Overview
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is No. 64 in The Art Newspaper's survey of the world's most visited art museums, with 1,159,530 visitors in 2025, up 4% on 2024. Opened in 1914, it is Canada's largest museum of world cultures and natural history.
Its original building on Queen's Park was joined in 2007 by the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal, an angular addition of glass and aluminium designed by Daniel Libeskind.
Best time to visit
Weekday afternoons are often quieter than mornings, when school groups visit. Check the official website for hours.
Highlights & collections
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Dinosaur galleries
Skeletons including a huge Barosaurus nicknamed Gordo.
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Chinese art and architecture
One of the largest collections of Chinese art outside China.
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First Peoples art and culture
Art and objects from Indigenous cultures across Canada.
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Bat Cave
A walk-through recreation of a Jamaican bat cave, popular with children.
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The Crystal
Libeskind's sharp-angled wing, best seen from Bloor Street.
Getting there
The ROM is at 100 Queen's Park, at Bloor Street West. Museum subway station (Line 1) is next to it, and St George station (Lines 1 and 2) is a short walk away.
Visiting tips
- Tickets & hours
- Buy timed tickets online or at the museum. Check the official website for prices and hours.
- Time needed
- Three hours or more.
- Currency
- Canadian dollar (CAD). Cards are accepted almost everywhere.
- Visa & entry
- US citizens need only a valid passport. Most other visa-exempt visitors flying to or through Canada, including citizens of the UK, EU countries and Australia, need an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA); apply only on the official site canada.ca. Other nationalities need a visitor visa.
Official information: Royal Ontario Museum (official website). Check opening hours, prices and entry rules there before you go.
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