Royal Ontario Museum

The Royal Ontario Museum is world renowned for its collection of artifacts representing world cultures and natural history

Old architecture meets new at the Royal Ontario Museum
Old architecture meets new at the Royal Ontario Museum cc licensed photo by Aviad2001

Toronto's recently expanded Royal Ontario Museum or ROM displays millions of artifacts in over 40 different galleries.

The original building opened in 1914 and has seen two major expansions. The most recent expansion and renovation project, a modern addition called the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal has provided a major increase in display spaces.

The ROM is the largest museum of natural history and world culture in Canada. It ranks 5th largest among all museums in North America. This fascinating museum houses many fascinating and notable galleries (forty in all) including a huge collection of dinosaurs from around the world, a textile gallery showing goods from eras throughout history, collections of art from around the globe and of course Canadian as well as European history.

For further information about the Royal Ontario Museum including admission charges visit see their official site linked below.



Facts For Your Visit

Fee: Yes.

Royal Ontario Museum Hours:
Opening hours may differ on holidays

  • Monday: Closed
  • Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM
  • Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM
  • Thursday: 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM
  • Friday: 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM
  • Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM
  • Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM

Address: 100 Queens Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6, Canada

Phone: (416) 586-8000

Official Website: Royal Ontario Museum

Royal Ontario Museum Reviews

Rated 4.7 out of 5 Star Rating

5 Star Rating ROM after dark, great opinion, about $40 a ticket with one drink included. Plenty of bars inside all across the different levels and extra ticket per drink is about $12 .All floors exhibits included in the ticket price for the regular exhibis and any extra one happening at the time, DJs in different levels, selfie stations, games , free water fountains. People dress from casual to stylish dress.Food stations available for $12 a ticket. Dancing floor in level one, seating areas setup across the all levels.Some performance in levels one. We went for the Lunar Love night. Definitely recommend for a fun night out.
P U - 2 weeks ago

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5 Star Rating Superb history and historical art exhibits. We found so much to gawk at on the first floor alone (mainly ancient cultures) that we still had half the museum left to explore by the time we were getting tired of walking it was time for lunch. (We weren't tired of the museum!) One highlight is that both in the ancient Egypt and early modern Europe exhibits, they have furniture and daily use objects set up in rooms like what people would've lived in back then. Much more interesting than looking at these items entirely out of context would've been.
Eric de Roulet - 3 weeks ago

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5 Star Rating This museum was huge and terrific! Full of a nice mix of international cultures and natural history, we thoroughly enjoyed our visit and this would make for a great half a day at least if you want to go through everything carefully. Only downside is that there's no parking so we struggled to find some parking quite a walk away to get here.
Skyy Strike - a month ago

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5 Star Rating We arrived later in the day, so we only had time to visit the general exhibitions. It wasn’t crowded at that time, which made the experience very enjoyable. The exhibitions are excellent and offer elements that feel different from other museums we’ve visited. For example, some artifacts are placed right in the middle of the walkways so you can view them up close, and visitors can even enter an ancient tomb that was relocated to the museum using the original stones. I especially loved the ancient glassware exhibition—it’s amazing how such delicate pieces were made so beautifully in ancient times and preserved so well over thousands of years. The museum also has a kids’ play hall where younger visitors can have fun while parents take a break from walking. The staff were very friendly as well.
Amy Shi - a month ago

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5 Star Rating I love the sofa in the first floor to rest, very nice! Also there is a seasonal cute air igloo for pictures. So many beautiful art and cultures collection, I love the Chinese and Egypt collection most, very knowledgeable! The gem collection is very appleasing for thr eyes. Appreciate the beauty and pefect cut. On second floors, animals area is not too big,but there is some animals, I never seen before, Very organized and informative. Feeling very blessed to be able to visit the place. The light is perfect, the pictures taken in the museum is very pretty. The food corner on the side of first floor is a bit too much sweets, not too many other healthy options. But overall an lovely experience
Rong Liu - 2 months ago

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Directions

TTC Subway Line Nearest Station Walking Time
Bloor-Danforth St. George Station4 Minutes
Yonge-University-SpadinaMuseum4 Minutes

How to get to Royal Ontario Museum by TTC Subway

From St. George Station walk south on Bedford and go left (east on Bloor Street W to )the main entrance in the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal.

From Museum Station exits onto Queens Park right in front of the Royal Ontario Museum; walk north to Bloor Street and go left to the main entrance.

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