Last Chance to See Out of the Depths: The Blue Whale Story

Last Chance to See Out of the Depths: The Blue Whale Story

Museum hours extended during exhibition’s final weekend

Time is running out to catch Out of the Depths: The Blue Whale Story, the ROM original exhibition featuring the 80-foot, fully-articulated skeleton of Blue, and the first and only real preserved blue whale heart in the world. The Museum is pleased to offer extend hours until 8:30 pm on Friday, September 1 to Sunday, September 3. Drawing to a close on Monday, September 4, visitors are encouraged to experience this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition.

A favourite with visitors of all ages, the popularity of Out of the Depths: The Blue Whale Story has contributed to a strong summer season for the ROM. Since opening in March 2017, over 240,000 visitors have immersed themselves in the mysterious world of Blue and the work of ROM experts who are advancing our understanding of this marine giant and the critical conservation issues facing our time.

Out of the Depths: The Blue Whale Story explores the story of the nine blue whales from the endangered North Atlantic population that became stranded in thick ice and died in May 2014. Two of these whales later washed ashore at Trout River and Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, and in cooperation with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Research Casting International, the ROM travelled to the site to recover the skeletons, along with DNA samples and other important biological information. The results of that work form this astonishing exhibition.

The ROM's is a world-leading centre of scientific research and conservation. This exhibition is a collaborative project led by the ROM’s Dr. Mark Engstrom, Senior Curator and Deputy Director of Collections and Research, with colleagues Burton Lim, Assistant Curator of Mammalogy; Jacqueline Miller, Mammalogy Technician; Oliver Haddrath, Ornithology Technician; Dave Ireland, Managing Director of ROM Biodiversity, and Gerry De Iuliis, Lecturer in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto.

Out of the Depths: The Blue Whale Story is part of the ROM’s exhibition program to commemorate Canada and Ontario’s 150th anniversary.

More information on the exhibition is available at www.rom.on.ca/en/blue-whale

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