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Royal Ontario Museum

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Royal Ontario Museum

Art museum · University ·
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"If you’re looking for a one-stop shop of a museum, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is your best bet. Originally established in 1912 as collection of five museums dedicated to archaeology, paleontology, mineralogy, zoology, and geology, ROM has since consolidated its efforts, covering everything from natural and cultural history to fine arts and design within the same massive space. It’s not often you can find dinosaur bones and fashion exhibitions within the same space. Be sure to spend a few minutes lingering outside the Queen's Park entrance, too, to best appreciate starchitect Daniel Libeskind's geometric marvel of a structure, dubbed the "Michael Lee-Chin Crystal," part of a multi-million dollar expansion to the museum, unveiled in 2007." - Stefanie Waldek

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Museum of art, world culture & natural history; dinosaurs

dinosaur exhibits
egyptian exhibits
gems and minerals
first nations
ancient civilizations
natural history
world cultures
auschwitz exhibit
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Museum of art, world culture & natural history; dinosaurs

dinosaur exhibits
egyptian exhibits
gems and minerals
first nations
ancient civilizations
natural history
world cultures
auschwitz exhibit
Google Rating
4.7 (41.5K)
Yelp Rating
4.2
Featured in Conde Nast Traveler
Featured in
Featured in Afar
Featured in

100 Queens Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6, Canada Get directions

$$$

Restroom
Family friendly
Paid street parking
Gender neutral restroom
Free Wi-Fi
Royal Ontario Museum by null
Royal Ontario Museum by Courtesy Royal Ontario Museum
Royal Ontario Museum by Photo by Peter Langer/age fotostock
Royal Ontario Museum by Courtesy Royal Ontario Museum
Royal Ontario Museum by Brian Boyle
Royal Ontario Museum by Brian Boyle
Royal Ontario Museum by Courtesy Royal Ontario Museum
Royal Ontario Museum by Brian Boyle
Royal Ontario Museum by Courtesy Royal Ontario Museum
Royal Ontario Museum by Brian Boyle
Royal Ontario Museum by MATADOR_NETWORK
Royal Ontario Museum by Photo by Peter Langer/age fotostock
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