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ROYAL ONTARIO

MUSEUM

EXPERIENCE Toronto # 10am–5:30pm daily (to 8:30pm Fri) ∑rom.on.ca
 C2 ⌂ 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto  Museum or St. George @ 5 and 142

Canada’s largest museum, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) covers
the history of human civilization and the natural world in a collection
of over six million extraordinary objects.

With an ultra-modern glass, aluminum,
and steel addition bursting out of the
original Edwardian edifice, the ROM is
instantly recognizable. The most visited
museum in the country, it houses an
extraordinarily wide-ranging collection
drawn from the fields of fine and applied
art, the natural sciences and archaeology.
World Cultures
Items from all around the world, dating back
as far as the Stone Age, are on display in
various galleries here, including art, weaponry, Michael Lee-Chin Crystal addition to the
religious artifacts, and textiles. Don’t miss the original Edwardian ROM building
shrunken head from Peru, or the Canadiana
gallery, full of First Nations art. Cultural
artifacts from China, Korea, and Japan are
also on display, including phenomenal
temple art, furnishings, and ceramics.
Natural History
The Natural History galleries contain collections
of the natural world, from outer space objects
to skeletons of long-extinct creatures.
Highlights include sparkling meteorites,
towering dinosaur skeletons and even an
immersive replica of a bat cave. Many exhibits
are hands-on, with visitors allowed to touch Species at Risk display in the
and handle natural artifacts and specimens. Natural History galleries

1978–84 2002–7
The museum Michael Lee-Chin
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undergoes a huge donates $30 million
$55 million renovation, for the museum to
which is opened by undergo a massive
Queen Elizabeth II. extension project.
Timeline 1912–14 1989
▲ ROM established by
▲ Activists denounce
the University of
Heart of Africa exhibit
Toronto and Ontario the ROM’s Into the
government. It opens for perpetuating
to the public in 1914. racial stereotypes.
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