Knowra Royal Ontario Museum Royal Ontario Museum The Royal Ontario Museum is a museum in Toronto, Canada, with collections spanning art, culture, and natural history. It is one of Canada's largest museums.
Natural history museum : A museum devoted to the natural world, including organisms, fossils, rocks, and ecosystems. The museum's natural-history collections include major holdings in paleontology, zoology, and mineralogy.
University of Toronto : A public research university in Toronto, founded in 1827. The museum originated in 1912 as the Museum of the University of Toronto.
Charles Trick Currelly : A Canadian archaeologist and museum director who helped establish the Royal Ontario Museum and build its collections. As the museum's first director, Currelly guided its early collecting and institutional development.
Museum conservation : The care and treatment of collections to slow deterioration and preserve their cultural or scientific value. Conservators protect the museum's diverse objects, specimens, and archaeological materials.
Queen's Park, Toronto : A park in central Toronto that contains Ontario's Legislative Building and borders the Royal Ontario Museum. The museum's location beside Queen's Park places it within Toronto's civic and institutional core.
Art museum : An institution that collects, preserves, studies, and exhibits works of art. Art and design holdings sit alongside the museum's scientific and cultural collections.
Museum of the University of Toronto : The predecessor institution established in 1912 that became the Royal Ontario Museum. Its collections and institutional history formed the foundation of the present museum.
Walter Allward : A Canadian sculptor known for monuments including the Canadian National Vimy Memorial. Allward designed the museum's original east and west wings, which opened in 1914.
Museum education : Learning programs and interpretive practices that connect museum collections with public understanding. The museum uses exhibitions and programs to make art, culture, and natural history accessible.
Culture of Toronto : The arts, institutions, communities, and cultural practices that shape life in Toronto. The museum is a major institution within Toronto's network of cultural venues.
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