Friday Nights for $5 at the Royal Ontario Museum

The weather is getting a bit colder out there in Toronto, and that means many of us are shuffling our jacketed bodies indoors for entertainment. This coincides perfectly with ROM Fridays, a special admission program that started just last week. The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto is now offering a special discounted admission price. For the measly sum of $5, you get full access to the ROM's exhibitions from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Friday nights. The greatest thing about this is that it includes all of the permanent and special exhibitions, so no more peeking longingly into the cordoned off areas, us cheapies can get full access.

Current special exhibitions include Carlos Garaicoa, General Idea's AIDS Sculpture, Déco Lalique, and Korea around 1900: The Paintings of Gisan.

If $5 is still out of your price range, the ROM does still offer free (yes, FREE) admission one hour before closing from Saturday to Thursday. But of course the free admission does not get you inside those lovely velvet ropes for the specially ticketed exhibitions. However, you will get a glimpse of the wacky renovations going on, which is kind of like a special exhibition on its own.

For directions and more info on current exhibitions, prices, and all that fun stuff check out the ROM web site.

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