The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), is a Canadian museum of art, culture and natural history around the world. The museum is located within the province of Ontario, in the city of Toronto, north of Queens Park in the University of Toronto district. It is one of the largest museums and the largest in Canada as well.
The museum is currently Canada's largest field research institution, with over 6 million items and 40 galleries.
The Royal Ontario Museum attracts over a million visitors each year, making it the most visited museum in Canada.The museum offers many public programs, including lectures, films, demonstrations, concerts, dramatic performances, and identification of specimens and artifacts to the public.
The museum is currently Canada's largest field research institution, with over 6 million items and 40 galleries.
The Royal Ontario Museum attracts over a million visitors each year, making it the most visited museum in Canada.The museum offers many public programs, including lectures, films, demonstrations, concerts, dramatic performances, and identification of specimens and artifacts to the public.
History of the establishment :
The Royal Ontario Museum was established on April 16, 1912, and opened on March 19, 1914, when the Governor-General of Canada, Arthur de Connaught, officially opened the Royal Ontario Museum to the public.
The museum was sited at the edge of Toronto's built-up area, away from the city's central business district, close to the University of Toronto, and the original building was erected on the property's western edge along the university's Philosopher's Walk.
The Royal Ontario Museum was modernized and opened to the public on October 12, 1933, when it witnessed the construction of the east wing facing Queens Park.
The Museum of Ontario was dissolved in 1947 as a corporate body, and all of its assets were transferred to the University of Toronto. The Museum remained part of the university and under its direct control until 1968, when the Museum and McLaughlin Planetarium were separated from the university to form a new company. The museum's relations with the University of Toronto remained close.
The physical building of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) was developed in several stages, with the original building officially opening in 1914.
Two new sections were opened in 1933, one of which is an east wing facing Queens Park, and also a central block connecting the two wings.
In 1978, a project began to renovate the main building and create a 9-floors organizational center in the south courtyard.
The museum was sited at the edge of Toronto's built-up area, away from the city's central business district, close to the University of Toronto, and the original building was erected on the property's western edge along the university's Philosopher's Walk.
The Royal Ontario Museum was modernized and opened to the public on October 12, 1933, when it witnessed the construction of the east wing facing Queens Park.
The Museum of Ontario was dissolved in 1947 as a corporate body, and all of its assets were transferred to the University of Toronto. The Museum remained part of the university and under its direct control until 1968, when the Museum and McLaughlin Planetarium were separated from the university to form a new company. The museum's relations with the University of Toronto remained close.
The physical building of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) was developed in several stages, with the original building officially opening in 1914.
Two new sections were opened in 1933, one of which is an east wing facing Queens Park, and also a central block connecting the two wings.
In 1978, a project began to renovate the main building and create a 9-floors organizational center in the south courtyard.
ROM building :
The building of the Royal Ontario Museum consists of:
- The original building and east wing built in 1914 : The original building and its expansion in 1933 have been listed since 1973, as heritage buildings in the city of Toronto, and the facades of heritage buildings were cleaned and restored, as the restoration of the 1914 and 1933 buildings was the largest heritage project implemented in Canada. The renovation also included the newly restored Rotunda.
- The values center, which constitutes the southern section of the building, which was built in the year 1984. It was built during the expansion that took place on the exhibitions of Queen Elizabeth II.
- The Crystal (Michael Lee Chen Crystal), which opened in 2007, was a unique building challenge, as it is one of the most complex construction projects in North America, as it has no right angles and only one vertical wall in the structure.
The crystal was designed by Daniel Libeskind, at a cost of several million dollars.
The five crystals are designed as self-supporting interlocking structures. The design team and general contractors worked to develop and innovate new strategies, using existing modern technologies to organize construction and reduce costs.
The first crystal was opened in 2007, with an area of 100,000 square feet, a new entrance and lobby, three new restaurants, as well as a street-level retail store.
Crystal Hotel achieved an increase in the number of visitors in its first year by 44%.
The Royal Ontario Museum begins with the central staircase that connects the lobby to the upper floors.
The ground floor houses galleries dedicated to world cultures.
On the second floor are the ROM Natural History exhibits filled with inspiring objects depicting the Earth's rich diversity of dinosaurs and giant skeletons.
On the third floor presents the art of Africa, South America and East Asia. Hundreds of masks from Nigeria and Ethiopia, and Kenyan drums.
On the fourth floor there is a space dedicated to contemporary art. Where there are paintings, drawings, sculptures and bas-reliefs, in addition to permanent exhibitions.
On the fifth floor there is a viewing platform with a telescope.
Contents of the Royal Ontario Museum
The Royal Ontario Museum's diverse collections of culture and natural history contribute to its international and global reputation.
The Royal Ontario Museum has five separate museums in the following areas:
- Archaeology.
- fossils.
- metals.
- Animal.
- Geology.
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The museum's pieces are classified and arranged in a consistent manner that has not changed much.
The Royal Ontario Museum has two main types of exhibitions:
Natural history exhibits.
World culture exhibitions.
The contents of the Royal Ontario Museum can be viewed by visiting the following website: (click Here)
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