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The ROM Field Guide to Birds of Ontario

The definitive guide to birds of Ontario. Includes all species observed in Ontario. Written in clear, assesible language. Hundreds of photographs from many of Ontario's most celebrated nature
Portrait of a man in military uniform
Exhibition

Made in China

View Chinese art in a whole new light. This exhibition explores the lasting impact of cultural encounters between Europe and China on an important artistic tradition. While art is often inspired by
A holographic projection of ECO, the Earth Rangers Communications Operative with colorful hair and a white and pink outfit, appears inside a glowing orb at the Royal Ontario Museum entrance, where she shares engaging lessons about biodiversity and wildlife conservation with visitors.
Event

Celebrate Earth Day with ECO

Meet ECO, the Earth
Giant Squid at the ROM
Resource

Palaeontologists solve mystery of 500 million-year-old squid-like carnivore

A study by Martin Smith of the University of Toronto and Jean-Bernard Caron of the Royal Ontario Museum sheds new light on a previously unclassifiable 500 million-year-old squid-like carnivore known
Projection of a planet with a silhouette of a man with his hands in the air looking at a large projection of a planet
Exhibition

Nature in Brilliant Colour

Marvel at the power of colour in the natural world. Last Chance! Exhibition Closing Soon. Anywhere you look in nature, colour holds meaning. From the fiery reds of warning to the soothing blues of
Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.
Article

The restudy of the iconic Hallucigenia animal from Burgess Shale

Researchers from the University of Cambridge, the Royal Ontario Museum and the University of Toronto have found that the creature, known as Hallucigenia due to its strange appearance, had a throat
A guy in a plaid shirt walking with a girl in a wheelchair looking at museum collections at ROM
Event

Doors Open Toronto

As part of Doors
Three men working next to a shipping container that contains the Blue Whale bones and manure.
Article

Blue Whale Update

Blue Whale Update Last spring, a team from the ROM, including deputy director, Mark Engstrom, and assistant curator, Burton Lim, helped salvage one of two blue whales that had died in the Gulf of St
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.
Event

Sharks

Join us for an
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Gallery Trail: Nature in Brilliant Colour

Exhibition

Sharks

DIVE DEEPER Sharks have intrigued humans for as long as we have explored the oceans. The terrifying monster from the movie Jaws is what many might imagine when they think of these animals, but they
Image Credit: Calaca figurine. © Field Museum, Michelle Kuo.
Exhibition

Death: Life’s Greatest Mystery

Through artifacts, specimens, and immersive media experiences, learn how life and death are part of a universal, continuous, and cyclical process. This thought-provoking exhibition explores cultural
Stuffed passenger pigeons from the ROM collections sit on a table in the Gallery of Birds waiting to be installed in the new special exhibit
Article

First Peek at Empty Skies: The Legacy of the Passenger Pigeon

This weekend marks the opening of the ROM’s latest special exhibition, Empty Skies: the Passenger Pigeon Legacy . It’s a bittersweet exhibit for the ROM; On September 1st, 1914, almost exactly 100
photo studio
Article

Butterflies

Spring. You can smell it in the air, or so they say. Spring still feels like such a long way away. To celebrate the vernal equinox, I felt that it would be appropriate to talk about butterflies, and
Two women examine a fish at an identification workshop.
Event

Session 2: Great Lakes Invasive Fishes​​​​​​​ Workshop

If you are a