With more than 18 million artworks, artifacts, and specimens, ROM offers an unforgettable school visit experience. Discover our suite of onsite and virtual visit programs, along with other special

Special exhibition featuring over 200 of the world’s finest gems closes on November 15, 2009 November 15, 2009 will be visitors’ last chance to experience dazzling precious stones, gem crystals

Meteorites fall to earth in the Newmarket, Ontario area The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and The University of Western Ontario (UWO) are looking for help from local residents in recovering a meteorite

By Jean-Bernard Caron, Senior Curator of Invertebrate Palaeontology, Royal Ontario Museum Today, the ROM is announcing a spectacular new species from the world-famous Burgess Shale site in Yoho

More than a decade after the Afghan war began in 2001, Shamsia Hassani was promulgated to international fame as one of Afghanistan’s first female graffiti artists. Where the violence of war had

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett on the manifestation of fear and uncertainty in art. Kirk Hammett is known the world over as the lead guitarist of one of the most successful metal bands of all time. Given

The Royal Ontario Museum is deeply saddened by the death of Galen Weston, our dear friend, a visionary leader renowned for his professional acumen and his expansive philanthropy, and a treasured

A closer look at the dubious medical practice from the early 19th century. Bloodletting for medical cures can be traced as far back as 3,000 years ago. In Ancient Greece, it was thought that disease

The Globe and Mail published a story today on Renaissance ROM, an expansion project that was supported by a philanthropic campaign which ran from 2002 to 2010. The campaign supported the addition of