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Royal
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Royal Ontario Museum
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Civilization | Glen
Bow Museum
The Royal Ontario
Museum, or ROM as it is known, was established in 1914
in Toronto, and on March 14th was opened by the Govern
General of Canada, the Duke of Connaught. It was on the
University of Toronto lands of the time and quickly
became a favourite museum in Toronto with it's emphasis
on cultures from around the world and natural
history.
In 1933 a major
expansion was executed using a similar type of
architecture and many additional exhibits were added.
Canada is a country rich in fossils and between the
badlands near Drumheller in Alberta and the world
heritage site called the Burgess shales on the backbone
of the Canadian Rockies, ROM quickly developed a
reputation as one of the greatest exhibitors of bones,
impressions and examples of prehistoric dinosaurs and
sealift, in the world. It has over 150,000 pieces in
it's collection.
The next major addition to the museum was
started in 1978 and since that time upgrades, expansions
and additions have been in almost continuous process. It
is currently undergoing the largest renovation of any
facility f it's type in Canada.
The five major areas
of exhibit are broken down into archaeology,
mineralology, zoology, palaeontology and geology.
Located in the heart of Toronto it is easily accessible
to all visitors and open year round.
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