Royal Ontario Museum
Canada's largest museum packs 18 million objects — Cambrian sea creatures, East Asian art, and Art Deco clothing and design objects — into 40 galleries on Bloor Street.
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The ROM holds the world's largest Burgess Shale fossil collection: over 150,000 specimens from British Columbia. The same building covers African, Near Eastern, and East Asian art; Canadian and European historical artifacts; and an extensive Art Deco design collection spanning clothing, interiors, and product design. Canada's largest field-research institution, it has been open since 1914.
What to look for
- Burgess Shale gallery — 150,000+ fossils from British Columbia, the world's single largest collection of specimens from that formation
- Art Deco holdings: clothing, interior design, and product design from the fine art and design collection
- Museum subway station platform — since a 2008 renovation the TTC stop is decorated to resemble the ROM's collection, and its northwestern entrance opens directly into the museum
Take the TTC to Museum station (Line 1); the northwestern entrance connects directly to the building on Bloor Street West.
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More to see in Toronto
- CN TowerFor 32 years, a railway company's broadcast antenna was the tallest free-standing structure on Earth.
- BMO FieldThe 2007 soccer-specific stadium that grew into Toronto's outdoor dual-sport arena — and now holds 45,736 for the 2026 FIFA World Cup under the temporary name Toronto Stadium.
- Scotiabank ArenaA 1941 postal sorting depot on Bay Street that became Canada's busiest arena — and the most photographed spot in the country on Instagram.
- Rogers CentreThe world's first fully retractable motorized roof opened here in 1989 — and 70 hotel rooms still peer straight down onto the field.
- First Canadian PlaceFor 50 years it was Canada's tallest building — until a fellow Toronto skyscraper finally beat it in June 2025.
- Art Gallery of OntarioFrank Gehry expanded the museum between 2004 and 2008; more than 120,000 works across six collecting areas fill the 45,000-square-metre result.