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Tourist Information

ROM is located in the city of Toronto, one of North America’s largest, most diverse and exciting urban centres. ROM is a must-see Toronto attraction, but there are many other things to see and do in this great city! We hope this information will help you plan your next trip to Toronto. More

A Family's Gift Inspired by a Mother's Dedication

A Family's Gift Inspired by a Mother's Dedication

For the past 40 years, the ROM has been Barbara Chisholm’s main volunteer endeavour. She has guided thousands of visitors through the Museum, sharing her love of decorative arts and European history with the public, a delight to all those with the good fortune to experience her lively and

#ThrowbackThursday: Saws and Drills

#ThrowbackThursday: Saws and Drills

In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition  Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo ‘Burnham and Burnham’, aka

#ThrowbackThursday: Typewriters and Cranky Looms

In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition  Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo ‘Burnham and Burnham’, aka

#ThrowbackThursday: Cotton Ceiling

In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition  Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo 'Burnham and Burnham’, aka

Estate Spotlight: A Fashionable Legacy

Estate Spotlight: A Fashionable Legacy

As a biographer, Marian Fowler wrote volumes about people whose impact lasted well beyond their lifetimes. Now, through an estate gift to the ROM, she has established her own powerful legacy that will endure far into the future. Marian was born in Toronto in 1929. After graduating from Trinity

LH Stone Collections Mgmt

The project to implement the Louise Hawley Stone Collections Management System began in 2015, with a goal to integrate 44 disparate collections databases into a single, robust, flexible platform for the creation, collection, management, reporting, dissemination, and archiving of collection

Books & Magazine

ROM Press ROM Press is a multiple award-winning publishing program that reflects the Museum, its history, collections, research, lectures, and exhibitions. Our publishing program includes scholarly and general-interest titles, and ranges from exhibition souvenir guides and children’s books to

Remembering Ancient Pottery Traditions

Remembering Ancient Pottery Traditions

By Richard Zane Smith, Catherine Tammaro, and Craig Cipolla This summer Wyandot artists Richard Zane Smith and Catherine Tammaro visited the Royal Ontario Museum’s New World Archaeology collections. The purpose of their visit was to study a small sample of the ROM’s Wendat pottery collections

Le Cristal Michael Lee-Chin

L’origine de son nom Inspiré par le mandat unique du ROM- favoriser la compréhension et l’appréciation des différentes cultures du monde et des milieux naturels-, le don extraordinaire de 30 millions de dollars de Michael Lee-Chin est à la fois un témoignage de gratitude et d’espoir: