Royal Ontario Museum

Have been here a few times in my life!
It’s pretty fun and has things for everybody, it’s just if you can find it! As a child we came here every year for school and didn’t appreciate it as much, only certain exhibits I enjoyed. But now being much older I appreciate the diversity, history and the cultural exhibits that display the full breadth and depth of not only Canadian history, but also world history.
This museum is exquisite and allows you to glance briefly over many exhibits. But also to go in-​depth with excellent quality.
With the renovation several years back this museum is now massive containing so many exhibits and you can spend a few days here if you’re interested enough.
They have several deals usually all the time which you can search for online and is in a great location that is easily accessible. Unfortunately, Toronto doesn’t have very many museums but this museum is great and I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about Canadian history.

Une idée de sortie sympa à Toronto qui peut facilement prendre la journée: le ROM!
D’abord l’architecture du lieu est vraiment impressionnante. Un extérieur moderne et un intérieur classique mais beau qui s’allient bien entre eux.
Nous avons commencé notre visite par les salles consacrées aux dinosaures, mammifères et la biodiversité. J’ai particulièrement apprécié les reconstitutions de squelettes où des schémas de couleurs nous permettait de voir quel morceaux était un vrai ou un modelage.
Ensuite, nous avons visité une magnifique exposition sur les textiles traditionnels mexicains. De très belles pièces étaient exposées et l’exposition était ponctuée de nombreuses tablettes tactiles où l’on pouvait visionner des vidéos montrant les techniques de confections traditionnelles.
Les salles sur l’histoire des premières nations et du Canada était très agréable. Une belle collections de tableaux dépeignant la vie et les coutumes des premiers peuples du Canada y est présentée.
Nous avons finit par la visite des salles sur les cultures asiatiques. Il y a ici de belles pièces, beaucoup de céramiques malgré que cet espace manqué d’interactivité par rapport au reste du musée.

I haven’t been here in 20 years, so it’s changed a little. If you’re going on a weekend, go when it opens. I was there for 4 hours and by the time we were leaving, it was a zoo!
There is a LOT to look at and learn. It’s an information overload. We saw the Pompeii exhibit and Wildlife photography exhibit. Both were very informative and well laid out.
Most exhibits had monitors where you could watch videos about what you happen to be looking at. For exhibits like Pompeii, it would be nice to have a short movie to sit down at watch, like an intro to the pieces you’ll be looking at. It was a lot of reading and a lot to take in.
The ROM is well lit, bright and spacious. Luckily, there were many spots for you to sit down and take a break. They also had a lot of activities to keep kids busy. It was nice to see parents taking their kids there and helping them understand what they’re looking at.

I was there for Escape to Planet ROM and enjoyed their discounted admission! Beautiful museum. It has many different aspects within the museum includng sculptures, natural history and cultural stuff. Beautiful museum inside and outside! I was here when I was young but this was before the new modern crystal architecture got put in, but now that I am older, I feel like I appreciate their exhibition more, but it’s also a great place for kids in my opinion.
Easy to get to! Subway stop right there, but also close to bloor street shopping district and yorkville as well as university of Toronto.

Love going through the old and new exhibits. I’ve been visiting this place since I was a kid every few years. Some things are still awesome like dinosaurs and mummies. New exhibits are always intriguing and educational. Hope it stays and continues to let people of all ages and kids enjoy and learn from it for a very long time.

