Museum guide
75 minThree Floors of GiantsEleven pieces, three floors: a pole the building was raised for, a dinosaur missing its face, and a musician's toothache.11 pieces · 3 floors
60 minThe ROM in an HourShort on time? Five pieces on three floors, each one the best story in its wing.5 pieces · 3 floors
50 minHow It Got HereA mural cut into 63 pieces, a pole too tall for any room, a dinosaur lost in storage: the journeys behind the glass.6 pieces · 3 floors
35 minSmall Things, Big StoriesSkip the giants. A 506-million-year-old animal, a frozen meteorite, a gem too soft to wear and a bird that ran out of time.4 pieces · 1 floor
Pole of Sagaw'eenLevel 1
FutalognkosaurusLevel 1
Tomb of General Zu DashouLevel 1
The Paradise of MaitreyaLevel 1
The Bat CaveLevel 2
Gordo the BarosaurusLevel 2
Royal Ontario Museum
Natural history, world cultures and art on four floors, from a 27-metre dinosaur to a Chinese general's tomb.
Tap the building to step inside
Threads
Optional paths through the museum.
75 minThree Floors of GiantsEleven pieces, three floors: a pole the building was raised for, a dinosaur missing its face, and a musician's toothache.11 pieces · 3 floors60 minThe ROM in an HourShort on time? Five pieces on three floors, each one the best story in its wing.5 pieces · 3 floors50 minHow It Got HereA mural cut into 63 pieces, a pole too tall for any room, a dinosaur lost in storage: the journeys behind the glass.6 pieces · 3 floors35 minSmall Things, Big StoriesSkip the giants. A 506-million-year-old animal, a frozen meteorite, a gem too soft to wear and a bird that ran out of time.4 pieces · 1 floorDon't miss
Pole of Sagaw'eenLevel 1FutalognkosaurusLevel 1Tomb of General Zu DashouLevel 1The Paradise of MaitreyaLevel 1The Bat CaveLevel 2Gordo the BarosaurusLevel 2The building
4Rotating exhibitionsPatricia Harris GalleryRoloff Beny Gallery
3World culturesEurope: Evolution of StyleEurope: Themes & CollectionsByzantiumGreeceAncient CyprusBronze Age AegeanRomeNubiaEgyptAfrica, the Americas & Asia-Pacific
2Natural historyEarth's TreasuresDawn of LifeLife in CrisisHands-on BiodiversityBat CaveWonderWorksBirdsToy SoldiersAge of MammalsAge of Dinosaurs
1Asia & First PeoplesSpecial Exhibition GalleryFirst Peoples Art & CultureChinese ArchitectureBishop White GalleryKoreaChinaChinese SculptureChen Crystal Court
Photo credits (119)
- Royal Ontario Museum: Alizain Hirani, Pexels License
- Rotunda: Maksim Sokolov, CC BY-SA 4.0
- First Peoples Art & Culture: Jason Zhang, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Currelly Gallery: MJMcGowan, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Chinese Architecture: Legowerewolf, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bishop White Gallery: Daderot, CC0
- Korea: Scarlet Sappho, CC BY-SA 2.0
- China: Luisfff2812, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chinese Sculpture: Gerald Kichok, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Chen Crystal Court: Steven Depolo, CC BY 2.0
- Earth's Treasures: Miranda1989, CC0
- Rotunda balcony: Keith Schengili-Roberts, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Dawn of Life: Captmondo, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Life in Crisis: NotFromSerbia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bat Cave: Wackistan, CC0
- Birds: Keith Schengili-Roberts, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Toy Soldiers: Tomandjerry211, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Age of Mammals: Laslovarga, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Age of Dinosaurs: KristyVan, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Europe: Evolution of Style: Daderot, CC0
- Europe: Themes & Collections: Daderot, CC0
- Byzantium: Daderot, CC0
- Greece: Canmenwalker, CC BY 4.0
- Ancient Cyprus: Enoch Leung, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Bronze Age Aegean: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Rome: Jason Zhang, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nubia: Darer101, CC0
- Egypt: Daderot, CC0
- Africa, the Americas & Asia-Pacific: Daderot, CC0
- Pole of Sagaw'een: Daderot, CC0
- Stone officials of the Zu tombs: Daderot, CC0
- Guanyin and Dashizhi: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0
- Gilded bronze Buddha: Daderot, CC0
- Yizhou luohan: Daderot, CC0
- Vairocana Buddha: KristyVan, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Prosaurolophus maximus: Daderot, CC0
- Royal albatross: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0
- Zuul crurivastator: Montanoceratops, CC0
- Parasaurolophus walkeri: Eotrachodon, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tyrannosaurus rex: Unbeatable101, CC0
- Athena Parthenos model: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Antjau: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Granite bust identified as Cleopatra: KevinDInno, Public domain
