Royal Ontario Museum

Museum Toronto, Ontario, Canada

What to expect

The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is a museum of art, world culture, and natural history located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest museums in North America and the largest in Canada, attracting over one million visitors every year. The museum has a diverse collection of over 18 million items and 40 galleries, featuring world culture and natural history, including dinosaurs, minerals, and meteorites, as well as Canadian and European historical artifacts, and African, Near Eastern, and East Asian art. The ROM is also home to the world's largest collection of fossils from the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, with over 150,000 specimens. The museum offers various exhibits and educational programs, making it a great destination for visitors of all ages

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This family's experience:

Activities: We spent the morning at the Royal Ontario Museum

Highlights: We enjoyed the museum's collection of fossils and the special exhibits ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We spent the day exploring the museum and seeing all the different artifacts. The kids especially enjoyed the Dinosaur Exhibit and the Gallery of Chinese Architecture

Highlights: The kids were amazed by the dinosaurs and the Chinese artifacts. We all had a great time learning about history and culture ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the Royal Ontario Museum, the largest museum in Canada, to admire the dinosaur collection, including a 27m high barosaure

Highlights: The kids loved the interactive biodiversity gallery and the parents enjoyed the vast collection of art and natural history ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We explored the Royal Ontario Museum, and were mesmerized by the hidden treasures, dinosaurs and artefacts on display

Highlights: The kids loved the museum, and we enjoyed the stunning museum of art, culture and history in Toronto ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the ROM to see its exhibits, including the Fantastic Beasts exhibit

Highlights: We enjoyed the exhibits, the building's architecture, and the Fantastic Beasts exhibit ✨