I was there last Friday night for their Friday the 13^th #FNLROM «Superstition» event. I arrived at 6:30pm (doors open at 7pm) because I didn’t pre-​buy my ticket online. I did try during the week but they were SOLD OUT by Monday during the week. The lineup for anyone without a ticket was HUGE, it wrapped around the ROM and down Avenue Rd. till Museum station when I arrived… And the line grew even longer after I arrived so I strongly suggest buying your ticket online for any FNL event before you go. They’re cheaper anyway and waiting in line, in the freezing cold sucks! I only made it close to the front of the line at around 8pm!
The venue was really nice and there were several floors to cater to different tastes. This was my first time there so I really wanted to see the exhibits. Others who have been there before, and have seen most of the exhibits already, were more interested in the different food vendors that were available. I must say that all the food that was serve was really good. I particularly liked the Chicken Roti and jerk chicken. There was also Japanese Gushi friend chicken that I couldn’t get enough of. Each dish is paid for with «ROM bucks» at $ 6 a piece (food ticket). Drinks are the same price. They have a pretty full bar rail and Peroni beer. Drinks are also $ 6 a piece and paid for with «ROM bucks» (drink ticket).
There’s a dance floor with an awesome DJ and live band. Lots of people were dancing. The top floor was quite swanky as there was a love sting band. Was a different vibe than the first floor where the dance floor was — which is why I said the different floors cater to different tastes.
This would be a good once-​a-​month thing!

I haven’t been here since I was a kid, but a few weekends ago my friend had her birthday here for Friday Night Live. It was really awesome and a great concept!
My boyfriend and I bought tickets in advance and that saved us from a hell of a line which was nice. We were greeted by an anti-​Israel protest taking place RIGHT outside the museum. That wasn’t so nice, but we got over it once we found the birthday girl!
Basically every floor is different and there’s lots to do. You buy food and drink cards and go shop around to see what’s available. All I drank was red wine (what else is new) I think it was a Merlot, and I got a sushi burrito, because how can you not? and my boyfriend got some kind of meat pie. Both good but nothing outstanding.
There was a floor with dancing and various different photography booths doing free photos. We did one with another couple where you grabbed props and take a photo with an indiana jones guy, only catch was before the picture we all had to squeeze into some Ford and learn all about it (nobody really cared LOL) promo priorities I guess.
Overall a really fun experience and I’d definitely go again. You can’t go wrong it’s like 10 or 15 bucks a person and best part? For all you old ladies trapped in a 24 year old’s body like myself who just wanna Netflix and chill, it’s over at like 11! haha

Beautiful museum inside and out. On Fridays, they extend the hours to 11pm and admission tickets are half price! One of my favorite museums to date, behind the Louvre, of course lol.

On our day trip of exploring the lovely city of Toronto– our City Pass allowed us entrance into the Royal Ontario Museum. Since we only had a day to explore the city, we took about 2 hours to explore this museum. We started on the top level and explored the kids play area and dino zone. There were a few museum workers that helped explain to my daughter what she was excavating and finding in the dirt– which I thought was a really cool activity. Also in the kids area they have clothes and armor from the olden days for kids to try on and play with. Next we roamed into the dinosaur area and looked at the reconstructed bones. After the dinosaurs we roamed into the areas of different civilizations. The kids area and the dinosaur area were pretty cool, but none of the other areas really impressed me. This was a cool one time visit for our family but I have seen other Natural History Museums that were more interesting.

Very unassuming, but really enjoyed our rainy day lunch here. I could actually talk with my date, the music and atmosphere wasn’t overbearing, nor was the service.
You could also taste how fresh the ingredients were. Simple but tasty choices on the menu. Two thumbs up!

Overall I love the ROM. Easy location to get to either driving or by transit. There is a mix of old and new and in recent years the ROM has become much more than just a museum. If you haven’t had the opportunity to try Friday Night Live (FNL) at the ROM, well you don’t know what you are missing! Partying with a dinosaur? How can you not love that?!
Today I visited the ROM because I was doing a Murder Mystery at the ROM by Urban Capers (review for them coming up!). This scavenger hunt made me realize just how diverse the ROM is without being overwhelming. Pieces/​artifacts are laid out well, there is enough information about each piece and there is definitely something for everyone — from ancient civilizations to jewellry (check out some of those diamonds!!)
My one issue is the front — it can get packed — stand in line to buy tickets, then stand in another line to get admitted into the ROM. Why can’t this step be put together? The front isn’t big enough to accommodate crowds. Or have those self service machines like they have at the movie theatre?
There is a café and restaurant but I didn’t try them this time so I can’t comment on the as mst likely the food/​service has changed since my last visit.
Keep checking the website for any events or exhibits. Keep in mind that the exhibits are an extra cost. If you think you will visit the ROM a few times then you may want to buy a membership — I believe it’s only about $ 100 or abouts. That’s a few FNL nights and a visit to the ROM and you are already ahead!

