Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)
Discover art, culture and natural history at the Royal Ontario Museum, one of Toronto’s premier cultural attractions and an essential stop for museum lovers, families and curious visitors.
About Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)
The Royal Ontario Museum—better known as ROM—is one of Toronto’s signature cultural institutions, bringing together art, culture and natural history under one roof.
Visitors can move from dinosaurs and natural-history collections to art, archaeology, world cultures and rotating special exhibitions, making ROM particularly well suited to families, tourists and anyone looking for an indoor Toronto experience.
Its location near Yorkville, Queen’s Park and the University of Toronto also makes ROM easy to combine with shopping, dining and additional sightseeing.
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ROM offers enough variety that different members of a group can discover something that interests them—from dinosaurs and nature to history, art and global culture.
What Makes It Special
Few Toronto attractions cover such a broad range of subjects in one destination, making ROM both a major cultural institution and an easy all-weather activity.
Know Before You Go
- Third Tuesday Nights Free: Free admission to most galleries from 4:00 PM to 8:30 PM on the third Tuesday of every month.
- Special exhibitions may require an additional admission charge.
Make it a Yorkville day: visit ROM first, then walk through Bloor-Yorkville for restaurants, cafés, shopping or drinks afterward.
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