Library
& Archives
About
To consult materials in ROM Library and Archives’ collections, please book a research appointment via our online booking system.
No unscheduled visits will be permitted.
Library hours: Tuesday to Friday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Access: Weston Entrance on Queen's Park. Upon entering the building, please notify a member of staff that you have a research appointment at ROM Library and Archives. Also, please keep a copy of your appointment confirmation with you.
ROM Library holdings available in the University of Toronto Libraries’ online catalogue.
ROM Archives descriptions and finding aids available through Archeion.
Access to the Bishop White Committee Library, Egyptian, and West Asian reading rooms remains closed. Materials from these collections can be retrieved and consulted in the reading room of the Richard Wernham and Julia West Library and Archives subject to availability. Appointments can be booked using the link above.
Research Guides
The Richard Wernham and Julia West Library maintains a chronology of exhibitions held at the ROM between 1934 and August 2012. The title and call number (in italics) of the exhibition catalogue, if published, can be found following the exhibition entry.
- Physical copies of ROM Annual Reports are available for perusal in the Reading Room of the Richard Wernham and Julia West Library & Archives.
- In collaboration with Internet Archive Canada, the ROM Library & Archives has sponsored the digitization of all the Museum's annual reports, from 1937 onward.
Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology
Royal Ontario Museum of Palaeontology
Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology & Palaeontology
Royal Ontario Museum of Art & Archaeology
Royal Ontario Museum
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More recent ROM Annual Reports (1999/2000 onwards) can also be viewed here.
The ROM Library & Archives' significant collection of Fashion Plate resources are briefly described and outlined here.
The ROM Library, in partnership with the University of Toronto Libraries, has digitized some of the ROM's early publications and made them available to the public through the Internet Archive.
Guidelines
Information regarding access, circulation, borrowing privileges, loan periods, fines, and inter-library loans
Required for patrons seeking to consult archival, special collections, or rare book materials.
Guidelines for photographing archival materials
Guidelines for the use of the ROM Library & Archives' public computers
Information regarding the ROM Library & Archives' collection practices
Information for potential donors of library or archival materials
Useful Links
- Care of objects and collections – Canadian Conservation Institute
- Preventative conservation and risk management – Canadian Conservation Institute
- Selected bibliography for the care of books - Library of Congress
The ROM Libraries do not provide appraisal nor restoration services. You may find the following websites useful:
Wearing a face mask inside the Museum is no longer required, however ROM encourages all visitors who wish to wear a face mask to continue to do so. We ask visitors to postpone their visit should they be feeling unwell. For more information on what you need to know before visiting the museum, please access the Visitor Guide.
While ROM continues to adhere to health and safety guidelines to keep you safe, an inherent risk of exposure to the transmission of viruses such as COVID-19 exists in any public place where people are present. By being in public spaces like ROM, you voluntarily assume the risks related to exposure.
ROM Libraries & Archives are scent-free environments, please refrain from using scented personal products when you come visit us. We thank you for sharing the air.
