Royal Ontario Museum

The Royal Ontario Museum on Bloor Street in Toronto is Canada's largest museum, holding over 13 million objects across art, culture, and natural history. The building itself is a hybrid of 1914 heritage architecture and Daniel Libeskind's 2007 Michael Lee-Chin Crystal addition — a cluster of angular aluminium-and-glass forms that jut dramatically over the sidewalk at the corner of Bloor and Avenue Road. Inside, the Lee-Chin Crystal houses temporary exhibitions in irregularly shaped galleries where few walls are parallel. The Dinosaur Gallery in the natural history wing is one of the museum's strongest permanent exhibitions, displaying over 25 mounted dinosaur skeletons including a Barosaurus — one of the largest mounted specimens in the world. The Ancient Egypt galleries contain a genuine mummy alongside a contextual collection of everyday objects from the Nile Valley. The Gallery of Indigenous Art displays works from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples with community-developed interpretation. The Samuel European Galleries and the Korean and Chinese collections are among the strongest art holdings in North America. The ROM is located steps from the Bay subway station and surrounded by the Annex and Yorkville neighbourhoods, making it easy to combine with dining and further exploration. The third Tuesday evening of each month offers reduced admission.