Welcome to ROM

The Royal Ontario Museum offers diverse exhibitions spanning ancient civilizations, natural history, and contemporary art.

Plan Your Visit

ROM will be closed on Wednesday, March 19. Refunds will be automatically processed for all existing ticketholders, and the Museum will reopen with regular operating hours on Thursday, March 20.

Featured exhibition

Auschwitz.

Not long ago. Not far away.

Until September 2025

Black and white archival image showing train tracks in the foreground leading into the distance towards the entrance to the Auschwitz camp.

Featured exhibition

Nature in Brilliant Colour

Until August 2025

Projection of a planet with a silhouette of a man with his hands in the air looking at a large projection of a planet

Featured exhibition

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024

Until May 04, 2025

A manatee and a calf adrift underwater among eelgrass.

Many different types of birds spread out an circle

When Worlds Collide: Photography in Service to Nature

Burgess Shale

Canada’s Fossil Heritage- Celebrating 50 Years of Burgess Shale Research

Side by side photo of Ruby Lal and her book Vagabond Princess: The Great Adventures of Gulbadan

Book Club: Vagabond Princess, Ruby Lal

Dolphin

Photography in Living Colour

Online collection

The Royal Ontario Museum is home to a world-class collection of 18 million artworks, cultural objects, and natural history specimens, featured in 40 gallery and exhibition spaces.

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Purchase tickets now to explore the ROM captivating exhibits and immersive experiences.

Tour guide at ROM giving a tour to a group

Group Tickets

Reserve your group tickets today. Gather your friends and family for an unforgettable exploration.

School Visits

Connect your students to objects from cultures throughout human history and specimens.

Our members enjoy great benefits and discounts at the museum and with our partner organisations.

About membership

ROM Members examing exbihition wall

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

WonderWorks Hands-on Gallery, interactive experience, children

A gallery full of various pottery, ceramics, and statues.

This white rhino is a rare specimen and the centerpiece of the Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity.

People look around a gallery with a fall scene, including trees with red leaves.

Dawn of Life WonderWorks China Life in Crisis Hands-on Biodiversity

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Tours

Enjoy guided Museum tours exclusively for Members on themes from climate change to ancient civilizations.

Tour of the Samuel European Galleries

Free with Museum admission, daily tours are offered to the public by trained volunteer Docents. Tours include general Museum tours, and specific gallery tours. Tours of special exhibitions are surcharged.

Visitor looking at artifacts in encased glass

Third Tuesday Nights Free

The Museum will be free—for everyone—on the third Tuesday Night of each month. Includes access to most galleries* Ticket Policy Change: To ensure a smooth and organized experience, please pre-book tickets online and select your preferred time slot. Walk-in admissions are no longer available. To expedite entry, both the Queen's Park and School entrances will be open. Presenting Sponsor

Visitors bring found objects to ROM for identification.

Rock, Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Identification Clinic

ROM’s popular ID Clinics are a great way to identify your mysterious found treasures, all while engaging with ROM staff and volunteers. Bring your rocks, minerals, gems, and fossils and ROM experts will help identify them for you. Clinics are free with RSVP. All participants are required to register for a ticket (kids included).

Mosaic Ceiling – Rotunda

Before Hours Tours

Experience the serenity of an exclusive tour of ROM before the Museum opens to the public. This early access opportunity allows you to appreciate art, culture, and nature in an intimate, uninterrupted setting, making it a truly unforgettable experience. Museum admission included in the cost of the tour.

Jameel Jaffer and Charles Stenkievich ©Lisa Milosavijevic

Curious about art, culture, and nature? Learn why these topics matter within and beyond Museum walls. Talks at ROM offer engaging moments of thought-provoking learning with experts and objects from, and inspired by, collections in the Museum. Upcoming talks are identified as either at ROM or Online. All are Free with RSVP.

Tours

Enjoy guided Museum tours exclusively for Members on themes from climate change to ancient civilizations.

Tour of the Samuel European Galleries

Free with Museum admission, daily tours are offered to the public by trained volunteer Docents. Tours include general Museum tours, and specific gallery tours. Tours of special exhibitions are surcharged.

Visitor looking at artifacts in encased glass

Third Tuesday Nights Free

The Museum will be free—for everyone—on the third Tuesday Night of each month. Includes access to most galleries* Ticket Policy Change: To ensure a smooth and organized experience, please pre-book tickets online and select your preferred time slot. Walk-in admissions are no longer available. To expedite entry, both the Queen's Park and School entrances will be open. Presenting Sponsor

Visitors bring found objects to ROM for identification.

Rock, Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Identification Clinic

ROM’s popular ID Clinics are a great way to identify your mysterious found treasures, all while engaging with ROM staff and volunteers. Bring your rocks, minerals, gems, and fossils and ROM experts will help identify them for you. Clinics are free with RSVP. All participants are required to register for a ticket (kids included).

Mosaic Ceiling – Rotunda

Before Hours Tours

Experience the serenity of an exclusive tour of ROM before the Museum opens to the public. This early access opportunity allows you to appreciate art, culture, and nature in an intimate, uninterrupted setting, making it a truly unforgettable experience. Museum admission included in the cost of the tour.

Jameel Jaffer and Charles Stenkievich ©Lisa Milosavijevic

Curious about art, culture, and nature? Learn why these topics matter within and beyond Museum walls. Talks at ROM offer engaging moments of thought-provoking learning with experts and objects from, and inspired by, collections in the Museum. Upcoming talks are identified as either at ROM or Online. All are Free with RSVP.