The
Royal Ontario Museum, commonly known
as the ROM (rhyming with Tom), is
a world-renowned museum located in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is the
fifth largest in North America. The
museum was created by the Province
of Ontario on April 16, 1912 and was
opened on March 19, 1914. From that
time up until 1955 it was run by the
University of Toronto. It is to the
north of Queen's Park and east of
the main campus of the University
of Toronto. It has notable collections
of dinosaurs, Near Eastern and African
art, East Asian art, European history,
Canadian history, culture, and biodiversity,
and five million other pieces of art,
archaeology, and science. In total
the collection holds more than six
million items.
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