Natural History Galleries

Bat Cave

Level 2, Philosophers’ Walk Wing
The Bat Cave is a walk-through diorama based on the research of ROM scientists at St. Clair cave in Jamaica. A family favourite, the Bat Cave is home to bats, spiders, snakes and other creatures of the night. Look up or peer deep into rocky recesses and see bats roosting in the cave's high domes and hear them flying in between the stalactites.

The ROM has more than 35,000 bat specimens in their collections. Supplementary displays and mini-dioramas introduce you to bat families, their habitats, and flight.

Podcasts

Bats!
October 06, 2009
Learn about Burton Lim's, Assistant Curator of Mammalogy, Bat research in Guyana and around the world. Burton is an expert on all types of bats and studies their biodiversity and evolution.

Video Podcast (13.2MB, 1m 54s)
Written Transcript (PDF)

Bat Cave
September 06, 2006
Technician Liliane Lortie on the appeal of bats and experiencing the Bat Cave

Video Podcast (14 MB, 2m 25s)
Written Transcript (PDF)