I spent about three hours here with my significant other this past weekend, as our first real date with me flying in from the U.S. for my first ever trip to Canada. We had a really wonderful time, and it definitely set a great tone for the rest of our time together.
We went specifically because of the Pompeii exhibit that is currently up, and were not disappointed. There was a ton of stuff to look at, although she made a comment that it would have been nice if things were timelined a bit better. There wasn’t a lot of flow to the exhibit, it did feel a bit random, but there were certainly a lot of things to do and see, so it’s a pretty minor complaint.
The rest of the museum was great too. I really liked the Korean history section, and she fell in love with an owl that we got to touch and learn all about, from a very friendly handler that you could tell was passionate about his work.
Tickets felt a bit expensive with the addition of the Pompeii exhibit, but we were definitely exhausted by the time we walked back to our hotel, so that’s a good sign we got our money’s worth.

The museum is a combination of cultural, scientific, and historical exhibits. Most of which are decent and enjoyable but none of which are amazing. The saving grace of the ROM is that you actually get to meet the museum staff scientists on weekends and they will talk about their cool projects on how to excavate fossils, sequence DNA, and you can get to meet an owl. That’s pretty damn cool.
Don’t come on a weekday, enjoy the crowd but the cool other perks on a weekend.

One of the best museums I’ve ever been to. There’s all sorts of exhibits highlighting cultures and natural history from across the globe. I spent three hours here and breezed through all of the non-​special event galleries, and I feel like I could have spent more time taking a closer look at things. I would recommend this place to anybody visiting Toronto. They have exhibits to cater to all ages and interests.

Disclaimer: I’ve been spoiled by the free Smithsonian museums in DC. It makes me a bit reluctant to pay more than $ 10 USD for museums in general.
My friends and I bought Citypass to explore Toronto, and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) was one of the attractions included. We originally did not plan to visit ROM, but we figured that since we were in the area and already had the admission tickets, we might as well head in to explore a bit and enjoy air conditioning, if nothing else.
After taking some photos of the architecture, my friends were lazy and just plopped down onto a comfy sofa — there were quite a few scattered around, which is nice for a museum. I went off and explored the exhibits, from the Asian gallery to the Canadian First Nations, stared at the ceiling of the rotunda, and then went off to look at dinosaurs. The dinosaurs and prehistoric mammals exhibits were fascinating, and crowded with families. The ROM has an excellent display of dinosaurs. To me, the museum feels small compared to DC’s Museum of Natural History or NYC’s American Museum of Natural History, but ROM does have exhibits that span the ages and continents so the basics are covered.
Aside from the dinosaurs, my favorite part was the gift shop. It was huge! It could be an exhibit in its own right. They’ve got an extensive kids section, selling all sorts of animal plushies, from t-​rex to squid (yes, you read that right). Then for the adults, there are samurai sword umbrellas, t-​shirts, Tibetan singing bowls, books, small bottles of gold, and of course your standard magnets and cards.

I really enjoyed my time here. I usually never spend more than an hour at a museum but this one intrigued me. I have to say, however, that the more we explored, the more boring it got. It was as if the first exhibition was to captivate us and the last exhibition was to lose us despite their painstaking efforts to captivate us initially.
I did NOT like the dinosaur exhibit. Of course the bones were fake, as the real ones are mostly all in New York’s museums. I feel like there were a lot of bones of popular dinosaurs that were missing. It lacked informational cards too. I liked how there were interactive activities here to keep the kids happy though.

