Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto

The Royal Ontario Museum is one of the largest and most visited museums in Toronto due to its increasingly extensive and modern collections of art, culture, science, and nature. New finds from fields such as biodiversity, palaeontology, archaeology, material culture, the earth sciences, and the visual arts are consistently put on display to update visitors' understanding of the world.

With over 6 million items on display and 40 galleries, the Royal Ontario Museum’s emphasis on world culture and natural history extends into its exhibits and beyond. Popular exhibits include dinosaurs, Canadian and European artefacts, Burgess Shale fossils, Art Deco, clothing, and a variety of cultural and fine art. The museum’s collection of Burgess Shale fossils is among the most impressive in the world, boasting over 150,000 well-preserved specimens from the Canadian Rockies. The Royal Ontario Museum is also used as a large-scale field-research facility, performing research and conservation activities around the world.

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