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100 Queen’s Park
Entrance moves to Bloor St. After opening of the Crystal
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Museum (Yonge - University)
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Royal Ontario Museum

Called “ROM” by the locals, the wonderful Royal Ontario Museum is the largest in Canada, with a permanent collection of more than six million objects.
About ROM
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Royal Ontario Museum
Recently modernised and expanded, the original Royal Ontario Museum was established by an Act of Ontario Legislature in 1912. It opened to the public two years later.

Collections and Exhibits
The Royal Ontario Museum’s vast collection of world cultures and natural history make the ROM one of the largest museums of its kind in North America, and once the renovations are complete in
Birds, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Albatross
mid 2007, even more of the six million objects owned by the museum will be on display on a regular basis.

Natural History Department
The museum’s Department of Natural History draws objects from 12 collection and research areas: Botany, Entomology, Herpetology, Ichthyology, Invertebrate Zoology, Mammalogy, Mycology, Ornithology, Invertebrate Palaeontology, Vertebrate Palaeontology, Geology, and Mineralogy. Current Natural History galleries include displays on bats, birds, reptiles, and other animal communities.

World Cultures Department
The World Cultures Department has collected artifacts and
Chinese bas-relief, ROM, Toronto
Chinese bas-relief
other items from around the globe, including Europe, the Far East, Egypt, ancient Greece and Rome, and the indigenous peoples of Canada. World Culture galleries treat guests to views of Chinese Temple Art and Sculpture, historic textiles and costumes, West Asian and Europe arts and crafts, and displays featuring items from the First Peoples of Canada.

Highlights
Some of the Museum's highlights include the richly
Egyptian Mummy
Egyptian Mummy
decorated Egyptian sarcophagus of the Djedmaatesankh mummy which dates back to around 850 BC, a model of the Acropolis in Athens and skeletons of Allosaur Dinosaurs. And a Tomb dating back to the Ming dynasty is just one of the museum's many Chinese treasures.

The Crystal
A massive expansion of the ROM, scheduled to be finished mid-2007, consists of the renovation of 75% of the existing museum as well as the addition of about 80,000 square feet of public space thanks to a new annex known as the Michael A. Lee-Chin Crystal.
ROM, Toronto
Rom's Modern Annex
Named after the lead donor, the magnificent glass- and aluminium clad annex was designed by Daniel Libeskind who is also known for his extension of the Jewish Museum in Berlin.
Three eateries, including one fine-dining restaurant, will be onsite, and a new, expanded ROM museum store is sure to impress visitors.

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