Exhibitions

ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial to today. 

Current Exhibitions

Featured exhibition

Sharks

Until March 22, 2026
Close-up view of a life-sized Megalodon shark model with its mouth wide open, displaying multiple rows of sharp teeth, in a dark, blue-lit museum exhibit.
Featured exhibition

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025

Until March 29, 2026
Detail of a claw and head of a flamingo on a light grey background.
Exhibition

Crawford Lake

Layers in Time
Until September 2026
Crawford Lake
Installation

Cloudscape

Paper clouds floating above Chinese statues
Installation

Picnics and Pastimes

Until May 03, 2026
Tile arch with picnic scene, around 1685-95. Probably Talar-e-Tavileh Palace, Isfahan, Iran.
Installation

Connection Stations

Until September 2026
Guests at The Pursuit of Porcelian installation
Installation

Critical Minerals

Critical Choices
Until January 2027
Pie-shaped sample of cobalt mineral encased in smaltite, shown on a white background.
Installation

Chinese Zodiac Case

Year of the Horse
Until January 2027
Set of Zodiac Animals

Upcoming Exhibitions

Rounded square tea bowl with flowing glaze, Edo period, late 17th century, stoneware, 8.1 × 13.2 cm
Exhibition

Shokkan

Material Encounters in Japanese Art
Opens April 04, 2026
Euglossa imperialis (Imperial Orchid Bee)
Exhibition

BEES

A Story of Survival
Opens May 16, 2026
Your Escape
Exhibition

Psychedelics

Art. Culture. Science.
Opens June 06, 2026
Rounded square tea bowl with flowing glaze, Edo period, late 17th century, stoneware, 8.1 × 13.2 cm
Exhibition

Shokkan

Material Encounters in Japanese Art
Opens April 04, 2026
Euglossa imperialis (Imperial Orchid Bee)
Exhibition

BEES

A Story of Survival
Opens May 16, 2026
Your Escape
Exhibition

Psychedelics

Art. Culture. Science.
Opens June 06, 2026

Online Exhibitions

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An artist's illustration of an ancient sea scape teeming with life.
Online exhibition

The Burgess Shale

The Virtual Museum of Canada
Blue Whale Discovered
Online exhibition

Blue Whale Discovered

Born of the Indian Ocean
Online exhibition

Born of the Indian Ocean

A crowd of prosperous earthquake survivors are crowded in a overloaded boat resembling a catfish.
Online exhibition

Aftershocks

Japanese Earthquake Prints
Image collage of people who were interviewed for the Ukraine: Identities, Culture and Resilience online experience
Online exhibition

Ukraine

Identities, Culture and Resilience
An artist's illustration of an ancient sea scape teeming with life.
Online exhibition

The Burgess Shale

The Virtual Museum of Canada
Blue Whale Discovered
Online exhibition

Blue Whale Discovered

Born of the Indian Ocean
Online exhibition

Born of the Indian Ocean

A crowd of prosperous earthquake survivors are crowded in a overloaded boat resembling a catfish.
Online exhibition

Aftershocks

Japanese Earthquake Prints
Image collage of people who were interviewed for the Ukraine: Identities, Culture and Resilience online experience
Online exhibition

Ukraine

Identities, Culture and Resilience
A storage area with art pieces on racks including framed paintings and portraits in a museum setting.
Person sitting on a wooden chair facing backward with their left arm raised to their forehead against a plain white background.

Past Exhibitions

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