Royal Ontario Museum The Royal Ontario Museum , also known as ROM , is located in Toronto , Ontario , Canada . It is Canada’s largest cultural and natural history museum, [1] as well as North America’s 5th largest museum. The museum's collection includes more than 6 million items and over 40 galleries. The museum is known for its collections of dinosaurs , the art of the Middle East , Africa and East Asia , European and Canadian history. The museum also often organizes exhibitions.
| Royal Ontario Museum | |
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| English Royal ntario museum | |
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| Established | 1912 |
| Address | Toronto |
| Visitors per year | over a million |
| Site | rom.on.ca |
The museum is located at the corner of Bloor Street and Avenue Road, north of Queen's Park (Queens Park) and east of Philosopher's Walk at the University of Toronto .
The museum was founded in 1857 as the Museum of Natural History and Fine Arts at the Toronto Normal School. In 1912, the Ontario Provincial Government passed a decree on the Royal Ontario Museum. Until 1968, the museum was managed by the University of Toronto, then it became an independent institution, but so far it has close ties with the university, often seeks the help of its experts or provides its resources for research.