Hotels near Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)

The Royal Ontario Museum is Canada's largest museum - 6 million objects across natural history, anthropology, and art covering 4 floors. Founded in 1912, the ROM is famous for the controversial 2007 Daniel Libeskind Crystal addition - a series of angular prismatic glass forms cutting into the original 1912 Edwardian building. The dinosaur halls hold a complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton and the largest Burgess Shale fossil collection outside the Smithsonian.

Standout galleries: the Bat Cave (a recreated 8-metre Jamaican limestone cave with 800+ bat models), the First Peoples gallery (Indigenous Canadian art and artefacts), the Chinese Imperial Treasures (rare Ming-dynasty pieces), and the Egyptian galleries with 2 mummies. Adult ticket 26 CAD; free general admission 17:30-20:30 first Tuesday of each month. Open daily 10:00-17:30.

Pro Tip: Visit on the first Tuesday evening of each month for free admission 17:30-20:30 - dramatically fewer crowds than weekend daytime visits. The ROM Friday Night Live programme (every other Friday October-April, 21 CAD) adds DJs and cocktails in the galleries.