- Arms and armour: Daderot, CC0
- The Rotunda mosaic ceiling: Maksim Sokolov (Maxergon), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Shaking Pole of Kw'axsuu: Daderot, CC0
- Birchbark canoes: Daderot, CC0
- Sitting Bull's war bonnet and case: Daderot, CC0
- Inuit child's summer bonnet: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0
- Tomb mound of General Zu Dashou: Daderot, CC0
- Imperial palace hall reconstruction: KristyVan, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Yanluo, King of Hell: Daderot, CC0
- Judges of Hell: Daderot, CC0
- Homage to the Highest Power: Daderot, CC0
- Bodhisattva, probably Guanyin: Daderot, CC0
- Guan Yu: Deinocheirus, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Portable shrine of Guanyin: Daderot, CC0
- Sarira casket: Daderot, CC0
- Bronze kundika: Daderot, CC0
- Bronze box with openwork lid: Daderot, CC0
- Lamp in the shape of a goose: KristyVan, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Six luohans: Daderot, CC0
- Temple bell of Wei Bin: Daderot, CC0
- Buddha as a recluse: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0
- Buddhist stele of Huang Xingji: patrick20042018, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Giant amethyst geode: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0
- Kootenayscolex barbarensis: Luke A. Parry, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Danny Eibye-Jacobsen and Jakob Vinther, CC BY 4.0
- Dunkleosteus: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0
- "Bull" the southern white rhino: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0
- Live coral reef: CP Hoffman from Washington, DC, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Vampire bat model: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0
- Ratites: cassowary, emu and ostrich: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0
- Eggs, nests and feathers: Daderot, CC0
- Passenger pigeon: Keith Schengili-Roberts, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hal Jackman Toy Soldier Collection: Tomandjerry211, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Torontoceros, the Toronto subway deer: Eotrachodon, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Stag-moose: Staka, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sabre-toothed cat: David Ceballos from Madrid, España, CC BY 2.0
- Giant ground sloth: Sandy__R from Scotland, UK, CC BY 2.0
- Gorgosaurus vs. Zuul: LittleLazyLass, CC BY 4.0
- Wendiceratops pinhornensis: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Parksosaurus warreni: Daderot, CC0
- Corythosaurus growth series: Daderot, CC0
- Pachycephalosaurus: IJReid, CC BY 4.0
- Macrospondylus: Daderot, CC0
- Jar, perhaps with Saint Dominic: Daderot, CC0
- Statuettes after Giambologna: Daderot, CC0
- Ice bucket for Grand Duchess Olga: Daderot, CC0
- Octagonal electric kettle: Daderot, CC0
- Earl of Pembroke's armour: MJMcGowan, CC BY-SA 3.0
- German armour for battle: Daderot, CC0
- Fan dancer bookends: Daderot, CC0
- Tea service by Archibald Knox: Daderot, CC0
- Byzantine floor mosaic: Daderot, CC0
- Canada's leading Byzantine collection: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Corinthian helmet from Marathon: Keith Schengili-Roberts, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Grave relief of Iostrate: Daderot, CC0
- Panathenaic amphora with runners: Peter Kudlacz, CC BY 2.0
- Sanctuary of Apollo at Frangissa: Enoch Leung, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Early Cycladic objects: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Minoan coffin: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Fayum mummy portraits: anonymous, Public domain
- Faustina the Elder: Daderot, CC0
- Funerary altar for a boy: Daderot, CC0
- Tomb relief of a shop: Daderot, CC0
- Etruscan funeral chests: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Inlaid box panel from Gebel Adda: Daderot, CC0
- Winged ba-statue: Darer101, CC0
- Funerary stela from Gebel Adda: Darer101, CC0
- Clay bottle from Gebel Adda: Darer101, CC0
- Statue of Sekhmet: Sasaki.y, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Tomb of Kitines: Daderot, CC0
- Coffin for an ibis: Daderot, CC0
- Book of the Dead of Amen-em-hat: KristyVan, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Commemorative scarab of Shabaka: Keith Schengili-Roberts, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Nkisi nkondi power figure: Daderot, CC0
- Kayapo ceremonial headdress: Daderot, CC0
- Isiyaya bridal veil: Daderot, CC0
- Masks from Vanuatu: Daderot, CC0
An independent audio guide by Roamer, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Royal Ontario Museum. Museum admission is separate. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, Flickr and Pexels contributors under open licences; credits on each piece.