Tuscarora First Nations. A local guide will lead us as we tour the reserve, visit the Kayanase Longhouse, and learn of local lifestyles, traditions, and history. Enjoy a lunch of local, traditional fare by the Grand River.

Tour their amazing museum and experience the “Virtual Reality Tour” of the on-site residential school, Mohawk Institute. Take a brief walk into the woods along their Nature Trail and learn of local spiritual beliefs and about Mother Nature. Enjoy Iroquoian dancers who welcome you to join in. This full-day program concludes at the Iroqrafts shop filled with an amazing array of local and nation-wide Indigenous arts and crafts.

ROM Members: $120 Non-Members: $130Lunch and snacks provided. Note this is a full day: departure: 8:30 a.m. return: 8:30 p.m. Some walking required.

Design ExcellenceTeeple Architects

Saturday, September 22Welcome to another in our series of star architects. Teeple Architects, founded by Stephen Teeple in 1989, has built a reputation for innovative design, urban vision, spatial ingenuity and technical excellence.

We will view at least four examples of this work; the Boulevard Club, Graduate House of the University of Toronto, 60 Richmond Street East Housing Cooperative (part of the redevelopment of Regent Park), and Audi Midtown. The tour concludes at Teeple`s studio, where this creativity is generated Corey Keeble, our erudite curator and raconteur will be on hand to inform and enrich our day! And we will have a Teeple architect to enlarge our knowledge of modern architecture in this city.These are very popular trips which reveal the constant changing architecture of our city.

ROM Members: $100 Non-Members: $110

October: Cobourg’s Colourful PastWe explore Cobourg, once one of the most important centres of Upper Canada, and later reborn as the “Newport of the North,” a resort town for wealthy Americans during the post-Civil War era.

November: Going to WarFor this month of Remembrance we look at war. How did previous civilizations wage war? And we visit the Georgina Military Museum in Keswick, where we explore the history of World War II.

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Join us on our adventures of exploration and discovery.

Each entertaining day trip opens new doors to the culture and the history of our communities and of those

around the world.

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Chinese TemplesA Looking-Glass into Chinese

Religions and CultureWednesday, April 11

Explore temple art with a docent-guided tour of the ROM’s Gallery of China to uncover how religion and beliefs impact Chinese culture. The Chinese Gallery boasts some of the world’s most important collections of temple art.The tour will then visit the Wong Dai Sin Temple of the Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism. This innovative building opened in

2015 and was awarded the Governor General’s medal in architecture. Participants will have an opportunity to watch and take part in Taoist Tai Chi. The afternoon will be spent at Cham Shan Temple of Canada. It is the first Buddhist institution to spread Buddhism in Toronto and features traditional Chinese architecture. Join us for a fascinating day to learn about Chinese beliefs and culture.

ROM Members: $110 Non-Members: $120Note that this tour includes a Chinese Dim Sum

lunch and involves walking and standing.

Escape to Niagara-on-the-Lake

Saturday, May 5

This is a perfect early Mother’s Day treat or perhaps, just a spring retreat!! The winemaking team of Joseph’s Estate Winery, welcomes us with its Premium Award-Winning VQA Red and White wines. You may find some interesting varietals that are rare gems in the industry!! Following our morning winery visit, we enjoy lunch at Zees, an upscale Canadian restaurant in The Shaw Club! To cap the day off, we walk to The Festival Theatre to enjoy Grand Hotel, a lavish musical production. Set in Berlin in the Roaring Twenties, ten hotel guests collide over one unforgettable night and the evening soars with song and dance. Join us for a most memorable day!

ROM Members: $150 Non-Members: $160 Register early as seats are limited.

""Courtesy, The Shaw Festival

Barn Quilts Canada’s Architectural Heritage

Wednesday, June 13We explore Ontario’s rural heritage through the unique art of barn quilts. Painted on historic barns, these colourful quilts draw attention to Canada’s disappearing rural landscapes, timber frame barns, and the family farm.

Each barn has its own identity. The unique history, ongoing story and continuing cultural contribution of each is beautifully narrated by hand painted board tiles with traditional quilt borders. Each of the 23 barn quilts is the result of a Canada 150 collaboration between the artist and the barn owners. Led by the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO), Port Hope Branch, we also explore the historic town’s beautiful architectural treasures, including the houses built under the direction of the Royal Ontario Museum’s founder, Charles Currelly.

ROM Members: $110 Non-Members: $120These are mainly bus tours with some walking.

Street Art - From the Present to ?Thursday, July 19

Journey to the past with a visit to historic Montgomery’s Inn where we enjoy a cup of tea before strolling along five blocks of Islington’s street of 26 murals. The murals recapture the sights of the area’s colourful past, including Hurricane Hazel. After resting your tired “doggies” while enjoying a delicious three-course meal, we jump into the present and who knows where. Our next stop takes us to the “now” street art in Graffiti Alley, where a well-known media commentator rants and rants. Join ROMBus for this visual tour de force.

ROM Members: $110 Non-Members: $120We will be walking so be sure to wear comfortable

shoes and sunglasses.

Photo Courtesy Shaw Festival