ROM After-Dark: Dinosaurs & Deep Time
A private after-hours walk through the Royal Ontario Museum's legendary galleries — Gordo the dinosaur, the crystal architecture, and 3.5 billion years of Earth history with a palaeontologist guide.
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Marcus Kowalski✓ Certified host
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Award-winning naturalist and heritage guide with 20 years exploring Ontario's most storied landscapes — from the Muskoka lakes to the ROM's deep-time galleries.
Read Marcus's story
I grew up spending summers at a family cottage on Lake Muskoka, listening to my grandfather's stories about the Ojibwe canoe routes and the Gilded Age families who built the grand boathouses. After a decade as a park ranger and a graduate degree in heritage tourism, I founded Ontario Signature Experiences to share those stories with people who want more than a selfie — they want to feel the place.
The best moment on any tour is when someone stops walking and just listens.
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About this experience
After the public doors close, the Royal Ontario Museum belongs to you. Ontario Signature Experiences partners with the ROM to offer exclusive after-hours access for groups of up to 12, led by a practising palaeontologist. You begin in the Rotunda, ascend through James Stewart Polshek's crystalline Michael Lee-Chin extension, and spend the centrepiece hour with Gordo — the Barosaurus skeleton whose neck alone spans 9 metres — in silence that no daytime visitor ever hears. The evening traces 3.5 billion years of life on Earth, ending with a complimentary glass of Ontario Riesling in the atrium. **What's included:** 2-hour private after-hours access, expert palaeontologist guide, welcome drink, souvenir specimen card. **Optional add-on:** Hands-on fossil specimen handling session.
✓ Souvenir specimen card
✓ Welcome drink
Where to meet
ROM South Entrance (Queens Park Gate), 100 Queens Park, Toronto, ON
Strict — no refund
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Add-ons
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