A different kind of museum, with lots of exhibits.
There is Chinese, European, Rome, Middle Eastern, Egyptian.
There is one floor dedicated to animals, mostly mammals.
One small section for Dinosaurs. I like the fact that this museum share the detail from finding out, transferring to lab & put the bones together.
One floor dedicated to gems, rocks, meteorites, and mineral.
For the first time I saw meteorites.
Also learned the raw form of copper, gold, silver, cool!

Really cool museum that I compare as a smaller version of the Natural History Museum in NY but with better architecture. The Dino and Mammal exhibit were really cool as well as the Ancient Greece. Pompeii Exhibit did not look worth the extra money because we had City Pass but bonus, college students playing great music in their band outside the entrance!

Cool animal and dinosaur exhibition! Unfortunately the pots and plates are just too boring.
Did the pompeii tour was good and a learning experience.
Price per person is $ 28 really expensive!

I spent a bit of time in this museum, but I’d definitely like to go back. It’s a bit of a maze, and it is also rather eclectic, showcasing everything from clothing to dinosaurs to a cave full of bats. There’s all sorts of things to explore in this museum, and a good bit of fun for all ages.
I suppose my only complaints are that the ticket price is fairly steep. It has an excellent gift shop, and it’s worth multiple visits for sure.

Cet énorme musée est dédié aux cultures du monde et à l’Histoire naturelle. Il s’agit du cinquième plus grand musée d’Amérique du Nord. Alors vous aurez vraiment de quoi faire ici. D’ailleurs, c’est impossible de tout visiter surtout en une journée, vous devrez sûrement faire des choix dans les départements à visiter: dinosaures, art du Proche-​Orient, d’Afrique et d’Asie de l’Est, histoire européenne et histoire du Canada.
Si vous n’êtes pas fan des musées, celui-​ci vaut le détour et au moins pour son architecture qui mêle ancien et moderne. Sa façade est à voir. D’ailleurs la station de métro Museum, aussi pour sa décoration.
Le prix est de 16 $, ce qui est vraiment raisonnable pour sa taille (sur 4èmes étages) et la diversité des collections.
Pour les francophones pas de crainte, le musée est entièrement bilingue à l’exception d’une seule galerie.

Gord and I spent the afternoon at the ROM … neither of us had been there in many years.
We started off by checking out the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibit. We weren’t allowed to take any pictures there … needless to say, the photos were inspiring. Hard to believe that some were taken by kids as young as ten!
As we entered the museum, we were greeted by Futalognkosaurus.
There was a Christmas tree in the rotunda. There were lots of activities for kids. In the various galleries there snakes, etc. for kids to hold.
There is so much to see! We spent about four hours there and didn’t come close to seeing everything. You should check it out.

On a adoré ce musée…
— Beaucoup de choses à voir (prévoir une grosse grosse demi– journée)
— abordable… On en a eu pour notre argent. Le rapport prix/​tonne de dinosaure est très raisonnable.
— ce musée est Family friendly: espace pour sortir les sandwichs et s’asseoir, présences de toilettes un peu partout, possibilité de changer bébé, coursives et ascenseurs pour les poussettes.

C’est le musée conseillé que vous retrouverez dans la majorité des guides touristiques. L’entrée pour la collection permanente est à 15 $, 25 $ pour avoir accès à l’expo spéciale.
Vous y trouverez sur 4 étages à peu près de tout: histoire des 1eres civilisations canadiennes, mobilier du 18e siècle, animaux, minéraux et même mode vestimentaire sur différents siècles.
Evitez d’y aller le samedi si la vue d’un enfant vous donne des frissons.

Je déteste les musées, à NY je m’étais forcée à visiter les musées et cela né m’avait vraiment pas plu, j’ai fais le ROM pour dire que je l’avais fait et je suis vraiment fan de ce musée! Tout est très bien réparti et on en trouve pour tous les gouts et tous les ages, de quoi faire plaisir aux petits comme aux grands!
il y a aussi des expositions temporaires très intéressantes!