The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is Canada's largest museum — 13 million objects including dinosaur galleries, Egyptian mummies, the Indigenous Gallery, and the controversial Michael Lee-Chin Crystal expansion by Daniel Libeskind. The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO, redesigned by Frank Gehry) is 10 minutes away in the Grange, with the world's largest collection of Canadian art.
Why It’s Worth Your Time
Canada’s largest museum — 13 million objects in Daniel Libeskind’s dramatic Crystal wing. The Museum Mile along Bloor includes the Aga Khan Museum and the Bata Shoe Museum.
What Stands Out
- ROM: Canada's largest museum, 13 million objects, iconic Michael Lee-Chin Crystal
- Dinosaur galleries: most visited exhibit, exceptional collection
- AGO: Frank Gehry redesign, largest Canadian art collection in the world, Rubens to Picasso
- Bata Shoe Museum: the world's most comprehensive shoe collection (1,000 years)
- All three clustered near Bloor/University — ROM Friday evenings are free